Episodes

  • 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
  • Climate education through online narrative games. Guest: Dr Lynda Dunlop

    Climate education through online narrative games. Guest: Dr Lynda Dunlop
    Feb 3 2026
    In our second season of SciComm Conversations, we speak with science-communication researchers about their work. In the third episode, we hear from Dr Lynda Dunlop of the University of York, where she is a senior lecturer and Director of Education for Environmental Sustainability at York. Lynda tells us about Game Changers, an interactive live show about climate activism, that was part of Megaverse and was funded by UK Research and Innovation.

    Find out more about Game Changers in this research paper reporting on the project: doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2025.2539476

    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/2026/02/03/scicomm-conversations-s02e03/

    (The music for this episode is courtesy of the Game Changers project and is not covered by the episode’s CC BY 4.0 licence.)

    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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    18 mins
  • 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