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SciComm Conversations

SciComm Conversations

By: The European Competence Centre for Science Communication
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 SciComm Conversations is the official podcast of the European Competence Centre for Science Communication.Copyright scicommcentre.eu Science Social Sciences
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  • Showing the person behind the science. Guest: Marlene Altenmüller

    Showing the person behind the science. Guest: Marlene Altenmüller
    Mar 6 2026
    We are continuing our series of interviews with science-communication researchers, conducted at the PCST conference in Aberdeen last year.

    In this episode, we hear from Dr Marlene Altenmüller, junior professor in Science Acceptance, at ZPID, the Leibniz Institute for Psychology.

    You can find a full transcript of the episode on the COALESCE website: coalesceproject.eu/2026/03/06/scicomm-conversations-s02e06/


    SciComm Conversations is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.

    The COALESCE project is funded by the European Union to establish the European Competence Centre for Science Communication.

    Views and opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of COALESCE or of the European Union.
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    27 mins
  • Non-human characters in science storytelling. Guest: Dr Hannah Little

    Non-human characters in science storytelling. Guest: Dr Hannah Little
    Mar 5 2026
    We are continuing our series of interviews with science-communication researchers, conducted at the PCST conference in Aberdeen last year.

    In this episode, we hear from Dr Hannah Little, Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, on the role of non-human characters in storytelling about science.

    You can find a full transcript of the episode on the COALESCE website: coalesceproject.eu/2026/02/18/scicomm-conversations-s02e05/

    SciComm Conversations is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.

    The COALESCE project is funded by the European Union to establish the European Competence Centre for Science Communication.

    Views and opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of COALESCE or of the European Union.
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    21 mins
  • Does public engagement make science better? Guest: Prof Bruce Lewenstein

    Does public engagement make science better? Guest: Prof Bruce Lewenstein
    Feb 11 2026
    In our second season of SciComm Conversations, we speak with science-communication researchers about their work. In this episode, Prof Bruce Lewenstein from Cornell University explores the question of whether public engagement make science better. Bruce discussed this topic in the context of work done at Cornell’s Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (or CROPPS).

    The interview was recorded at the international conference of the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) network.

    You can find a full transcript of the episode on the COALESCE website: coalesceproject.eu/2026/02/11/scicomm-conversations-s02e04/

    SciComm Conversations is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.

    The COALESCE project is funded by the European Union to establish the European Competence Centre for Science Communication.

    Views and opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of COALESCE or of the European Union.
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    29 mins
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