Center for Science Communication
We make science accessible and interesting with a creative approach to any audience. With science communication, we can convey research ideas and present topics and projects relevant to society.
- 500+
GRADUATES
- 50+PARTNERS
- 7+YEARS OF WORK
- 15+EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Our expertise
In collaboration with our partners, we run educational programs, research projects, and events for a wider audience. What we offer:
Unconventional educational formats- Research at the intersection of communication and education
- Promotion of labs and research groups
- Development of creative campaigns and strategies for projects in education, science, or healthcare
- Promotion of science, education, and technologies
- Consulting for teams and projects
We work with
Track
Education
Education
We organize courses and workshops for experts from academia, media, museums, and healthcare organizations who want to adopt the tools offered by science communication and develop an evidence-based approach in their projects. Our Center for Science Communication also curates two Master’s programs: Science Communication and Public Health Sciences.
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Research
Research
We believe that all socially-important decisions have to be based on scientific data. As researchers, we design human-centered projects, instead of focusing on policies or institutions, because communication won’t function without people.
Track
Research
Research
We believe that all socially-important decisions have to be based on scientific data. As researchers, we design human-centered projects, instead of focusing on policies or institutions, because communication won’t function without people.
Track
Consulting
Consulting
We are happy to share our vision of science and education. Far from being limited to academic or museum settings, science communication can be successfully implemented in startups, data visualization, charity organizations, and knowledge-based international businesses. Our passion and expertise lie in working with personal brands of researchers, developing communication strategies, identifying target audiences, evaluating communication success, and entering new markets.
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Health sciences
Health sciences
We develop new digital solutions for public health and introduce them into the workflow of our partners or the city’s institutions. We also evaluate the efficiency of such solutions and their effects (including social or economic).
Track
Health sciences
Health sciences
We develop new digital solutions for public health and introduce them into the workflow of our partners or the city’s institutions. We also evaluate the efficiency of such solutions and their effects (including social or economic).
Projects
In 2020, we launched a professional development program for grant winners of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation. Since then, we’ve had 230 successful students in the course.
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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION FOR VETERINARIANS
In 2022, in collaboration with Mars Petcare we launched an online course focused on developing evidence-based practices and science communication in veterinary sciences. The course was completed by 30 students.
In 2022, in collaboration with the National University of Science and Technology MISiS we organized a school for young researchers in materials science and science communication at ITMO’s Yagodnoe Sports and Leisure Camp.
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WORKING WITH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT SIRIUS. SUMMER
Since 2020, our students act as curators of projects created by school students at the Sirius educational center.
In 2020, we collaborated with the Rukami festival (part of the National Technology Initiative) to conduct an audit of organizations for additional education of school students in 8 Russian cities: Abakan, Kazan, Kursk, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Petrozavodsk, Yakutsk, and Tomsk.
In 2016−2017, we analyzed the qualitative and quantitative indicators of the Russian science-oriented media space, its creators, and projects. Based on this study, we were able to issue recommendations for the promotion of science communication on the Russian market.
In 2017, we analyzed communication activity of 100 leading Russian universities for the years of 2010−2016 with the Altmertic service. It was a pioneering study for the country.
In 2019, we analyzed the research landscape in Spanish-speaking countries to identify potential collaborators for ITMO University in research and business endeavors in Latin America.
Our mission
Since the launch of our center, we have been striving to establish a dialogue between researchers and society. We aim to increase the public trust towards science, promote an evidence-based approach to medicine and education, and draw the public’s attention to the importance of critical thinking and information processing skills.
Team
- Daria
DenisovaDirector, Head of Science Communication Master's Program, ITMO Associate Professor - marina
radchenkoAssistant Director, Manager of the Science Communication Master’s Program - anton
barchukMD, PhD, oncoepidemiologist, Founder of Public Health Sciences Master's Program EVGENIYA
SOKOLOVA
Head of Public Health Sciences Master's Program
- valeria
prokuratovaHead of educational projects of the Center for Science Communication, curator of the supplementary higher education TANYA
MELENTYEVA
Editor-in-Chief and Center Manager
- Valentina
BlashchukManager of the Public Health Sciences Master’s Program - konstantin
fursovPhD, Academic Supervisor of the Science Communication Master's Program, ITMO Assistant Professor - Anna
bunakovaManager of the Public Health Sciences Master’s Program - Yulia
VolzhinaMarketing Specialist - Alexander
BogachevScience Visualization Expert, Lecturer
