Vedrana Simičević
Vedrana Simičević is an award-winning freelance Croatian journalist and editor who specialises in science, environment, climate and investigative stories. Her articles appeared in National Geographic, BBC Future, Science, New Scientist, Physics Today, The BMJ and Balkan Insight, among others.She is a two-time recipient of the Croatian national award "Velebitska degenija" for the best environmental protection story, and she has won several international journalistic grants, including the Balkan Fellowship for journalistic excellence, the Reporters in the Field grant, and Journalismfund investigative grants. She is a FRONTIERS science journalism initiative fellow.
In her science communication courses, Vedrana teaches scientists how to efficiently communicate science to the public and the media.
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A scientist's opinion: interview with Prof. Juan Picos about solutions against wildfires
How can we make the European landscape more resilient to wildfires? Experts are testing out different prevention strategies on different areas through predictive models and computer simulations. One of them is Prof. Juan Picos from the University of Vigo (Spain), co-coordinator of the cross-border EU-funded... -
A scientist's opinion: interview with Dr Ragni Fjellgaard Mikalsen about solutions against wildfires
From innovative seed balls to virtual reality training for firefighters - the large-scale EU Green Deal TREEADS project she was leading with 47-48 partners from 13 to 14 European countries and Taiwan, resulted in 26 different solutions and technologies for integrated fire management and adaptive forest...