Author: Leonidas Ananiadis

POIESIS Consortium members Martin W. Bauer and Michel Dubois represented the project in the event, organised by the French Republic, the French National Research Agency (ANR), and Science Europe.

The Conference, fully entitled “TRUST IN SCIENCE: Analysing the challenges and identifying solutions” was held on December 11th at the French National Library and featured among others representatives of HORIZON Europe research projects that focus on the topic such as IANUS and VERITY, European and national policymakers, as well as high-profile researchers.

Martin Bauer served as a Speaker and Michel Dubois as a Moderator of the Session 1 (Understanding the Trust Relationship and Factors Supporting Public Trust in Science) of the Conference!

POIESIS, during its 3-year research activity engaged hundreds of people across Europe and provided useful tools for explaining the factors that affect, as well as a set recommendations to tackle societal mistrust in science! We are pleased to share them with the scientific community and policymakers, in our collective efforts to enhance public trust in science in Europe and worldwide!

You can download the full program of the event here!

On September 24th, at the 2025 European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO) Congress in Ljubljana, POIESIS distinguished consortium members Michel Dubois and Martin W. Bauer were the main speakers at the Congress’ Key Note session for Trust in Science, presenting the key findings of the project’s participatory research actions (21 Focus Groups, and 7 Deliberative Roundtables in 7 European countries), and the POIESIS mapping of Trust In Science in Europe respectively.

You can watch both the presentations just by clicking here:(https://videolectures.net/videos/ENRIO2025_bauer_trust_science).

POIESIS was present at the 10th Congress on the Social Communication of Science (CCSC2025), which took place in Palma de Mallorca from October 28 to 30, 2025, at the Auditorium Palma de Mallorca.

Marta Entradas, leader of POIESIS WP2, participated along with POIESIS Advisory Board member Mike S. Schäfer, Celia Diaz Catalan, and Pampa Garcia Molina in a roundtable about trust in science, sharing precious insights from the POIESIS key findings and results, which derived from large scale research actions throughout Europe.

Held under the theme “Creative Communication of Science”, the Congress brought together professionals in communication, outreach, journalism, and science from Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.

Its main goal was to foster debate on issues related to scientific culture and to encourage collective reflection among participants, aiming to strengthen and update strategies, directions, actors, and objectives in the social communication of science.

The thematic lines for the 2025 edition included trust in science, risk communication, advertising with a critical perspective, technology, fiction, entertainment, and art.

The focus on creativity, as highlighted in the Congress theme, sought to enhance the quality of scientific communication, outreach, and journalism, as well as to promote learning and inspire scientific vocations. Creativity was not regarded merely as an added value, but as a key element contributing to a closer relationship between science and society, in a world that continues to be shaped by scientific and technological progress.

We are delighted to announce that we have published our last Newsletter containing all the POIESIS Policy Recommendations for tackling societal mistrust in science, as well as direct access to the action points proposed for each one of them, the research participatory activities that lead to those recommendations, and the POIESIS latest news.

You can easily download it just by clicking here!

POIESIS is proud to contribute to the collective discussion on how to enhance (and preserve) the public’s Trust in Science!!

Last Wednesday morning, at the ENRIO 2025 Congress in Ljubljana, two distinguished members of our research team, Martin W. Bauer and Michel Dubois, featured on the Congress Keynote Session about Trust in Science presenting the results the POIESIS secondary data analysis and participatory research actions (7 countries, 22 focus groups, 7 round tables, hundreds of participants) respectively!

As it was the case with the project’s presentation on Mondays’ Satellite Event, we are very happy to see POIESIS’ research outputs being well received and contribute to the effort of tackling societal mistrust in Science in these challenging times.

Last week marked another great achievement for POIESIS, as it was represented by Tine Ravn on the ENRIO 2025 Congress Satellite Event in Ljubljana, examining how European funded projects promote research integrity policy and practice in the European Research Area. The event was co-organised with our sister projects VERITY and IANUS, along with RE4GREEN, PREPARED, CHANGER and The Embassy of Good Science!

Our project co-ordinator presented the key findings of our 3-year research journey which consisted of 7 types of engagement events with 7 types of stakeholders and many hundreds of participants throughout Europe, and our final recommendations for tackling societal mistrust in Science!

POIESIS poster featuring our research findings was also very well received and gained much attention during the poster exhibition!!

The POIESIS Newsletter V is here! Read our latest news including our Final Conference with our sister projects IANUS and VERITY, our Scenario Workshop, and the POIESIS team noteable presence at the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference in Aberdeen, with a simple click.

The third and final POIESIS expert workshop focusing on trust in science took place in Paris on 23 and 24 June 2025. Organised collaboratively by the POIESIS teams from Berlin, London, and Paris, the event offered participants a great occasion for exchange and connection.

This concluding workshop, held within Work Package 1 (WP1) of the POIESIS project, brought together 20 survey experts on trust in science, representing diverse countries across Europe and beyond. Among the participants were many familiar faces from the first POIESIS expert workshop held in Berlin two years ago, but we also had new participants around the table, adding even more surveys to the discussion.

The agenda opened with an afternoon of presentations showcasing 14 different national and international surveys. These contributions provided a broad and diverse overview of how trust surveys approach, design, and interpret questions around trust in science today.

The second day offered space for more in-depth exchange. Three short inputs and following discussions allowed participants to tackle shared challenges — from how survey items are formulated, over methodological changes and what they imply, to the effects of disinformation on social media on public trust in science.

Throughout both days, participants shared advice, discussed experiences, and deepened connections within this expert community working on trust-related surveys. By continuing the groundwork started at the first meeting in Berlin, this event marks an important step towards building a European network dedicated to surveys on trust in science.

We want to thank all participants for their time, valuable input and the engaged discussions! We look forward to continuing this important exchange!