International Outreach

The Department of Physics has been very active in organizing outreach activities within its European-funded projects. Since 2009 Professor Carsten Welsch with support from his EU TEAM has been coordinating five European Training Networks in the field of particle accelerators.

DITANET,  LA3NET,  oPAC, OMA and AVA have trained almost 100 young scientists. Each network provides an interdisciplinary and intersectoral environment for a series of fellows who are hosted at several institutions across Europe, experience different sectors and develop their skills by working on joint research projects.

A novel ‘complementary skills training’ concept was developed within our networks and implemented through a series of schools and workshops and an active programme of outreach and dissemination. Outreach events of international impact have been organized, with more to come in the next years.

Each fellow has been involved in various outreach activities, including production of outreach videos, school visits and contributions to science fairs in different countries.