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Ana Serra// We close 2024 with a bittersweet feeling. On one hand, with great enthusiasm after a year of intense scientific, teaching, and disseminating activity, but on the other, with the sadness of the disaster experienced in Valencia after the massive flooding (DANA) that occurred on October 29, 2024, which left over 220 dead due...

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Carolina Moreno// A few months ago, we launched an international survey to explore how citizens in Spain and Brazil perceive climate change. This study is the result of a close collaboration between the University of Valencia in Spain, led by Carolina Moreno, and researchers Luisa Massarani (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz) and Thaiane Oliveira (Universidade Federal Fluminense)...

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Ana Serra y Carolina Moreno// On December 2 and 3, the Faculty of Philology, Translation, and Communication at the University of Valencia will host the international conference EUROSCICOMM 2024, which will examine the role of diverse audiences in science communication. These sessions, organized by the ScienceFlows research group in collaboration with FECYT and Science for...

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ANA SERRA/CAROLINA MORENO// On September 30, members of the European consortium COALESCE, including the ScienceFlows team from the University of Valencia, came together for a working meeting in Barcelona. This event marked the beginning of our collaborative work for the national and regional nodes, which include the ScienceFlows team. This meeting allowed for the design...

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Carolina Moreno// We invite you, as a Spanish citizen, to play a crucial role in an international study on climate change perception coordinated by researchers from Brazil and Spain: Carolina Moreno-Castro (University of Valencia, Spain), Luisa Massarani (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil), and Thaiane Oliveira (Federal Fluminense University, Brazil). The primary goal of this study is...

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CAROLINA MORENO//ANA SERRA. We are very pleased to share the experience of our team at the kick-off meeting for the Iberifier Plus project, held in Pamplona on May 23rd and 24th, 2024. During this event, we had the opportunity to interact with other project partners and discuss the work we will undertake from now until...

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CAROLINA MORENO CASTRO//Previous research shows that people’s science education experiences vary greatly depending on their circumstances. Age, gender, and culture are essential in engaging with science outside the school. Therefore, we want to understand these dynamics better to identify innovative initiatives and best practices that promote science learning across all sectors of society inclusively and...

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ISABEL HINAREJOS// Last March 11th, the FIT FORTHEM project work team met with Carlos Hermenegildo Caudevilla, vice-rector for Research at the University of Valencia (UV), to present the book “FIT FORTHEM. Recommendations for institutional change “. The proposed recommendations focus on five specific areas: internationalization, open science, co-creation and the quadruple helix, knowledge transfer and...

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ISABEL HINAREJOS// Coordinated and edited by Carolina Moreno-Castro, Aneta Krzewińska and Małgorzata Dzimińska, the book titled “How citizens view science communication. Pathways to knowledge” collects some data extracted from CONCISE citizen consultations and offers strategies for effective science communication. The book is published under a creative commons license. One of the objectives of the CONCISE...

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CAROLINA MORENO CASTRO y ANA SERRA// We begin 2024 by sharing the perspectives and new horizons we have at ScienceFlows for the upcoming months. This year presents itself as an important period for our social research projects, designed with the firm intention of placing people at the core of scientific research. In 2023, we closed...

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