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Director of TRACES​ ​-​ ​Espace​ ​des​ ​Sciences​ ​Pierre​ ​Gilles​ ​de​ ​Gennes​ ​(ESPCI​ ​Paris​ ​-​ ​PSL)

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Matteo​ ​Merzagora

Matteo​ ​Merzagora​ ​is​ ​scientific​ ​director​ ​of​ ​the​ ​TRACES​ ​science​  communication think-and-do​ ​tank​ ​in​ ​Paris,​ ​and​ ​director​ ​of​ ​the​ ​science​ ​culture​ ​centre​ ​Espace​ ​de  Sciences​ ​Pierre-Gilles​ ​de​ ​Gennes​ ​–​ ​ESPCI​ ​Paris​ ​/​ ​PSL.​ ​He​ ​is​ ​currently​ ​involved​ ​in several​ ​programs​ ​linking​ ​the​ ​science​ ​in​ ​society​ ​and​ ​the​ ​social​ ​inclusion​ ​agendas, and​ ​using​ ​arts​ ​and​ ​culture​ ​as​ ​a​ ​way​ ​to​ ​empower​ ​citizens​ ​with​ ​respect​ ​to​ ​scientific knowledge. He​ ​teaches​ ​at​ ​the​ ​Master​ ​in​ ​Science​ ​Communication,​ ​SISSA​ ​(Trieste, Italy),​ ​and​ ​lectures​ ​in​ ​several​ ​science​ ​communication​ ​and​ ​science​ ​courses​ ​in France.​ ​He​ ​has​ ​worked​ ​as​ ​consultant​ ​for​ ​science​ ​museums​ ​(Palais​ ​de​ ​la Découverte,​ ​Cité​ ​de​ ​Sciences​ ​et​ ​de​ ​l’Industrie,​ ​MUSE),​ ​and​ ​as​ ​project​ ​manager​ ​or consultant​ ​for​ ​European​ ​Science​ ​in​ ​Society​ ​and​ ​RRI​ ​projects.​ ​He​ ​is​ ​member​ ​of​ ​the editorial​ ​board​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Jcom Journal​ ​of​ ​science​ ​communication.​ ​ Among​ ​his books, ​Science​ ​in​ ​radio​ ​broadcasting​ (Polimetrica,​ ​2005,​ ​with​ ​E.​ ​Tola​ ​and​ ​M. Mazzonetto), ​Scienza​ ​da​ ​Vedere ​(Sironi,​ ​2006), ​La​ ​scienza​ ​in​ ​mostra ​(Bruno Mondadori,​ ​2007,​ ​with​ ​P.​ ​Rodari), ​Listening​ ​and​ ​empowering:​ ​linking​ ​the social inclusion​ ​and​ ​the science​ ​in​ ​society​ ​agendas ​(Jcom,​ ​2015,​ ​with​ ​Vanessa Mignan​ ​and​ ​Paola​ ​Rodari).​ ​ ​