Why Brilliant Researchers Write Forgettable CVs
PhD or researcher heading to industry? Learn a three-step method to rewrite your CV the way recruiters read it, and turn academic experience into a job offer.
Careers, Perspectives
The Skills You Forgot to Put on Your CV
You already have the skill. You just never filed it under a heading a hiring manager would recognise. A personal look at the transferable skills hiding in everyday life — and a wheel to help you spot your own.
Audiences, Perspectives
When the Soundtrack Ruins the Science (and the Cappuccino)
Why a bad soundtrack can undo good science: what research on audio quality, voice and immersive sound reveals about trust in documentaries and podcasts.
Careers, Perspectives, Visibility
Branding Is Not a Dirty Word (Especially in Science)
Scientists tend to distrust branding as spin. But branding is what makes reliable information recognisable — and desirable — without ever overpromising.
Perspectives, Visibility
Publish or Perish Had a Sequel Called Be Visible or Vanish. This Is the Reboot
GEO is not new to everyone. Cristina Rigutto, a science communicator who called it Semantic Engine Optimization in 2013, explains what has changed — and what to do about it.
Perspectives, Visibility
The Vanity Metrics Trap: Why Citizen Science Does not Need to Go Viral
Citizen science does not need viral reach. A look at why small, trained Discord and Telegram communities often produce better data than mass social campaigns.
Perspectives, Risk, Trust & Doubt
What Happens When the Science Communicator Becomes the Skeptic
I have always believed in vaccines — until the day I had to actually decide, alone, for someone else entirely.
Perspectives, Trust & Doubt
The Merchants of Doubt Do not Question Science. They Make You Question It.
How the merchants of doubt learned to weaponise scientific language — and what we can do about it.
Perspectives, Risk, Trust & Doubt
The Ghost in the Room: How WHO, CDC, and ECDC Are Talking Around the Pandemic Nobody Wants to Mention
A look at what institutional risk communication looks like five years after the pandemic that nobody wants to name again.
Perspectives, Trust & Doubt
Some Lessons in Health Communication Come with Ice Packs
Before people trust the science, they often need to trust the system, the messenger… and the reality behind the message.