The purpose of SciSnack is to give students and early career scientists (ECR) an opportunity to develop good writing techniques for future publications. Mathew Stiller-Reeve who founded the communications project ClimateSnack in 2012 explains this in relation to the expansion of the platform. He is a climate researcher at Uni Research and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research.
- By improving your basics writing skills, you learn to communicate your research in a way people can understand. These skills are essential for the future of research and will help transferring new knowledge to other disciplines, Stiller-Reeve explains. Interdisciplinary research is becoming more important and SciSnack will contribute to building bridges between all fields of research, and to the general public.
At first, SciSnack was meant for PhD-students working on climate-related research, but has now become a platform accessible to all. ClimateSnack continues to function as a subgroup within SciSnack. Stiller-Reeve emphasises the importance of establishing good writing techniques early in the career and SciSnack has therefore decided to include bachelor and masters students from all disciplines.
First launching event for SciSnack
Thursday November 19th: 6pm - 7pm
Bergen Public Library
”A conversation with…”
Hilde Kvalvaag: Author and Senior Executive Officer, Communications division at UiB.
Guri Oppegård: New and Documentary Journalist
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