An eventful first year

COALESCE turned one on 1 April – above is the group from our kick-off meeting – and what a year it has been! You may have read some of our highlights in the previous issue of this newsletter. Since then, as you will see in this issue, we have had the pleasure of welcoming our new national and regional hubs, publishing our first policy brief and speaking at several key conferences on science communication in Europe.

We also launched our podcast on science communication, called SciComm Conversations, last month. Our first season is all about science communication in the context of AI, and you can listen to the first episode below or search for “SciComm Conversations” in your favourite podcast app. Our second episode will be out later this month.

COALESCE will have a prominent presence at the ESOF2024 conference in Katowice, Poland, this coming June, and we hope to see many of you there. We will be hosting one of the main workshops of the event, but if you cannot attend it or the other sessions we will be hosting, you can always find us any time at our booth. Come say hello!

COALESCE can only achieve its potential with your participation: we invite you to join our Community of Practice if you haven’t already done so. And don’t forget that you can follow us on social media – we post regularly on X (Twitter) and LinkedIn.

We hope that, as spring finally arrives across Europe, your science-communication endeavours continue to thrive. Happy reading!

– Joana, Jason and Rosa
The COALESCE Co-ordination Team