Substantial work and achievements have been implemented throughout the second reporting period of the GlobalSCAPE project, and are summarised below.
The consortium worked continuously to follow the communications, dissemination and exploitation strategy laid out in the first reporting period. Throughout the lifetime of the project, a number of conference presentations and three publications have been achieved.
In putting structures in place, and directly addressing 1, 2, and 3 of the 4 central project aims that are listed above, a GlobalSCAPE network was established, and led to an unprecedented level of uptake of the diary study across a wide breadth of countries and professions. The diary study was completed after one year, and the results will soon be made available in the form of an open-access dataset.
Retaining continuous focus on global representation, the GlobalSCAPE Advisory Board continued to provide their expertise surrounding science communication in different contexts.
In addressing aim 4 (above), training workshops have been implemented across the world, both online and in-person, with mobility schemes being offered to participants who did not have funding to attend the workshops. Resources related to the evidence-based workshops are now available on zenodo. In embedding the findings of GlobalSCAPE into education, and in addressing the needs of science communicators within education, a global science communication module has been designed and has received institutional endorsement at Trinity College Dublin. Students have taken part in the module and provided feedback for future iterations. On top of this, GlobalSCAPE collaborated with the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network to support the building of a worldwide database identifying the various courses and programmes on offer in higher education on science communication, and the development of a Special Issue in the Journal for Science Communication focusing on science communication teaching in higher education.
Informed by co-creation sessions held with stakeholders, a GlobalSCAPE white paper was developed to inform policy makers and funding bodies of the support required to improve the current landscape of science communication. This white paper has been translated into the nine major languages of the world to promote uptake on a global level.