Ilona Iłowiecka-Tańska, PhD

ilona.tanska@kopernik.org.pl

A cultural anthropologist (University of Warsaw) interested in the relationship between culture, science and education. In her work, she focuses on two areas: building partnerships between researchers and educators to inspire the development of innovative educational tools; and research on the cultural and pedagogical significance of exhibits, exhibitions and scientific aids. She publishes academic and popular science papers related to both fields mentioned above. Together with her team, she developed the concept of the Copernican Revolution Lab, an education-focused research and development centre opened at the Copernicus Science Centre in 2023. A fellow of the Kościuszko Foundation at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Embodied Design Research Laboratory (2022). She leads the working group on research and evaluation at ECSITE.