The SciCommer Newsletter: 15 July
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📰 In the News
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Researchers in the US presented posters about how their work might have benefited society in a protest about grant cuts at a science fair. Covered by Nature.
PCST 2025 Keynotes are now available on YouTube. Whether you joined us in person or wish you had, you can now revisit or catch up on the thought-provoking keynote sessions that shaped the conversation at this year’s event.
How Clinicians Correct Patient Misconceptions Using SciComm Practices - covered by SciComm bites.
Scientific sleuths are saying that their work is being used with the public to discredit science.
Read the Coalesce Policy Brief on excellent science communication for society at large through informal activities.
Science communication struggles to adapt as online platforms reshape information flow - on phys.org
LSE Impact Blog ‘Why Instagram doctors can’t fix the problems associated with wellness influencing’
AI challenge to find lost Amazonian civilizations draws critics - Science
From STAT ‘I’m a social media scientist with 3.5 million followers. Here’s what I’ve learned about public health communication’
It’s too easy to make AI chatbots lie about health information. From Reuters
There’s a new league table - which AI is best at answering scientific questions?
The recent attack on science in the US is not only undermining knowledge; it is also undermining democracy. Science Advances.
Social Media reshapes news consumption in Eastern Europe - news coverage of a study from Bucharest.
LISTEN: Research Unravelled: Sarah Carter-Bell from UK Parliament's Knowledge Exchange Unit on how to communicate research in a policy maker-friendly way.
Take a short course to level up your knowledge and skills to effectively evaluate science communication projects.
New Research
Examining the Use of Aggressive Satirical Humor on Perceptions of Trustworthiness in Communication About Renewable Energy. Science Communication, 0(0).
Measuring impacts of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE): a narrative review synthesis of review evidence. Res Involv Engagem 11, 76 (2025).
Understanding health knowledge failures: uncertainty versus misinformation. Sci Rep 15, 23867 (2025).
A science communication-focused summer project boosts first year bioscience students’ skill gains and supports placement year uptake, Current Research in Physiology, Volume 8, 2025, 100155, ISSN 2665-9441.
Seedling science communication in rural areas through european researchers' night JCOM 24(4), N01.
Science communication audiences in Lithuania: science motivation, attitudes toward media, and nature–friendly behavior. Front. Commun. 10:1587798.
🗓 The SciComm Diary
NEW ENTRIES TO THE DIARY! I can’t fit all entries in the newsletter here so I just include the new ones. If you are a paid subscriber you can access the full diary listings at any time via the button. You can also see what is coming up this week or so, for free, via the button below.
Science communication remote coworking sessions still happen weekly if you are looking for a virtual community!
VIRTUAL WEBINAR JULY 2025: Online launch of NIHR's Guiding Principles for community engagement and involvement (CEI) and Session 2
UK/LONDON EVENT 16 JULY 2025: Bestselling author of 'The Rules of Contagion' explores how scientific opinion is formed — and how best to convince others of the facts.
HYBRID CONFERENCE 16 - 18 JULY 2025: The BIG Event [London/UK]
UK EVENT/LONDON 29 JULY 2025: Enhancing Health Systems Research Through Community and Stakeholder Engagement
HYBRID EVENT 12 AUGUST 2025: Talk STEM to Me: How to Foster Inclusive Science Communication / New York
HYBRID CONFERENCE 28 - 30 AUGUST 2025: Talking Maths in Public - and now bursaries are available [Warwick/UK]
VIRTUAL COURSE 4 SEPT: Using ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot for Funding Applications virtual
UK CONFERENCE 9 SEPT 2025: Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) Conference: The next 25 years - In person at the National Science and Media Museum [Bradford]
MEXICO CONFERENCE 9-13 SEPT 2025: RedPOP 2025.
WEBINAR 15 SEPT: Health Misinformation: UNPACKED
SPAIN CONFERENCE 15 SEPT: Registre for Campus Gutenberg-Museo de la Ciencia CosmoCaixa 2025 In person
VIRTUAL WEBINAR 24 SEPT 2025: Working With Audiences Underrepresented in the Physical Sciences
GERMANY CONFERENCE 25 SEPT 2025: Computational Methods in Science Communication Research – Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Applications [Call for submissions open now]
VIRTUAL TRAINING: Workshop: Using ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot for Communications
UK: Filmmaking course 20-22 OCT 2025: Popular Science Filmmaking course is back! [Bristol]
SPAIN 28-30 OCT 2025: CCSC25 – X Congreso de Comunicación Social de la Ciencia [Mallorca]
VIRTUAL TRAINING: Weekly (4 weeks) from the 21 OCT Science Communication through Poetry
SYMPOSIUM 3 FEB 2026: AFSMC-PCST Symposium 2026 (United Arab Emirates) In person, Hybrid
CONFERENCE MARCH 2026: European Citizen Science Association [Finland]
CONFERENCE 2-4 JUNE 2026: Ecsite Conference Universeum, Gothenburg, Sweden
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