Francesco Suman is an Italian freelance science journalist based in Padua and Brussels. He holds a PhD in Philosophy of Science from the University of Padua and collaborates with a range of media outlets, including Domani, Il Bo Live, and Radio Svizzera Italiana. His work explores the complex relationship between science and society, with a focus on climate change, the energy transition, quantum technologies, human evolution, knowledge transfer, technological innovation, research policy, and misinformation. He also coordinates communication activities at the “Giorgio Levi Cases” Research Center on Energy Economics and Technology at the University of Padua.
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AI and the future of journalism: Balancing innovation and responsibility
The advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming society across a wide range of sectors and journalism is no exception. The challenge is twofold: AI can both support and disrupt journalistic work, acting at once as a powerful tool and a potential competitor. At the same time, journalists carry the responsibility of helping ...
Bringing tailored AI tools into the newsroom – interview with Jyri Kivimäki
Jyri Kivimäki leads the AI development and transformation at Yle, the Finnish national public broadcasting company. He will hold a workshop on “AI in journalism and newsrooms” at the 2026 ESMH Summer School on science communication in the age of artificial intelligence. We asked him a few questions about the transformative role of AI in ...
Covering AI: behind the curtain of hype and doom – interview with Svea Eckert
Svea Eckert is a freelance tech journalist and expert for NDR/ARD television, Germany’s national public broadcaster. She will hold a workshop on “responsible reporting on AI” at the 2026 ESMH Summer School on science communication in the age of artificial intelligence. We asked her a few questions about what good AI coverage should look like and ...
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Kati Koponen on removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Kati Koponen is senior scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. She’s among the authors of a report commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy on the role of Direct Air Capture (DAC). What are the major carbon dioxide capture technologies currently in use worldwide – and what are their ...
Carbon dioxide removal technologies: can they help us fight climate change?
The final document of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP30, acknowledges that the world is approaching an overshoot – that is, exceeding the 1.5 °C global warming threshold. Reducing future emission will be essential, but no longer sufficient: we will also need to actively remove the carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Sabine Fuss on removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Sabine Fuss is an economist and head of research department at the Potsdam Institute of Climate Research Impact. To start, there are multiple ways to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, and several terms are often used: carbon dioxide removal (CDR), carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), direct air capture (DAC), bioenergy combined with ...
Can e-fuels power Europe’s low carbon future?
In the spirit of technological neutrality, Europe is exploring multiple pathways to decarbonisation. Among them are e-fuels, whose chemical composition is identical to that of fossil fuels but are produced through synthetic processes rather than extracted and refined. This makes them a potential low-carbon alternative – provided that key sustainability criteria are met and critical ...
Interview with Corentin Boillet: ‘effects of e-fuels becoming more significant only in the long term’
Corentin Boillet is an analyst at Enerdata. He has 5 years of experience in the energy sector and benefits from a broad scientific background in this field. Within Enerdata, he has participated in different assignments on grid flexibility, storage systems, PV, and synthetic fuel. What do we mean by the term e-fuels, what are their main ingredients ...