ESOF 2020 – Meet VA and ORION Open Science
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VA will be involved in several sessions during ESOF 2020 – EuroScience Open Forum which takes place on 2–6 September. The theme for ESOF 2020 is: “Freedom for science, science for freedom”.
ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum) is the largest interdisciplinary science meeting in Europe. It is dedicated to scientific research and innovation and offers a unique framework for interaction and debate for scientists, innovators, policy makers, business people and the general public. The conference will be a hybrid one, with delegates participating both physically in Trieste, Italy, and online. VA is involved in four sessions, all online:
- VA is co-organising and introducing the session The quest for reliability in the face of an ’infodemic’: handling scientific uncertainty in unfolding debates on 3 September at 11:50-13:20.
Welcome to join and engage in a dialogue session which will discuss how researchers, engagement practitioners, journalists and institutions can get involved in public debates about science and evidence and equip people to make assessments about reliability, particularly when those debates are controversial; with a focus on communicating what we know and how. How can uncertainty and tradeoffs be communicated well?
The session is FREE to access, does not require registration to full ESOF programme! The access link will be posted here before start of session: https://bit.ly/31HtMAz
- Join VA and the ORION Open Science EU-project in the session Joining forces for a global 21st century Responsible Research and Innovation network on 3 September at 14:30-16:00.
The session will discuss and take stock of collective insights of projects and initiatives that are greater than the sum of the parts. The discussions will also include specifics about how set up and to make a global RRI network useful, sustainable and effective.
- VA will contribute with results from our Swedish attitude surveys in the session Understanding public trust and distrust in science on 4 September at 14:30-16:00.
The session will highlight and discuss the crucial role science communication plays in the gaining and maintaining of public trust for scientists and scientific institutions.
- VA will give a presentation in the session Rethinking Science Communication: Experience from the Covid-19 Pandemic on 4 September at 16:15-17:45 where different examples will be put in perspective with the knowledge from media research and social sciences about impact of communication in society. What will the future of science and knowledge communication be in a world of fake news, propaganda warfare and misinformation?
