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A large survey was conducted over the Autumn involving 2847 respondents, a minimum of 400 in each of the projects’ Consortium countries (Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, France and Greece). The aim of the study was to experimentally investigate the effects of institutional commitment to research integrity and societal [...]

On December 11, our sister project VERITY in collaboration with POIESIS and IANUS, hosted an inspiring and thought-provoking meeting on "The Role of Trust in Science for Effective Policy and Societal Progress." A special highlight of the event was the active participation of the European Commission, represented by Dr. Georgios Papanagnou [...]

The POIESIS 4th General Assembly was held in Aarhus on November 28th and 29th. With POIESIS results from the projects’ plethora of engagement events beginning to pile up, we are delighted that we are getting closer towards POIESIS final recommendations for Tackling Societal Mistrust in Science and for Strengthening the [...]

Dr. Panagiotis Kavouras of the POIESIS NTUA team has presented online, aspects of the projects’ early findings at the 24th FERCAP International Conference 2024 "Maximizing Benefits through Responsible Conduct of Research", which was held in Nepal. The "Promoting Trust in Science" session where the presentation was made, included several other [...]

The POIESIS NTUA Team conducted 16 interviews with 11 science communicators and 5 Researchers on COVID-19 and Climate Change over the course of the summer. Those were part of the total of 119 Expert Interviews that were conducted in the 7 European countries that participate in the project and explored [...]

The POIESIS expert interview study included 119 scientific communicators and researchers from the seven countries participating in the project. This study explored how scientific information is transferred from the laboratory to the general public through ‘chains of mediation’. It investigated the role of scientific integrity and citizen integration in research [...]

The POIESIS Expert Interview study was recently conducted with 119 mediators and researchers in the 7 partner countries. In this context, the German POIESIS team at Wissenschaft im Dialog spoke to 16 experts in total – 6 researchers working on climate change or Covid-19; 2 institutional mediators and 8 non-institutional [...]

In the POIESIS project on trust in science, we recently concluded an expert interview study with 119 science communicators and researchers across seven European countries. The study examined how knowledge dissemination between research and citizens occurs, focusing on the complex ‘chains of mediation’ involved, and gathered recommendations to foster public [...]

POIESIS was at the WissKomm Connected Conference, that was held on the 11th and 12th of September 2024 in Berlin. The conference, organised by the Transfer Unit (Wissenschaft im Dialog and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities), brought together nearly 200 science communication researchers and practitioners to foster exchange [...]

The PT POIESIS team, led by Professor Marta Entradas and supported by Dr. Inês Sousa and Dr. Feng Yan, has just wrapped up an insightful interview study to investigate the views of experts on the science-society relationship and the role of scientific integrity and public integration in trust in science. [...]

This summer, our POIESIS engagement activities have made significant process! We have had the privilege of interviewing 119 (at least 16 in each consortium country) institutional and non-institutional science communication actors as well as researchers on COVID-19 and climate change. The purpose was to gain a deeper understanding of the [...]

Learn about the POIESIS latest news in small pieces! A brief overview of our 2nd Expert Workshop, the Focus Groups main findings, our presence at the World Conference of Research Integrity in Athens and many more are just one click away! POIESIS 1st Newsletter provided a brief mapping of the [...]

How can we enhance trust and build best practices to safeguard the quality and integrity of online content, which is paramount in the age of AI-driven disinformation? Under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, this question was discussed at the OPERAS organized event [...]

POIESIS had an exceptional impactful presence at the World Conference of Research Integrity that was held in Athens (2-5 June). Dr. Tine Ravn presented POIESIS early findings along with our sister projects IANUS (Dr. Hub Zwart) and VERITY (Dr. Agata Gurzawska) in the “Implications of research integrity for public trust [...]

The POIESIS Focus Groups, a major survey that took place in the 7 Consortium countries (Denmark, UK, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Greece) with the participation of dozens of research and science communication experts has been completed. The discussions were extremely interesting in each of the 21 Focus Groups held, [...]

POIESIS-PT team attended the 12th Congress of SciComPT, which took place at University of Minho, in Braga, May 8-10. The team presented two talks. In the talk “The role of scientific institutions in public involvement in science: voices from institutional stakeholders” the team presented the main findings of the Focus [...]

The influence of financial and political interests, and competition between researchers and RPOs are the main negative factors that affect Research Integrity and Trust In Science, according to most of the participants of the three Focus Groups that were conducted in Greece. The sessions were organised by the National Technical [...]

The INGENIO (CSIC- UPV) POIESIS team, Dr Irene Monsonís-Payá and Dr Richard Woolley, together with three local co-investigators, undertook the Spanish focus groups with institutional stakeholders from public and private organisations. The three focus groups were hold online in March 2024, and a total of 16 professionals were invited and [...]

The AU team has completed the Danish part of the POIESIS focus group study, which overall explores perceptions of the science-society relationship and how institutions can provide policies and procedures that contribute to enhancing public trust in science. In February 2024, project members Tine Ravn and Christina Løth Andersen conducted three [...]

Another round of interesting discussions and findings from Wissenschaft-im-Dialog (Germany) In February 2024, POIESIS member Dr. Anne-Sophie Behm-Bahtat from Wissenschaft im Dialog organised three online focus groups with different institutional actors from all over Germany as part of Work Package 3. The participants in the three groups – university communicators, [...]