European Competence Centre for Science Communication

Next Wednesday, 11 March, #COALESCE Hub @w-i-d.de will promote a lunchtalk on the attitudes of the public towards science and research! They will compare the results of the science barometers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. You can register to join the discussion.

#scicomm #attitudes #trust

Read the full news article here: coalesceproject.eu/2026/03/03/c...

Meet #COALESCE 5 new Hubs! ⬇️

👏 Welcome to our network

“The role of the Hubs is fundamental to understanding national science communication contexts and contributing to a coordinated international network that brings local knowledge, languages and audiences,” says @jomagellan.bsky.social

#scicomm

ESMH Summer School 2026 - Call for young journalists and content creators - ESMH Are you a young journalist writing about science and technology? Do you have questions about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on newsrooms,

⏰Only 2 weeks left to apply for the 2026 #ESMHSummerSchool for young EU journalists!

Join #comms experts & journalists at the #EUParliament in Brussels for interactive workshops on #SciComm & #AI

📅 22-25/6
✍ Apply before 18/3 noon (CET): wp.me/panTdn-4vj

@efsj.bsky.social @ep-eprs.bsky.social

Joining the other 22 that already exist, these new COALESCE Hubs are fundamental to adapt COALESCE resources so they are best suited to the needs of those communicating science in their countries, while creating an international network of #scicomm organisations that can collaborate together.

🎉Today the @scicommcentre.eu welcomed five new COALESCE Hubs:
-University of Copenhagen, Department of Science Education, Denmark
-University of Agder, Norway
- @sciencebasementpod.bsky.social, Finland
-SciCo, Greece
-Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

The SciComm Note on Sight assembles evidence on which visual techniques are well established and which are still emerging, as well as their strengths, weaknesses and impacts.

Resource created for the @scicommcentre.eu

#scicomm #COALESCE
@scicommsuwe.bsky.social
@erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
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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 app...

#COALESCE SciComm Note on Sight is published
Synthesises existing knowledge, rather than collecting new data or proposing specific recommendations.
#scicomm #CompetenceCenter
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🔗https://coalesceproject.eu/2026/02/23/seeing-science-clearly-a-research-informed-guide-to-visual-science-communication/

Artist captures COALESCE Hub discussion about misinformation The COALESCE Hubs were asked to reflect on the role they can play in addressing mis- and disinformation, and the artist Edgar Sanjuan captured it all in an infographic that will be available as part o...

The session on misinformation was one of a series of events involving COALESCE Hub representatives held in Madrid on 24 and 25 September 2025. The illustration created by Edgar Sanjuán, a visual thinker and founder of Made Thinking, is now made public for the first time.
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Illustration created by the artist Edgar Sanjuan during the session on misinformation

The #COALESCE Hubs were asked to reflect on the role they can play in addressing #misinformation and #disinformation, and the artist Edgar Sanjuán captured it all in an #infographic that will be available as part of the European Competence Centre for Science Communication resources in the future
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'Train the trainers' at Koç University "straight to the point" Koç University had a need, and the COALESCE project offered the expertise. That’s how the first ‘train-the-trainer’ workshop for professors at this university was designed and delivered in november an...

Providing #training resources to #Hubs is one of the core missions of the European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu.

Pehlivan: “Their presentation was straight to the point. It was meant for people who would become trainers – not as if they were doctoral students.”

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Koç University had a need, and the #COALESCE project offered the expertise. That’s how the first ‘train-the-trainer’ workshop for professors was designed and delivered in November and December 2025.
🔹role of scientists in #society and #scicomm
🔸skills they need
🔹brief historical overview

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#GermanScienceBarometer 2025 is out.
By #COALESCE hub @w-i-d.de

#scicomm #TrustInScience

#SwedishScienceBarometer now in English.
By #COALESCE hub @vetenskapoallm.bsky.social

#TrustInScience #scicomm

More fine-grained research – monitor sudden shifts, understand why #TrustInScience is lower among young ppl, and segment audiences.

@w-i-d.de @assotraces.bsky.social @scicommsuwe.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @arkoolesk.bsky.social @andyridgway.bsky.social @desayunodudas.bsky.social

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“There is no problem of #trust.” Quite the opposite, Martin Bauer #LSE said. The statement may sound counterintuitive, given that we are surrounded by widely shared perceptions that are convenient for certain stakeholders. Still, the view was supported by the other speakers.

