Scientific research communication
What is scientific research communication?
It is neither science communication, nor communication of
science or in science; those are about communication of science among
people, public and media. All of those terms focalise the
attention on the explanation of scientific matters to people who do not
have a scientific background.
Scientific research communication is about the professionals of science
(young scientists, like PhD students and postdoctoral fellows); people
who do know the matter.
What is the target?
Scientific research communication regards a specific target of people spending a lot of time doing bench research but perhaps not much time communicating research. This is common in several countries, like Italy, where the oral and written communication of research is not perceived as something fundamental to teach to the future generations of researchers.
Why this website could be useful?
I earned my PhD in Italy, at the University of Milan, in 1999;
then I left the research laboratory to study science communication. In
2003 I have started to teach communication through meetings and courses
directed to trainees at scientific faculties of Italian universities.
Every time students and professors confirmed the need for a more formal
education on communication among scientists.
This website and the contents I am publishing are an attempt to start
filling this gap. It is a challenge for scientific disciplines, where
so much research is made, with so little communication.