Science Outreach

Science must be spread.

Social Media

(Twitter, Instagram, Twitch)

2017-now

Social media is a powerful way to present science to people. We can do what would be impossible in face-to-face events. Today I can talk about galaxy clusters and black holes to thousands of people, which is fantastic! I am always learning a lot from their questions. I use Twitter (@stephanevw), Instagram (@stephanevwerner) and also the Twitch platform to spread astronomy (@stephanevw). I do it via threads, tweets, posts on Instagram, stories and also lives on Twitch! My content is in Portuguese and English, but most of it is in Portuguese, as I want to help and inspire young brazilians who want to be astronomers.

YouTube

2017-now

I started to create science videos for the internet in 2017, in which I was involved with the AstroTubers project (in this photo, I was presenting the idea of the project at the Brazilian Astronomical Society Meeting). After that, I decided to create my own YouTube channel in which I talk about science and academic experiences and subjects that I think could help Brazilian people somehow.

You can find me on YouTube by clicking here.

Face-to-face outreach

2013-now

I have actively participated in a range of face-to-face outreach activities in both the UK and Brazil. Most recently, I contributed to the Celebrate Science festival in Durham, where I spoke to children and families about gravitational lensing and the large-scale structure of the Universe. I was also involved in the Royal Society’s Summer Science on Tour, held at Jodrell Bank Observatory, where I engaged the public with hands-on astronomy and physics activities.

Earlier in my career (2013–2017), I was part of several extension projects at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. We visited schools with telescopes and used an inflatable planetarium to teach students how to observe the sky. We also developed astronomy activities for young children aged 3–6, and this work received honourable mentions for its impact.

I have been involved in several other outreach initiatives over the years — you can find more details in my CV.

In case you want to read Twitter threads with astronomical content, click here! You can check out some videos of my YouTube channel below.