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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 17h

Katja Kaurinkoski (@sciencebasementpod.bsky.social) and Anna Przybyło-Józefowicz (Institute Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences) discuss the barriers they face👇 coalesceproject.eu/2026/09/25/s...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 29/09/2026

➡️For museum and science centre specialists, facilitators of engagement and co-creation activities, educators, scientists and academics. 📅 14 October, 12:30 - 14:30 (CEST) ⚠️ Register here: scicommcentre.eu/event/23e693...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 25/09/2026

Upload your resources by going to your profile on the platform and clicking "All resources" ➡️ "Add new". Your contributions will help shape a quality, community‑driven collection that supports scicomm practitioners across Europe!

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 31/08/2026

All resources uploaded will follow a 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 managed by the COALESCE team that will review the resource and check if it’s eligible to be published. 🔎 Explore the Scicomm Toolbox and propose scicomm materials that can be disseminated within the scicomm community: lnkd.in/e4vB2_7i

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 24/08/2026

📣If you would like to post a call for partners you can go on 𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 inside your profile, then click on “Add new” and select “Project opportunity”, so that it is visible on “Find your opportunity” page scicommcentre.eu/search-oppor... Create your profile on the platform! scicommcentre.eu

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 16/07/2026

🌐 The platform already has 200 scientists registered ➡️ With 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 feature find the expert you need, while on your profile page with 𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 you can add a specific request for an expert source, to find who you need for your articles and to use private messaging to get responses.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 14/07/2026

The library now contains resources developed within projects funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program Science With and For Society but it is planned to expand. To know more about how to use it and to upload your own resources, please read the article: coalesceproject.eu/2026/07/14/c...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 06/07/2026

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 - 𝘞𝘩𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦? We invite researchers, academics and citizen science project managers to join our free online training to be guided through methods for inclusive, needs-driven engagement. 📅 8 July, 12:30-14:30 (CEST). Register here: scicommcentre.eu/event/22

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 25/06/2026

🤔 How does it look to be a #scicomm professional in EU? What skills and knowledge do different science communicators need? This was the topic for the latest Mutual Learning Exercise #MLE on Science Communication in R&I organised by #COALESCE. COALESCE #Hubs and other national representatives👇 1/2

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 23/06/2026

📣 Our newsletter is out! lnkd.in/e-Uh3Jch Subscribe here: lnkd.in/etd9bRKu Loads of news: -SciComm Connections, a new series of interviews about the relationship between research and practice in scicomm -Upcoming trainings and events -SciComm Conversation podcast -New Event feature on our platform

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 20/05/2026

📣 Check the latest opportunity on the Competence Centre platform!!! scicommcentre.eu/search-oppor... @jomagellan.bsky.social & #COALESCE project, together with Science Comes to Town (Science 4 Everyone project), is gathering inspirational formats to communicate and engage audiences with science.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 30/04/2026

The meeting ended with a co-creation exercise, where all the hubs put together ideas on how to face #gaps and #challenges regarding misinformation and climate communication, proposing solutions that could be specific for each of their geographical contexts.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 07/04/2026

📑New report with actionable #guidance on how to improve #scicomm in the face of urgent and unexpected climate-related events 🔗 zenodo.org/records/1894... 🤝It is the result of a participatory workshop at the @climateurope2.bsky.social festival @jomagellan.bsky.social @scicommsuwe.bsky.social (1/2)

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 01/04/2026

The day was divided into 3 moments: 👉 Panel discussion on "Building trust towards times of crisis" 👉 Lightning Country Snapshot highlighting a situation where the science communication failed or was insufficient, and one #scicomm success story 👉 Full afternoon dedicated to group discussions (2/2)

A panel discussion on "Building trust towards times of crisis" with Olha Izhyk, WHO Regional Office for Europe; Olaf Kramer, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Yagmur Demirpehlivan, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Paula Gori, European Digital Media Observatory

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 01/04/2026

⏱️ In times of crisis, #misinformation spreads fast, so #scicomm needs to spread faster. Understanding national strategies to support rapid mobilisation in times of crisis was the topic of the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on scicomm in R&I run by #COALESCE, with @inspiringera.bsky.social. (1/2)

Participants at the MLE3, in Berlin, on 25 March 2026.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 18/03/2026

➡️If you’re a science communicator, journalist as well as a scientist create your profile or the one of your organisation on the platform and discover all the opportunities, tailored trainings and resources: scicommcentre.eu

