https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-07285-x
Regular Article
IPPOG: a global network for particle physics outreach and education
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LIP and IST, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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CNRS/IN2P3 - LAPP, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Annecy, France
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IFIN-HH, Bucharest, Romania
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University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria
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University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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CNRS/IN2P3 - IP2I, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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GSI – Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
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TUD Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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DESY and University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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ARC Centre for Dark Matter Particle Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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INFN Bologna, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA
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TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
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INFN Communications Office, Rome, Italy
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CBPF – Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
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Charles University, Stare Mesto, Czech Republic
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Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
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Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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IFIC (CSIC/UV), Valencia, Spain
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Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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BUAP – Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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Pierre Auger Observatory, Mendoza, Argentina
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CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
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Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil
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Gran Sasso National Laboratory – INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
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LIP, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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West University of Timisoara, Timișoara, Romania
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Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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INFN – Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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Babeş–Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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CMS Collaboration, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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Sofia Tech Park Jsc, Sofia, Bulgaria
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University of Münster, Munster, Germany
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecublens, Switzerland
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Yale University, New Haven, USA
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Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
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UAM-IFT (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid – Instituto de Física Teórica), Madrid, Spain
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Munich Quantum Valley, Munchen, Germany
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University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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University of Houston, Houston, USA
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University of Amsterdam and Nikhef, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Rome, Italy
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, USA
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University of Sofia – St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
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University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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IFCA, Universidad de Cantabria / CSIC, Cantabria, Spain
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Creighton University, USA and University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
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Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Università degli Studi di Bergamo and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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Universidad de Cantabria and CSIC, Santander, Spain
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LIP, Braga, Portugal
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University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
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National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Greece
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University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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CNRS, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Strasbourg, France
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Federal University of ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
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University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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University of Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
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LAPP: Laboratoire d’Annecy le Vieux de Physique des Particules, Annecy, France
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Received:
12
November
2025
Accepted:
30
December
2025
Published online:
17
February
2026
Abstract
We present the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG), a global network dedicated to connecting students, educators, and the general public with the world of particle physics. In this paper, we outline the need to bridge the existing gap between the particle physics community and the wider audience, and we present the solutions that IPPOG has implemented to overcome it through three pillar Activities: the International Masterclasses and the Global Cosmics hands-on activities network, which have engaged together over 200,000 high-school students to date, and the curation of an Outreach Resource Database and web portal.
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