The director of a science festival that takes place in more than 29 countries highlights three benefits for researchers communicating with the public: easier access to funding, identification of new research prospects and the joy of sharing the results of years of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elodie\nChabrol is the festival director Pint of Science<\/a>. She herself a researcher in\nepilepsy, she chose to specialize in science communication after\nshe understood how important communication in research is. Recently, she\npublished an article<\/a> in which she explains why communicating science helps\nresearchers become even better at their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We always need funding and politicians on our side<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to those three reasons, the author mentions another one, where the benefit belongs to the community: funding. \"We always need funding and politicians who are on our side and I think the way to get that is to involve the public more.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n Personally, I would add that the above statement comes from a person now working in the UK,\nwhere investment in research reaches 1.69% of GDP<\/a>. In Romania? 0.5%\nof GDP<\/a>. This means, among other things, that we need even more communication of science than the 'famous' British scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image source: Hindawi (CC BY license<\/a>)<\/p>\n