Science outreach to to public | Mediation activities for school children/teachers | Videos | Number of sites visits | Science with and for society label
Science outreach to the public
2024 conference cycle
L'Artistique, boulevard Dubouchage, in collaboration with the delegation for scientific culture of the city of Nice
- June 12, 2024: Observe earthquakes, model them... control them? by Jean-Paul Ampuero, IRD Research Director and UniCA IDEX Chair,
- March 27, 2024: The SKA Observatory: a new era in the study of the Universe by Marta Spinelli, assistant astronomer at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Lagrange Laboratory (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur - Université Côte d'Azur - CNRS)
- October 16, 2024: Exploring the mysteries of the Universe, by Mairi Sakellariadou, Professor at King's College London.
Palais Lascaris in collaboration avec the city of Nice
- March 6, 2024: Black holes: what can they teach us about the Universe? by Astrid Lamberts, astrophysicist.
- April 17, 2024: Galactic archaeology: from mythological tales to Gaia, by Georges Kordopatis, astronomer at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Lagrange Laboratory (OCA - Université Côted'Azur - CNRS).
- May 29, 2024: Science has been stepped on! Physical phenomena well (or badly) illustrated in Tintin's lunar adventure by Hergé, by Aurélien Crida, Professor Univsersité Côte d'Azur, Lagrange laboratory (OCA - Université Côte d'Azur - CNRS)
2023 conference cycle
Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen, promenade des Anglais, in collaboration avec the city of Nice
- March 20, 2023: We've deflected an asteroid! Challenges, first results and prospects... by Patrick Michel, CNRS Research Director at the Lagrange Laboratory (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur - Université Côte d'Azur - CNRS).
- June 28, 2023: Other worlds in the cosmos? by Michel Mayor, Nobel Prize in Physics 2019, University of Geneva.
- October 9, 2023: The Euclid satellite and the dark side of the Universe by Françoise Combes, French astrophysicist, Chair of Galaxies and Cosmology, Collège de France.
L'Observatoire au féminin
The first edition of “L'Observatoire au féminin” took place on Saturday February 11, 2023 at the summit of Mont-Gros, on the historic site of the Côte d'Azur Observatory. The aim of the event was to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and it proved a great success, with over 200 participants!
Edtion 2024: The number of participants doubled to 400 visitors.
European Heritage Days
Number of visitors :
- 2024 : 629
- 2023 : 577
- 2022 : 545
Coupoles Ouvertes night
Science festival
The Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur has been taking part in the Fête de la Science for many years, with a stand at the Festival des Sciences in Nice (6,000 visitors in 2023 and 10,000 visitors in 2022) and at the Village des Sciences et de l'Innovation in Antibes Juan-les-Pins (5,330 visitors in 2023). Thousands of visitors come to meet researchers on these occasions. The Science and Education Mediation Department, under the responsibility of Olga Suarez, is organizing the event.
Mediation activities for school children/teachers
Number of classes welcomed at Observatory sites
- 2023: 139 school groups - 3,390 pupils
- 2022 : 114 school groups - 3031 pupils
- 2021 : 35 school groups - 2370 pupils
Number of classes benefiting from the Observatory's intervention
- 2023/2024: one-time intervention in 8 classes, annual projects with 8 classes
- 2022/2023: one-time intervention in 6 classes, annual projects with 9 classes
- 2021/2022: one-time intervention in 18 classes, annual projects with 6 classes
Number of training courses for teachers in science outreach and astronomy (depending on the education authority)
- 2023/2024: 3 training sessions, each lasting between 1 and 2 days. Total duration: 4 days. 57 teachers trained.
- 2022/2023: 4 training sessions, each lasting between 1 and 2 days. Total duration: 6 days. 80 teachers trained.
- 2021/2022: 6 training sessions, each lasting between 1/2 day and 2 days. Total duration: 5.5 days. 115 teachers trained.
Videos (youtube channel)
Vidéos :
2024 : 
overview
2023 : 
overview1 / 
overview 2
2022 : 
overview 1 / 
overview 2
Number of sites visits
Individual visits - Mont-Gros site
- 2023 : 4 379
- 2022 : 4 636
Group visits (excluding schools) - Mont-Gros and Calern sites
- 2023: 487 groups or 14,684 visitors
- 2022: 228 groups or 6,191 visitors
Science with and for society label
2024 : 
Label obtained by the ScienceAzur project, coordinated by UniCA and in which we are partners.