Episodes

  • Identities in science communication. Guest: Dr Nic Bennett

    Identities in science communication. Guest: Dr Nic Bennett
    Dec 22 2025
    In our second season of SciComm Conversations, we speak with science-communication researchers about their work. In this episode, we hear from Dr Nic Bennett from the University of Michigan in the US. Nic tells us about the SciComm Identities project, which was presented 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/2025/12/22/scicomm-conversations-s02e02

    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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    24 mins
  • Engaging young people with green jobs. Guest: Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers

    Engaging young people with green jobs. Guest: Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers
    Sep 3 2025
    In our second season of SciComm Conversations, we speak with science-communication researchers about their work. In our first episode, we hear from Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers from the University of the West of England, in the UK. Laura talks about the Curiosity Connections Green Futures project and providing young people with role models in green jobs.

    You can find a full transcript of the episode on the COALESCE website: coalesceproject.eu/2025/09/03/scicomm-conversations-s02e01/

    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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    30 mins
  • Measuring trust in scientists. Guests: Dr Viktoria Cologna and Dr Niels Mede

    Measuring trust in scientists. Guests: Dr Viktoria Cologna and Dr Niels Mede
    Dec 11 2024
    This is a special episode of SciComm Conversations, in which I speak to Dr Viktoria Cologna and Dr Niels Mede about their recent paper looking into trust in scientists. Together with colleagues from around the world, Viktoria and Niels studied the responses of nearly 72,000 participants in 68 countries on all inhabited continents. In this episode, they tell us what they found.

    You can find a full transcript of the episode on the COALESCE website: https://coalesceproject.eu/2024/12/11/scicomm-conversations-s01e05/
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    30 mins
  • The role of generative AI in education. Guest: Sam Illingworth

    The role of generative AI in education. Guest: Sam Illingworth
    Aug 22 2024
    In our first season of SciComm Conversations, we are chatting with experts on the topic of science communication in the age of artificial intelligence. In this, our fourth episode of the season, Corragh-May White speaks with Sam Illingworth – poet, games designer and Professor of Creative Pedagogies at Edinburgh Napier University – about generative AI and its role in education.
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    31 mins
  • Using AI as science communicators and journalists. Guest: Mohamed Elsonbaty

    Using AI as science communicators and journalists. Guest: Mohamed Elsonbaty
    May 29 2024
    In our first season of SciComm Conversations, we are chatting with experts on the topic of science communication in the age of artificial intelligence. In our third episode, we hear from Mohamed Elsonbaty, on using ChatGPT for science communication. Mohamed is vice president of the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) network, co-founder of the Arab Forum of Science Media and Communication, interim board director of Arab Science Journalist Association, and runs the SciComm-AI training programme.
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    32 mins
  • Engaging the Public on Artificial Intelligence. Guest: Jennifer Edmond

    Engaging the Public on Artificial Intelligence. Guest: Jennifer Edmond
    Apr 30 2024
    In our first season of SciComm Conversations, we are chatting with experts on the topic of science communication in the age of artificial intelligence. Today, in our second episode, we hear from Professor Jennifer Edmond from Trinity College Dublin on the subject of engaging the public on artificial intelligence. Jennifer has been involved in a number of projects that use theatre and interactive installations to engage people with AI.
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    31 mins
  • Generative AI and Science Communication: Opportunities and Challenges. Guest: Mike Schäfer

    Generative AI and Science Communication: Opportunities and Challenges. Guest: Mike Schäfer
    Mar 18 2024
    In our first season of SciComm Conversations, we are chatting with experts on the topic of science communication in the age of artificial intelligence. In the first episode, we hear from Professor Mike Schäfer from the University of Zurich on the challenges and opportunities that generative AI presents to science communication. Mike recently published an essay entitled “The Notorious GPT” in the Journal of Science Communication.
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    33 mins