CONSORCIO PARQUE DE LAS CIENCIAS

Their core work

Parque de las Ciencias is Granada's major interactive science museum and one of Spain's leading science centers, specializing in public engagement, science communication, and informal STEM education. In EU projects, they contribute exhibition design, science café programming, and public outreach activities that translate complex research topics — from water technology to space exploration to ethics — into accessible experiences for diverse audiences. Their role is consistently to bridge the gap between research consortia and the general public, ensuring societal awareness and participation in scientific developments.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015-2018), the museum focused on classic science communication — pan-European exhibitions, science cafés, and activities delivered through science centres and museums, with themes around health, innovation, and open science. From 2018 onward, their engagement diversified significantly into space inclusion (youth, gender, underrepresented communities), environmental technology (circular economy, wastewater, resource recovery), and technology ethics. The shift shows a museum moving from general science popularization toward targeted engagement on specific societal challenges like sustainability and responsible technology.

Moving toward public engagement on societal challenges — environmental sustainability, technology ethics, and space inclusivity — making them increasingly relevant for projects needing responsible innovation and citizen engagement components.

How they like to work

They participate exclusively as a third party, never as coordinator or direct consortium partner, which means they are typically subcontracted by a consortium member to deliver specific public engagement or exhibition components. Despite this third-party role, they have touched 111 unique partners across 32 countries, indicating they are repeatedly selected by diverse consortia for their outreach capabilities. This makes them a low-risk, specialized contributor — easy to bring into a project for a defined communication or public engagement work package.

Through their third-party engagements, they have connected with 111 unique consortium partners across 32 countries, giving them an unusually wide European network for a science museum. Their geographic reach spans well beyond Iberia, with projects involving partners from across the EU.

What sets them apart

As one of Spain's premier interactive science museums, Parque de las Ciencias offers something most research organizations cannot: a physical venue and professional team dedicated to making complex science accessible to the general public. Their consistent selection as a third party across very different domains (health innovation, space, water technology, ethics) demonstrates trusted versatility in science communication. For any consortium needing a credible, experienced partner for public engagement, exhibition design, or societal awareness work packages, they are a proven choice with a strong track record.

Highlights from their portfolio

• WATER-MINING
  Their largest-scope project (2020-2024), connecting them to circular economy and environmental technology — a significant departure from pure science communication into sustainability themes.
• TechEthos
  Represents their expansion into technology ethics, responsible innovation, and societal acceptance — a growing requirement in Horizon Europe proposals.
• SPARKS
  Their earliest H2020 involvement, a pan-European exhibition project that exemplifies their core strength in science centre programming and public engagement at scale.