Launching the European Competence Centre for Science Communication

It has been a while since our last newsletter. In that time, we have had two key COALESCE events: the launch of the online platform of the European Competence Centre for Science Communication and our annual general assembly, which included a workshop with our national and regional hubs (see the photo above). In this issue, we have reports from the three sessions from the launch event, written by students at UWE Bristol.

Also featured below are two key resources that we have published recently. The first is a report on the training and resource needs of various actors in science communication, and the second is a collection of guidelines to help generalist journalists cover scientific topics during times of crisis.

Members of the COALESCE team and the FORTHEM Alliance are running an online workshop on communicating complex scientific concepts to diverse audiences, on 20 November. The workshop is open to Master’s students, PhD researchers and post-docs.

And finally, we need your help on two fronts. Firstly, could you spare a couple of minutes to help us pick a name for the repository of science-communication resources that will be part of the European Competence Centre for Science Communication? And secondly, please submit your favourite resources on the subject of tackling misinformation and building trust in science to our collection of links.

With the clocks now having turned back across Europe, we hope you are finding ways to stay warm as we approach the winter months.

– The COALESCE Communications Team