Andrea Bandelli

Having championed the use of internet as a collaborative educational platform in schools and museums in the early 1990s, Andrea Bandelli worked on the development of both the NEMO science centre in Amsterdam and the Miami Museum of Science. He was a former Partner of NISE, the Nanoscale Informal Science Education network, working with the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Currently he is Executive Director of Science Gallery International, building a global network to ignite the creative potential of young people through science and art. Bandelli is a member of the Board, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany. Has led, managed and evaluated several international projects linked with science, art, democracy and public participation, in collaboration with leading museums worldwide. Has a PhD in scientific citizenship and has written widely on public engagement with science.