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August 21, 2014 August 29, 2016 Grady Sansone

The Nobel Prize — Important for good research communication

Many in the academic world are fighting for media attention. Once a year when The Nobel Prizes are presented, the situation is reversed. The eyes of the whole world are focused on Sweden and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has the pleasure of having to cope with the media onslaught. As a part of the international conference PCST, which is being held in Sweden for the first time, the Nobel Prize winners and communicators have met up to discuss how

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August 20, 2014 August 29, 2016 Grady Sansone

Researchers from Malmö University take part in international science conference

More than 500 participants from all over the world will take part in an international science communication conference in Malmö. One of the speakers from Malmö University is Malin Ideland, who will speak about why some topics receive such little media attention. “I have asked myself why the media focuses on some topics and pays lip service to others. Genetically modified plants are widely covered, for example, but genetically modified animals are hardly discussed,” says Malin Ideland, a Doctor of

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