science communication
ESMH Summer School 24-26 June 2025
Young journalists from across Europe gathered in the European Parliament in Brussels on 24-26 June 2025 for the European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) Summer School on ‘Science communication in the digital age’: three days of workshops, seminars and panels with experienced science journalists and experts to learn how to navigate the challenges and opportunities of science communication. Watch the opening and closing sessions online. ...
Joining forces for better science communication
A special toolbox and a European Competence Centre to foster excellence in science communication: that, amongst other things, is what science communicators from across Europe are working to establish. They are part of the EU-funded project COALESCE (Coordinated Opportunities for Advanced Leadership and Engagement in Science Communication in Europe). Science communication has never been more ...
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Aoife Taylor on science communication and the COALESCE project
Aoife Taylor is a science communicator and research project manager in the Science and Society Research Group at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is working on the EU-funded COALESCE (Coordinated Opportunities for Advanced Leadership and Engagement in Science Communication in Europe) project to support impactful science communication practices throughout Europe and the recognition of science ...
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Professor Jason Pridmore on science communication and the COALESCE project
In this interview, Jason Pridmore, Associate Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, reflects on the need for effective science communication. He also explains the context and goals of the ‘Coordinated Opportunities for Advanced Leadership and Engagement in Science Communication in Europe’ (COALESCE) project that he is coordinating. How did you become interested in science communication? ...
Science communication about climate change – what have we learned so far?
Interview on climate change with Dr Debbie Rosen, CONSTRAIN project. The EU-funded CONSTRAIN project is a consortium of 14 European partners tasked with developing a better understanding of the climate system and using this to improve global and regional climate projections for the next 20-50 years. We spoke with the project’s science and policy manager ...
EU project : NEWSERA
NEWSERA: Citizen science (CS) initiatives are changing the paradigm of science communication (SC). Not only the embedded bottom-up methodology takes into account people’s needs, aligning science to society, but empowers citizens to become science communicators. Moreover, launching a citizen science project requires the creation of a complex ecosystem, in which the participation of quadruple helix ...
Workshop in Milan : Techno-Scientific expertise and disinformation
Last Friday 14th February, the European Science-Media Hub was presented at the workshop of STS Italia. It was made in cooperation with the interdisciplinary network of Social Sciences and Humanities of Milano Politecnico (META). The workshop dealt with the intersection between techno-scientific expertise, the disinformation phenomenon and the role of media in this landscape called ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Colleen Campbell about Open access
Open access, a scientist's opinion Interview with Colleen Campbell, Co-Director of Egenis, the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences. Are you involved with PlanS directly and if so, how? Colleen Campbell: I have no official role in PlanS, but I coordinate the global Open Access 2020 (OA2020) Initiative and our objectives for ...