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Perception of materials, objects and spaces through active EXPLORAtion
An MSCA doctoral network funded by the HORIZON 2020 framework - project lifetime 2026-2030
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EXPLORA kits
Creating impact through EXPLORAkits!

All DCs will integrate into EXPLORA Teams, which include fellow DCs (from other WPs), industry, creative-cultural sector, and SHITSUKAN partners (shitsukan.jp/deep/en; SHITSUKAN refers to the perceived multisensory material qualities and associations in its widest sense). Through teamwork DCs will make a meaningful contribution towards science literacy among a target group that is notoriously hard to win for STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics) subjects. As science disengagement amongst school children is currently one of the big global challenges. The outcome of team activities will be a freely available collection of multisensory Explora Kits will be scalable and realized in different sizes, forms, and levels of complexity, ranging from, for example, card games to code for Tabletop 3D printable objects sets to human-size experience suits or even detailed designs for escape rooms or integrated lighting plans for art exhibitions.

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outreach skills logoEvents
  • [01.02.2026] Start EXPLORA

  • [03.2026] @ Network meeting 1:
    Online intro to EXPLORA kits deliverable and teams ('discover phase 1')

  • [10.2026] Outreach skills 1:
    Team building & STEAM training ('discover phase 2')

  • [04.2027] @ Network meeting 2:
    Design research (context & users) ('discover phase 2')

  • [10.2027] @ Network meeting 3:
    Design brief definition + presentation ('define phase 1')

  • [04.2028] @ Network meeting 4:
    Ideation via rapid prototyping and user testing for validation ('define phase 2')

  • [10.2028] @ Network meeting 5:
    Concept definition + presentation ('develop phase 1')

  • [04.2029] @ Network meeting 6:
    Iterating and formal validation prototypes until final design + exhibition ('develop phase 2')
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outreach skills logo Timeline EXPLORA kits!
Mouse over the timeline for more information. Links to upcoming meetings will become active soon.
Discover Design Develop
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Start
02/2026 		Network Meeting 1
03/2026 		Outreach skills 1
10/2026 		Network Meeting 2
04/2027 		Network Meeting 3
10/2027 		Network Meeting 4
04/2028 		Network Meeting 5
10/2028 		Network Meeting 6
04/2029 		End
01/
2030
Team Look!
Preparations and signing of grant agreement Official start of EXPLORA Network meeting 1 at JLU (virtual, 2days) Outreach skill courses 1 at DELFT (just Doctoral Candidates) (hybrid, 2 days) Network meeting 2 at UTIA: Foraging for information: Dynamics of exploratory movements and perception (open+hybrid, 3.5 days) Network meeting 3 at DELFT: Natural exploratory behavior: environmental factors and individual differences (open+hybrid, 4 days) Network meeting 4 at UNIBA: Modeling exploratory behavior (open+hybrid 3.5 days) Network meeting 5 at UNIBO: Neural processes and mechanisms in active exploration (open/hybrid 3.5 days) Final network meeting at JLU (open, 3.5 days) EXPLORA ends but EXPLORA kits will live on!
Team Engage!
Preparations and signing of grant agreement Official start of EXPLORA Network meeting 1 at JLU (virtual, 2days) Outreach skill courses 1 at DELFT (just Doctoral Candidates) (hybrid, 2 days) Network meeting 2 at UTIA: Foraging for information: Dynamics of exploratory movements and perception (open+hybrid, 3.5 days) Network meeting 3 at DELFT: Natural exploratory behavior: environmental factors and individual differences (open+hybrid, 4 days) Network meeting 4 at UNIBA: Modeling exploratory behavior (open+hybrid 3.5 days) Network meeting 5 at UNIBO: Neural processes and mechanisms in active exploration (open/hybrid 3.5 days) Final network meeting at JLU (open, 3.5 days) EXPLORA ends but EXPLORA kits will live on!
Team Build!
Preparations and signing of grant agreement Official start of EXPLORA Network meeting 1 at JLU (virtual, 2days) Outreach skill courses 1 at DELFT (just Doctoral Candidates) (hybrid, 2 days) Network meeting 2 at UTIA: Foraging for information: Dynamics of exploratory movements and perception (open+hybrid, 3.5 days) Network meeting 3 at DELFT: Natural exploratory behavior: environmental factors and individual differences (open+hybrid, 4 days) Network meeting 4 at UNIBA: Modeling exploratory behavior (open+hybrid 3.5 days) Network meeting 5 at UNIBO: Neural processes and mechanisms in active exploration (open/hybrid 3.5 days) Final network meeting at JLU (open, 3.5 days) EXPLORA ends but EXPLORA kits will live on!
Team Touch!
Preparations and signing of grant agreement Official start of EXPLORA Network meeting 1 at JLU (virtual, 2days) Outreach skill courses 1 at DELFT (just Doctoral Candidates) (hybrid, 2 days) Network meeting 2 at UTIA: Foraging for information: Dynamics of exploratory movements and perception (open+hybrid, 3.5 days) Network meeting 3 at DELFT: Natural exploratory behavior: environmental factors and individual differences (open+hybrid, 4 days) Network meeting 4 at UNIBA: Modeling exploratory behavior (open+hybrid 3.5 days) Network meeting 5 at UNIBO: Neural processes and mechanisms in active exploration (open/hybrid 3.5 days) Final network meeting at JLU (open, 3.5 days) EXPLORA ends but EXPLORA kits will live on!
Team Immerse!
Preparations and signing of grant agreement Official start of EXPLORA Network meeting 1 at JLU (virtual, 2days) Outreach skill courses 1 at DELFT (just Doctoral Candidates) (hybrid, 2 days) Network meeting 2 at UTIA: Foraging for information: Dynamics of exploratory movements and perception (open+hybrid, 3.5 days) Network meeting 3 at DELFT: Natural exploratory behavior: environmental factors and individual differences (open+hybrid, 4 days) Network meeting 4 at UNIBA: Modeling exploratory behavior (open+hybrid 3.5 days) Network meeting 5 at UNIBO: Neural processes and mechanisms in active exploration (open/hybrid 3.5 days) Final network meeting at JLU (open, 3.5 days) EXPLORA ends but EXPLORA kits will live on!
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