by Franz Rauch & Diana Radmann (Klagenfurt University, Austria)

The Austrian PARRISE group has devoted much time and effort for disseminating the PARRISE project in Austria. What follows below is a short list of the last Austrian dissemination actions:

• PARRISE was presented with an article in the newsletter of the IFF-Faculty (Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Alpen-Adria-Universität  Klagenfurt) published in June 2015.

• At the INSTEM “Conference on innovation and dissemination in math / science education” on 17-18  June, 2015 in Freiburg, Mira Dulle from our institute promoted the PARRISE project. About 70  people representing different EU, IBSE  projects  attended the conference.

• On 18 July, 2015 a press release about PARRISE was published in the Carinthian daily newspaper “Kleine Zeitung”.

• The forum “Environmental Education” organized a seminar titled “Building the environment together-Together for the world of Tomorrow!“ (see Figure). Project teams from various European countries  presented their activities and results. Participants were in- and pre-service teachers as well as other stakeholders in environmental education for sustainability.

• PARRISE was presented by Franz Rauch at the conference of the “Koordination Nordverbund” organized by the Centre of Teacher Training and Interdisciplinary Education Research (Zentrum für LehrerInnenbildung und interdisziplinäre Bildungsforschung) of the University of Augsburg, which took part between 1-2 October 2015 in Halle an der Saale (Germany).

• Franz Rauch presented the progress of the PARRISE-project at the IMST-Networking Meeting, which took part from 22-23 October 2015 in Leibnitz. About 30 participants of regional IMST-networks and regional Didactic Centres attended the event.

• Franz Rauch was invited as a keynote speaker at the Conference on “Science Education and Green Chemistry for a Sustainable Future” at the Academic Arab College for Education in Israel, Haifa from 1-4 December, 2015.  His presentation covered also the PARRISE project.