RECENT UPDATES

SCIRAB reports
Summaries of the discussion that took place in 3 SCIRAB events in Bucharest, Trieste and London)

SCIRAB final report
A summary of main achievement and guidelines for science on the radio.

What's on air?
Listening to science radio programmes 24 hours a day...

SCIRAB (Science in radio broadcasting) is an informal network of science radio programmes, science radio journalists, researchers and scientists interested in the radio as a medium for science communication.

If you want to be informed about future activities, have any suggestion, or wish to be involved in the SCIRAB project, please write us at scirab@sissa.it.

NEWS and UPCOMING EVENTS

Scirab at FEST
A session on science on the radio will be organised at the International Science Media Fair - FEST in Trieste, 17-20 May 2007 (www.festrieste.it).

Science in radio broadcasting is a book!
The results of the SCIRAB meetings, together with the results of the survey and some background consideration on science on the radio have been collected in a book, on sale in printed version and freely available on-line for open access:
Marzia Mazzonetto, Matteo Merzagora, Elisabetta Tola, Science in radio broadcasting, Polimetrica 2005.

SCIRAB at PCST 2006
The SCIRAB activities and results were presented at the PCST 2006 conference (Public Communication of Science and Technology) in Seoul, 17-20 May 2006.

Rádio & Ciência - Ciência no Rádio
The Scirab work was presented at an international conference on science on the radio organised in Brasilia by the Brasilian Ministery of Research (21-22 June 2006).

RECENT ACTIVITIES

CER 2005 – Communicating European Research
Brussels, 14 & 15 November 2005
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research will host the second “Communicating European Research” conference. The event will focus on the manifold aspects of science communication and will provide a forum and meeting place for scientists, communication professionals and journalists.

A specific session will be devoted to Science in Radio Broadcasting, and will be organised by SCIRAB:

I heard it on the radio
Tuesday, November 15th, afternoon

Moderator: Elisabetta Tola, SCIRAB and RAI-Radio 3 (Italy)
_ Pedro Lima, Association Marseille Science and Radio Grenouille (France)
_ Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists (United Kingdom)
_ Jan Olov Johansson: Swedish radio (Sweden)
_ Joanne Carpenter: Interworld radio (United Kingdom)
_ Laura Durnford: Radio Netherlands (The Netherlands)

See here for details of the conference.

THE SCIRAB MEETINGS

Are scientists heard on the radio?
A workshop: London, 27 November 2004.
Programme details and abstracts
Workshop report

SCIENCE ON AIR: the role of radio in science communication
International symposium, Trieste, 1-2 October 2004.
Programme and information
Symposium report

Challenges and opportunities in radio science journalism in Eastern Europe
International workshop, Bucharest, Romania, July 4, 2004.
Programme
Workshop report

SURVEY

Science programmes in European radios
If you run a science radio programme in Europe, please help us complete the survey by filling in this form . Take a look at the map and at the what's on air? sections to see the results.