European Science-Media Hub

Mending a ‘fractured reality’: How can the EU reclaim its information space?

In a world where technology development sets the pace of change, even our perception of reality undergoes a rapid transformation. Disinformation is a case point: the way this false or misleading content is created, spreads and looks like, has been changing quickly. Understanding this evolving dynamics...

on September 30, 2026 - Articles, New Technologies

'Predatory' publications put pressure on the integrity of scientific literature

Articles, Communication

Over two million scientific papers are published every year worldwide. Faced with the pressure to 'publish or perish', researchers can be tempted by journals that charge low publication fees and publish articles of dubious quality. The scale of these 'predatory publication practices' and 'predatory publication...

on May 11, 2022
ESMH Media Review – April 4, 2022

Media review

DSA, AI and disinformation: check out the ESMH selection of 40 science & tech news published in the last weeks on the web.

on May 04, 2022
ESMH participates in the conference on the future of science communication in Europe

Articles, Disinformation

How to communicate scientific evidence in the digital era? How to maintain an open dialogue with citizens and address disinformation and misinformation? Could science communication be more structured and institutionalised at European level? These were the main issues discussed at the second Future of...

on April 29, 2022
Cyber attacks are far from science fiction

Articles, New Technologies, Security

On Tuesday, 26 April 2022 the European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) organises a high-level roundtable on cybersecurity. The European Science Media Hub (ESMH) spoke with one of the speakers Juhan Lepassaar, executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity...

on April 25, 2022
The European Science-Media Hub, a tool for promoting accurate scientific information

Videos

The European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) started its work in 2018 as a project of the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology. The main mission of the Hub is to offer a platform for dialogue among scientists, journalists and policymakers and to promote sound scientific evidence....

on April 20, 2022
Laurence Vardaxoglou: 'The climate-ambivalent community in Europe is large and deserves attention'

Articles, Environment

A surprisingly high proportion of European citizens are ambiguous about human responsibility in climate change. This group is especially susceptible to disinformation and is large enough to hinder climate action.

on April 13, 2022
Interview with Frank Kelly: How to effectively communicate uncertainty?

Articles, Disinformation

We spoke with chair of the report Frank Kelly, Emeritus Professor of the Mathematics of Systems at the University of Cambridge. The world's oldest independent scientific academy, the Royal Society, dedicated to promoting excellence in science, has published a new report on the challenge of scientific...

on April 06, 2022
ESMH Media Review – March 30, 2022

Media review

Cybersecurity, energy and more on Ukraine: check out the ESMH selection of 27 science & tech news published in the last weeks on the web.

on March 30, 2022