1 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 M. Achiam et al. (eds.), Addressing Wicked Problems through Science Education, Contributions from Science Education Research 8, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74266-9_1 Chapter 1 The Role of Out-of-School Science Education in Addressing Wicked Problems: An Introduction Justin Dillon, Marianne Achiam, and Melissa Glackin On Genealogy This book is part of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Science Education Research Series. The aim of the series and the way in which the aim is realised is outlined on the ESERA website, as follows: The aim of the series is to enhance the quality and impact of research in science education in Europe. To achieve this, books present and discuss, for the beneft of the scholarly com- munity and other users of research, the fndings of high-quality research in the domain of science education and in-depth explorations of specifc methodological strands in science education research. The series aims to publish books that are innovative in the issues they explore, or the methods they use, or the ways in which emergent knowledge in the feld is represented. It includes edited collections of chapters on a specifc theme, monographs and handbooks. (ESERA, n.d.) ESERA has a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). This book emerges from the work of one of them – ‘Science Education in Out-of-School contexts’. The SIG members carry out research in a range of contexts including museums, science centres, aquaria, zoos, botanical gardens, natural open or green spaces and science fairs and competitions. The three editors of this volume were the frst coordinators of the SIG. When we were planning this book, all SIG members were invited to contribute. Several years later, here it is. J. Dillon (*) Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK e-mail: j.s.dillon@exeter.ac.uk M. Achiam Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark M. Glackin School of Education, King’s College London, London, UK