The mis- and disinformation spread in the Media has gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic. This raises the broader question of the role of media professionals and researchers in the spread of science and communication. Public understanding of scientific key...

Our very first Intensive Study Programme “Which Guidelines for Evidence-based Communication”, organised by the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), took place from 1-5 March 2021. Around twenty master’s students and PhD candidates gathered...

The University of Alcalá is in charge of the quality assurance of ERUM and offers a glimpse behind the scenes. Although the Covid-19 pandemic can mean a challenge in the implementation of international projects, we can think of and devise different strategies that...

A look back at the project’s first online conference

The project first online Intensive Study Programme is currently being prepared and will happen on March 1-5, 2021.

The project first newsletter is out! You can download it here.

The project’s first online conference on scientific vulgarisation through mainstream media will happen on the 14th of December.

The third content-related milestone of our project – the creation of innovative learning material for university students – is currently being developed.

We are living in times of deep uncertainties and are facing an unprecedented convergence of threats and multiple crises due to the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic has triggered and accelerated dissemination of disinformation, conspiracy theories, “alternative...

In the light of the rise of disinformation campaigns, especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission has published several sets of reports provided by the online platform signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation as part of...