The training course is being offered to science communicators across Europe and beyond and will draw on research to provide science communicators with insights into why people are vulnerable to mis- and disinformation and how to spot it. It will also help communicators identify ways they can help to tackle it.

This is the first of a series of free monthly bite-sized training sessions to be hosted by the new European Competence Centre for Science Communication, powered by COALESCE.

Anyone who communicates science is welcome to sign up and attend, including journalists, press officers, scientists, bloggers and vloggers.

📅 The training will take place 12.30-2.30pm (CET) on 11 February 2026.

✍ Anyone interested in attending should register using this form: https://lnkd.in/eERJPMEn.

⌛ The deadline for registrations is 10am (CET) on Monday, 9 February 2026.

This online event will be run by Dr Andy Ridgway and Dr Emma Weitkamp at the Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England, one of the partners in COALESCE, the EU-funded project developing the Competence Centre. The session will be informed by research from former EU-funded science communication projects RETHINK and ENJOI, as well as other research into mis- and disinformation.

“𝘔𝘪𝘴-𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦,”  says Emma Weitkamp, one of the coordinators of the Centre’s training activities. “𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦.”

Other online Competence Centre training planned for later in 2026 include sessions addressing trust in science, understanding the audience and its needs and stakeholder engagement.