HEAL2025 – Science communication, citizen science, and risk perception

Science communication generally refers to public communication presenting science-related topics to non-experts. It can also simply describe communication between scientists, as well as between non-scientists. How you communicate depends on whether you are publishing research results in a peer-reviewed journal, talking to a reporter, interacting with students, or discussing your research with the public.
Science communication can aim to generate support for scientific research or study, or to inform decision making, including political and ethical thinking, and to improve understanding so as to mobilise action. This is particularly important to climate change. There is increasing emphasis on explaining methods, users engagement, co-designing rather than simply informing findings of science. This session will include presentations from research to policy and action examples.