In Focus: Science Communication
“You don’t really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother”. This quote is attributed to Albert Einstein and should be the motto of all professional science communicators.
Science communication should be part of a scientist's everyday life as communicating with society about science and its benefits is more important than ever. Scientists give talks, write papers and proposals, communicate with a variety of audiences, and educate others. Thus, to be successful scientists must learn how to communicate effectively. In other words, to be a successful scientist, they must be effective communicators and able to transmit their message clearly and concisely so that it is understood by an engaged audience. We might conclude that today, effective communicators can be considered better scientists.
As far as we are concerned, the first step we invite you to take is to share your research ideas, results, calls and events with the broad WBC-RTI.INFO community. Do not miss the opportunity to see your information published at our platform and distributed to more than 11.000 stakeholders. Contact us at office@wbc-rti.info or submit your contribution directly through our website. Thank you in advance!
News
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It is seven in the evening and JRC scientist Bernd Gawlik is multitasking: he is preparing a dinner with a recipe originating from the German part of Silesia – the region his family is originally from...
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Book launch: how science can help us build a more resilient Europe
Enhanced data collection, more knowledge sharing and a long-term approach to risk will be key in strengthening Europe’s resilience against future disasters, according to a new book published today by ...
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Commission launches open access research publishing platform
Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe grant holders can publish their work on the new platform for free. All papers will be scrutinized by peers and the reviews published too.
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Events
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EU Citizens' Interests - The European Green Deal
To support the European Commission in the implementation of the European Green Deal, the JRC created two sets of indicators drawing from six of the policy areas indicated by the European Commission. The...
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Organisations
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Centre for Southeast European Studies (CSEES)
The Centre for Southeast European Studies was set up in November 2008 following the establishment of Southeastern Europe as a strategic priority at the University of Graz in 2000. The Centre is an interdisciplinary...
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European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
The European Association of Science Editors (EASE) is an international community of individuals and associations from diverse backgrounds, linguistic traditions and professional experience in science ...
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Euroscience was founded in 1997 by members of Europe's research community to: provide an open forum for debate on science and technology and research policies in Europe strengthen the ...
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Calls
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Call for Abstracts for 2nd EBR Conference
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The University of Graz and the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Sciences (FPS) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the academic year 2020/2021 for the Interdisciplinary...
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The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme
French Institutes for Advanced Study is an international mobility fellowship programme offering high-level scientific residencies in the four IAS of Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Montpellier.
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Documents
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Science for Disaster Risk Management 2020
The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre has produced the "Science for disaster risk management 2020: acting today, protecting tomorrow", the second of its series.
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Communicating Science in Times of COVID-19, A selective overview of good practices
The CCA on Science Communication has produced a publication on how to communicate science in times of COVID-19. On 22 July 2020, the COST CCA on Science Communication held a webinar on science communication...
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Communicating Science in Times of COVID-19, A selective overview of good practices
The CCA on Science Communication has produced a publication on how to communicate science in times of COVID-19. On 22 July 2020, the COST CCA on Science Communication held a webinar on science communication...
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Links
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Fast publication and open peer review for research stemming from Horizon 2020 funding across all subject areas.
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EurekAlert! is an online, global news service operated by AAAS, the science society. EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations...
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Balkan Network of Science Journalists
Science reporters and writers from various countries in South-East Europe gathered in this Association of Science Reporters from across South-East Europe to improve the quality of critical and ethical...
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Projects
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Using Science for/in Diplomacy for Addressing Global Challenges
A H2020 research project analysing and supporting EU science diplomacy The overall aim of S4D4C (“Using Science for/in Diplomacy for addressing global Challenges”) is to support current and future ...
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Although these countries are not yet EU Member States it is important to monitor their achievements and reform efforts of social rights as candidate and potential candidate countries. This is particularly...
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Although these countries are not yet EU Member States it is important to monitor their achievements and reform efforts of social rights as candidate and potential candidate countries. This is particularly...
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