Communication skills for researchers 3rd Year (cycle 40) - Scientific communication and society

The course will provide an overview of the issues surrounding the role of the researcher as a public figure representing the scientific community to the wider public, with a particular focus on digital communication in the age of social media, as a result of which every PhD holder may easily find themselves individually representing science to their own network.

The course will consist of two online sessions, each lasting 2 hours, as follows:

• Why and for whom research matters (2 hours online)
• Researchers and the general public in the social media era (2 hours online)