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COALESCE national and regional hubs are leading science communication organisations across Europe. They host COALESCE activities, co-create tools, train local actors, build Communities of Practice, and support policy advocacy to strengthen and sustain Europe’s Science Communication ecosystem.

Abstract

COALESCE national and regional hubs are organisations across Europe, well recognised for science communication research and/or practice in their respective countries/regions. Together, they form a network at the heart of the COALESCE project and serve as the physical venues for COALESCE activities. The COALESCE hubs will play a crucial role in establishing the European Competence Centre for Science Communication and its future sustainability, according to their national and regional contexts and the nature of their work. Hubs will be fundamental in multiple activities, such as, the co-creation and adaptation of tools, resources and training for local actors involved in science communication, establish local Communities of Practice, raise awareness with relevant stakeholders. Hubs will also play a key role fostering science communication policy advocacy at the national and European levels, by contributing to a Mutual learning exercise in science communication in Research and Innovation, that feeds from the past-MLEs, such as the MLE in Citizen Science and Public Engagement, with expected impact in the recognition and professionalisation of the field.