IPPOG
IPPOG Forum Members
Slovenia
Intro
Slovenia has been involved with various big particle physics projects almost as long as it has been a country. Indeed, the first collaboration agreement between CERN and Slovenia dates back to the same year (1991). However, Slovenian physicists were already involved with various particle physics experiments before that time. Nowadays, Slovenian scientific institutions collaborate with the ATLAS experiment at CERN, experiments Belle and Belle II at KEK, and observatory Pierre Auger. Slovenian physicists also organise various Masterclasses, science shows, talks and open days for high-school students, as well as co-coordinate Slovenian Teacher Programmes in connection with CERN.
Details
JOINED: 2016
CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER
Slovenija se v svet fizike delcev vključuje skoraj od prvega dne samostojnosti. Prvi sporazum med Slovenijo in CERNom je bil tako sklenjen že leta 1991. Slovenski fiziki pa so bili v razne eksperimente fizike delcev po svetu vključeni že pred tem. Danes razne slovenske raziskovalne institucije v fiziki delcev sodelujejo z eksperimentom ATLAS v CERNu, eksperimentoma Belle in Belle II v KEKu in observatorijem Pierre Auger. Poleg tega slovenski fiziki in fizičarke organizirajo različne Masterclass-e, znanstvene predstave, predavanja in dneve odprtih vrat za dijake in dijakinje. V sodelovanjem s CERNom pa organizirajo tudi programe za slovenske učitelje in učiteljice.
JOINED: 2016
CURRENT STATUS: MEMBER
Representative
Anja Kranjc Horvat
Anja is an educational researcher and project coordinator at EPFL, working for the European University Alliance EuroTeQ, where she focuses on bridging research and practice in engineering education. She was previously a senior fellow at CERN, contributing to science outreach initiatives for the CERN Science Gateway.
Her background is closely aligned with IPPOG’s mission. During her PhD at CERN and the University of Potsdam (Germany), she focused on particle physics education for high-school teachers and students. Her work resulted in an expert concept map of particle physics for secondary education and evidence-based recommendations for the development of high-school curricula and teacher training in particle physics. Her current research interests focus on the evaluation of science outreach and on the nature of science in physics outreach contexts.
Anja has been actively involved in education and outreach since her MSc studies in educational physics in Ljubljana in 2015. She has contributed to science shows, physics workshops for diverse age groups, and CERN’s teacher programmes, and co-coordinated the Slovenian Teacher Programmes at CERN. She remains particularly active in particle physics outreach in Slovenia, maintaining strong connections with educational institutions and public outreach organisations, and fostering links between local audiences and the international particle physics community.
Anja je raziskovalka na področju izobraževanja in koordinatorka projektov na EPFL, kjer v okviru Evropske zveze univerz EuroTeQ deluje na premoščanju vrzeli med raziskavami in prakso v inženirskem izobraževanju. Pred tem je bila podoktorska raziskovalka na CERN-u, kjer je sodelovala pri znanstveno-izobraževalnih dejavnostih v okviru centra CERN Science Gateway.
Njeno raziskovalno in strokovno delo je tesno povezano s poslanstvom organizacije IPPOG. Doktorski študij je opravila na CERN-u in Univerzi v Potsdamu (Nemčija), kjer se je osredotočala na poučevanje fizike delcev v srednjih šolah ter izobraževanje učiteljev. Med ključnimi rezultati njenega doktorskega dela so konceptna mapa fizike delcev za srednješolsko raven ter na raziskavah temelječa priporočila za nadaljnji razvoj učnih načrtov in programov usposabljanja učiteljev na tem področju. Njeni trenutni raziskovalni interesi so usmerjeni v evalvacijo znanstvene komunikacije (outreach) ter v raziskovanje narave znanosti v kontekstu fizikalnega znanstvenega komuniciranja.
Od začetka magistrskega študija didaktike fizike v Ljubljani leta 2015 je Anja aktivno vključena v izobraževalne in promocijske dejavnosti. Sodelovala je pri znanstvenih predstavah, razvijala fizikalne delavnice za različne starostne skupine ter prispevala k programom za učitelje na CERN-u, kjer je tudi so-koordinirala slovenske programe za učitelje in učiteljice. Še posebej je dejavna na področju popularizacije fizike delcev v Sloveniji, kjer ohranja tesne povezave z izobraževalnimi ustanovami in organizacijami za komunikacijo znanosti ter krepi povezave med mednarodno raziskovalno skupnostjo in lokalnimi javnostmi.
