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SciComm Conversations: “Showing the person behind the science”
Listen to "Showing the person behind the science. Guest: Marlene Altenmüller" on Spreaker. Transcript Achintya Rao [00:09]: Welcome to SciComm Conversations. My name is Achintya Rao. In this episode we explore the subject of personalisation in science communication, that is, making the person behind the science more visible. I spoke [...]
COALESCE project welcomes five new hubs
Five new COALESCE Hubs have joined the project – bringing the total number of Hubs to 27, spanning northern, southern, eastern and western Europe. Organisations in Denmark, Finland, Greece, Norway and Poland joined COALESCE in the third and last enrollment period of the project. The COALESCE project will end in [...]
Seeing science clearly: a research-informed guide to visual science communication
Illustrations, video abstracts, data visualisations, along with theatre, dance and collaborative art are examples of the wide range of visual methods used to communicate science. Choosing the best approach to convey research can be challenging. A new resource created within the EU-funded COALESCE project, SciComm Note - Sight, provides a [...]
SciComm Conversations: “Non-human characters in science storytelling”
Listen to "Non-human characters in science storytelling. Guest: Dr Hannah Little" on Spreaker. Transcript 00:09: Welcome to SciComm Conversations, my name is Achintya Rao. We are continuing our series of interviews with science-communication researchers conducted at the PCST conference in Aberdeen last year. In this episode, we hear from Dr [...]
SciComm Conversations: “Does public engagement make science better?”
Listen to "Does public engagement make science better? Guest: Prof Bruce Lewenstein" on Spreaker. Transcript Achintya Rao [00:09]: Welcome to SciComm Conversations. My name is Achintya Rao. In our second season of the podcast, we have been hearing from science-communication researchers about their work. This episode was also recorded at [...]
‘Train the trainers’ at Koç University “straight to the point”
Science-communication experts and policymakers from across Europe got together in a move to make effective science communication mainstream and help tackle some of society’s biggest challenges.
Trust in science remains high in Europe, but not among all audiences
Science-communication experts and policymakers from across Europe got together in a move to make effective science communication mainstream and help tackle some of society’s biggest challenges.
Artist captures COALESCE Hub discussion about misinformation
Science-communication experts and policymakers from across Europe got together in a move to make effective science communication mainstream and help tackle some of society’s biggest challenges.
SciComm Conversations: “Climate education through online narrative games”
Listen to "Climate education through online narrative games. Guest: Dr Lynda Dunlop" on Spreaker. Transcript Achintya Rao [00:20]: Welcome to SciComm Conversations, my name is Achintya Rao. In the third episode of our second season, we hear from Dr Lynda Dunlop of the University of York, where she is a [...]
Free online training will help science communicators identify and counter disinformation
A training course on identifying and tackling mis- and disinformation is being offered to science communicators across Europe and beyond. The free online training will draw on research to provide science communicators with insights into why people are vulnerable to mis- and disinformation and how to spot it. It will [...]
