Susana Hernández is a science journalist, currently working as communication and project manager at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, in Spain. She obtained her PhD with her thesis “Science Communication in the European Union: Policies and Actions”, and she also holds the title of Expert in Public Communication of Science. Since 2012, she collaborates as a member of the jury at the International Festival of Medical and Scientific Films – VIDEOMED, and she is part of the Steering Committee of the Press Association in Cáceres. She also contributes with her articles to the Spanish Association of Science Communication (AECC).
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A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Sara Degli-Esposti about TRESCA project
Interview with Sara Degli-Esposti, Research Director of the TRESCA project and Principal Investigator (PI) for the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). She is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC) and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University (UK). Her areas of research include ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Jason Pridmore about TRESCA project
Interview with Jason Pridmore, Vice Dean of Education at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, and Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His work focuses on practices of digital identification, mobile devices, security issues and the use of new and social media and consumer data. Jason ...
What drives public trust? Broadening the traditional scope of science communication with TRESCA
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of our daily lives and, by now, we are all a bit more dependent on technology than we had been before. But how can we trust all the scientific information that we receive through the media? How can we have a common understanding of what is reliable when we are being exposed to massive online information flows? Do we trust the same truths? What kind of people are more susceptible to trusting conspiracy theories? Using a novel approach based on social science, the new EU-funded project TRESCA tackles these, and other, research questions.