#scicomm
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Trust in science remains high in Europe, but not among all audiences “There is no problem of trust.” Quite the opposite, Martin W. Bauer, Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science, said: “there’s an increasing level of trust”. The statement may soun...

The meeting, “Social perception of science, #trust and citizen engagement”, formed the second Mutual Learning Exercise.

The online session, organised by #COALESCE partners, took place on 21-22 January 2026.

@angelamonasor.bsky.social @jomagellan.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @uv.es

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Science Communication Unit, UWE Bristol (@scicommsuwe.bsky.social) Do you want to hone your science writing skills? We're offering a 10-week online course that will give you the confidence & know-how to write clear, engaging stories that stay true to the science. ⬇️…

Do you want to hone your science writing skills? #scicomm UWE, #COALESCE hub is offering a 10-week online course that will give you the confidence & know-how to write clear, engaging stories that stay true to the science.

courses.uwe.ac.uk/USSKNP15M/ap...

📅20 Apr-26 June

🆕Science Communication Seminar

Date: Wed 25 Feb 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Location: Online webinar

Jon Chase - Global Scicomm: The global conversation around science.

Register for the seminar: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0340c8...

#scicomm #sciencecommunication

Effective, sustainable public engagement needs resources.

Join our next EUSEA training: Using AI for EU Funding Applications with Eric Jensen (Institute for Methods Innovation). Learn to use #AI responsibly, tackle bias & strengthen proposals.

📅 5 Feb 2026
🔗 lnkd.in/eCAX6EJZ

#EUFunding

La semana pasada celebramos una nueva reunión del ejercicio de aprendizaje mutuo #MLE sobre comunicación científica en el que participaron 9 países para hablar sobre:

✅ Percepción social de la ciencia
✅ Confianza en la ciencia
✅ Estrategias de participación ciudadana

#SciComm

Preparing Students to Report Science Responsibly

Read the winning articles from the Dana Program for Neuroscience and Society at Loyola University Chicago journalism competition, which encourages journalism and neuroscience students to enhance their understanding of values essential for the ethical reporting.

#scicomm #neurosociety #neuroscience

Science must reimagine public engagement in era of uncertainty - Research Professional News Our best defence against AI and algorithm overload is truly understanding science, writes Roger Highfield

Science must reimagine public engagement in era of uncertainty www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

What we lose when we outsource scientific writing - LSE Impact Writing is often said to be thinking. Based on a study of scientific writing practices, this post analyses what is lost when academic writing is outsourced.

💥New | What we lose when we outsource scientific writing

✍️ Marcel Knöchelmann & Cornelia Schendzielorz

#AcWri #SciComm #Ghostwriting

Group of smiling ARVO Science Communication Training Fellowship participants posed on stairs. Text encourages to apply for Fellowship by January 30. Visit ARVO.org/SCTF for more details.

You can still apply for @arvoinfo.bsky.social #SciComm Training Fellowship to elevate your #sciencecommunication/#scienceadvocacy skills. This is a great opportunity for junior researchers in #VisionScience. Don't miss out! Apply by Jan. 30: https://bit.ly/48Ardmq
#SciCommT

The policy brief provides recommendations to help facing complex demands, such as:
➡️Anticipate and navigate misinformation
➡️Tailor approach to time pressure
➡️Accept and communicate uncertainty

Download it on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1772...

The new version of the policy brief incorporates different perspectives from policy, academia, industry, civil society that emerged during four workshops dealing with these topics:

-Climate emergency
-Water oceans and soils
-Health & vaccines
-Artificial intelligence and digital transformation

🆕The 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 aims at fostering constructive exchange around science when talking about #wickedproblems - complex societal problems that lack straightforward solutions, such as the climate crisis.

zenodo.org/records/1772...

This is the first training session of a series of free courses organised by the Competence Centre, that will take place during this year.

This is a live session and it's from 12.30pm to 2.30pm (CET) on 11 February 2026.

📢 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 (26 𝐉𝐚𝐧) 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 🙏