Practitioners connect with researchers in a new series of interviews

COALESCE has a vast network of Hubs across Europe, from Lisbon to Riga or Koç. It includes universities, science communication organisations, and even volunteer associations, with some more connected to research in science communication and others focused on science communication practice. How these apparently different worlds connect – what works, what doesn’t, and what needs to change – was the question we have challenged ourselves to answer. That’s how the SciComm Connections series of interviews was born.

In our first article, we connect Martina Arabadzhieva, who represents the Bulgarian Hub and is part of the Centre for Research and Analysis (CRA), with Marianne Achiam, who leads a research group in science communication at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Both agreed that science communication practise should be taken seriously by the various stakeholders – and they would love to continue our chat for longer. You can read our first SciComm Connections article here.

Connecting people is also one of the Competence Centre’s goals – have you registered yet? Bit by bit, we are adding new tools and resources to the platform to meet this goal. Our most recent tool is “Events”, where you can find conferences and training events, either online or in-person. If you know of any event that would be worth including, please contact us.

Also in this newsletter, learn about what happened at our latest Mutual Learning and Exploitation event (ML&E 6) and listen to our SciCom Conversations podcast with Hannah Little, Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool.

– The COALESCE communications team –