Big Bang

...you’ll get what you’ve always got. The famous saying with unknown origins, and attributed to a variety of people, came to mind as I started reflecting on this edition of Big Bang . The diversity of science communication approaches that are used to reach different publics has changed over the years. But has what science communicators do really changed, or are we still doing what we always did? Let’s have a closer look.

Did you notice how few female scientists were quoted as experts in the media during the pandemic? As we were analyzing our data for the Belgian Pandemic Intelligence Network, we found that, on average, only 20% of experts mentioned in news about the COVID-19 pandemic were women, when they represent 34% of researchers in Belgium according to the OECD.

Strategic lessons on science communication from research on citizen science partnerships

Read our report of a networking session between science journalism researchers and professionals.