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 12/03/2026

5️⃣ “Showing the person behind the science”, with @marlephie.bsky.social, in which she discussed the role of personalisation in science, with @achintyarao.in. ▶️ coalesceproject.eu/2026/03/06/s... #SciComm #Personalisation #Personalization #Science

The cover for the SciComm Conversations episode on “Showing the person behind the science”.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 12/03/2026

4️⃣ “Non-human characters in science storytelling”, where @hanachronism.bsky.social chatted with Sara Urbani about cultural-transmission experiments. ▶️ coalesceproject.eu/2026/02/18/s... #SciComm #ScienceStorytelling

The cover of the SciComm Conversations episode on “Non-human characters in science storytelling”.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 12/03/2026

3️⃣ “Does public engagement make science better?”, in which Bruce Lewenstein was interviewed by @achintyarao.in about @cornelluniversity.bsky.social’s Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) project. ▶️ coalesceproject.eu/2026/02/11/s... #SciComm #PublicEngagement

The cover for the SciComm Conversations episode on “Does public engagement make science better?”.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 12/03/2026

2️⃣ “Climate education through online narrative games”, with Lynda Dunlop, in which Lynda spoke to @laurabusato.bsky.social about #GameChangers (www.megaverse.co/projects/gam...). ▶️ coalesceproject.eu/2026/02/03/s... #ClimateChange #Climate #ClimateEducation

The cover of the SciComm Conversations episode on “Climate education through online narrative games”.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 12/03/2026

1️⃣ “Identities in science communication”, with @nicbennett.bsky.social, in which Nic and Sara Urbani discuss the #SciComm Identities project (scicommidentities.org). ▶️ coalesceproject.eu/2025/12/22/s...

The cover for the SciComm Conversations episode on “Identities in science communication”.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 12/03/2026

🎧 Get your headphones! Here are five new episodes of #SciCommConversations, for your aural delectation. Listen to them below, or search for our series on your favourite #podcast catcher. ⤵️

The cover image for SciComm Conversations, the COALESCE podcast.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 04/03/2026

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

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 27/02/2026

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.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 23/02/2026

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 1/2

Illustration created by the artist Edgar Sanjuan during the session on misinformation

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 28/01/2026

🆕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...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 24/01/2026

🤔What have #COALESCE Hubs and government representatives from 9 European countries (EE, FR, DE, IE, LT, PT, ES, SE & GB) been up to on 21-22 Jan'26? The topic was public trust in science, and soon we'll have more news about it. Subscribe to our newsletter 👇 coalesceproject.eu/subscribe/ #scicomm

Participants in the second COALESCE Mutual Learning Exercise about public trust in science. Among partners, there were Fecyt, Trinity College Dublin, University of Valencia and Science for Change.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 09/12/2025

⚙️What are the evolving #competences to communicate science? This question opened the session dedicated to identifying training needs for science communicators during the Italian National Congress for Science Communication, held last week at SISSA School.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 02/12/2025

➡️To get prepared before a crisis comes it’s pivotal in order to tackle it. At the COALESCE #Hub Hiša eksperimentov in Ljubljana, Slovenian journalists had the opportunity to discuss how to communicate in time of crisis, getting in touch with the guidelines developed by the @scicommcentre.eu

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 28/11/2025

How can science communicators identify mis- and disinformation? And what role can they play addressing it? Two questions that will be explored in a training session that will be soon part of the Competence Centre's training porfolio. Stay tuned on our platform: scicommcentre.eu

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 02/10/2025

If you are a scicomm organisation from Denmark, Finland, Greece, Norway, or Poland, here you can submit your Expression of Interest: forms.gle/CmsTwMCY4pCc...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 29/09/2025

Together to discuss #scicomm gaps and needs inside governance structures, besides addressing ethical issues in scicomm. As part of COALESCE project, national representatives from nine countries met in Madrid to co-create strategies and a long term vision for the enhancement of scicomm policies.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 22/09/2025

📢Are you a #scicomm organisation from Denmark, Finland, Greece, Norway, or Poland? If you’re ready to collaborate to advance science communication in your own country and across Europe, submit your Expression of Interest by 6 October and become a COALESCE Hub: forms.gle/CmsTwMCY4pCc...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 16/09/2025

Become a COALESCE Hub! 18 countries have already active participants in the network, creating a bridge between COALESCE resources and their #scicomm community. Organisations from 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 can submit Expressions of Interest by 𝟔 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 forms.gle/Vu2h5ongSVe4...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 09/09/2025

📢Join COALESCE as a 𝐇𝐮𝐛! Expressions of Interest are opening today. If your #scicomm organisation is based in 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, don’t miss the opportunity to get involved! Here you can submit your Expression of Interest by 6 October 2025: forms.gle/dx7H5yJkytAw...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 04/07/2025

How can #policy support the work of science museums, science festivals and other science outreach organisations? 🆕Find it out in the updated version of the Policy Brief on excellent #scicomm for society at large through informal activities: zenodo.org/records/1578...

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 12/06/2025

🗣️ Aoife Taylor, Trinity College Dublin, spoke at #Ecsite2025 on the future of #science & #society, using a #futuresthinking lens 🤝 She shared how #COALESCE supports science communicators facing misinfo, crises & trust challenges 🌐 Find out more! scicommcentre.eu #SciComm #TrustInScience

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 10/06/2025

What a week! A huge thank you from the whole COALESCE team to anyone who visited us at our booth, attended our workshops and sessions or simply had a word with us during the @pcstnetwork.bsky.social conference in Aberdeen

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 28/05/2025

Also at #PCST at 10:30 today, – @jomagellan.bsky.social and Joseph Roche will be discussing “Bridging #SciComm and #CitizenScience” in Conf Suite 2A, and – @arkoolesk.bsky.social will present “Self-evaluation in science communication: mapping the resources” in Meeting Room 4.

A slide showing the sessions listed in the body of the post, in a different format.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 28/05/2025

We’re thrilled to share our friendly guide for journalists on communicating science in times of crises! 🗣️ zenodo.org/records/1546... If you are attending #PCST2025, you can meet the contributors to this guide in the #COALESCE booth in the exhibition hall. Come and say hello! #SciComm #PCST

The cover of a COALESCE document, entitled “How to communicate science in times of crisis?” The subtitle isn “A friendly guide for journalists”. The main image is of a headless body with several speech bubbles about them.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 27/05/2025

Later today at #PCST2025, we have – @jomagellan.bsky.social speaking on “Advancing in a science communication policy agenda” in Conference Suite 4 and – Emma Weitkamp presenting “Science Communication Officers: A survey of skills and training needs” in Room 7. (Both sessions at 16:15.) #SciComm

A slide whose contents are in the body of the post, listing two talks taking place today at PCST 2025.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 27/05/2025

If you are #PCST2025, please come say hello to our team at our booth. We’ll be near the posters all day, except during the keynotes. CC: @dorassessment.bsky.social

A woman in the centre of the photo sits behind a laptop at a desk, with a posterboard behind her and a large monitor to her right. To her left, another woman stands deep in conversation with a man carrying a backpack.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 26/05/2025

We’ve kicked off #PCST2025, with a workshop on Teaching and #AI, organised by the @pcstnetwork.bsky.social’s Teaching Forum and led by our own @andyridgway.bsky.social. #PCST #SciComm

A man stands in front of a presentation screen, with two massive paintings on the wall behind. In front of him, with their backs to the camera, are three tables of people attending the workshop.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 26/05/2025

Meet our team at our booth at #PCST2025! Today, we’re by the registration desk in Elphinstone Hall. Come say hello! #PCST

A woman holding a brochure sits in front of a computer at a desk with conference materials and stand-up posters on either side.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 22/05/2025

Are you attending #PCST2025? Let’s meet at the booth of the European Competence Centre for Science Communication (@scicommcentre.eu) to explore what tools the Competence Centre can offer to support daily #scicomm practices, connect scicomm communities and what training possibilities there are.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 20/05/2025

Do you do #SciComm via immersive approaches using the senses of smell, taste or touch, in interesting and/or novel ways? 🤔 If so, please participate in our workshop! 📅 Date: 12 June 2025 ⌚ Time: 12:00–13:00 BST / 13:00–14:00 CEST 📍 Location: Online Register here: forms.office.com/e/FhpAPXEYtV

Two people in relative darkness about to touch hands. Behind them is a large blue neon triangle, providing the only light in the image.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 23/04/2025

Coalesce was presented as one of the featured projects at the Portuguese Science Communication Conference #SciComPT2025 held in Madeira from 9 to 11 April, organised by SciComPT - the Coalesce National Hub in Portugal.

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European Competence Centre for Science Communication @scicommcentre.eu · 15/04/2025

🗓️ Join the COALESCE team at the pre-conference workshops on 26 May in advance of #PCST Conference in Aberdeen. Don't miss our sessions to talk about AI in science communication teaching, challenges in #scicomm teaching and more! To register visit: abdn.eventsair.com/pcst2025/reg...

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