Tony Lockett
@tonylbxl.bsky.social
Communication Head of Unit at the European Commission’s DG for Research & Innovation
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Tony Lockett
@tonylbxl.bsky.social
· Jan 10
What scientific trends and breakthroughs should we be looking out for in 2025 according to science media (a thread)?
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Deadline this Friday!
Are you employed by a public organisation in Europe, have experience in #communication and would like to work with the ERC for a few years?
We may have the #job for you!
All details 👉 link.europa.eu/7GNMjc
#secondment #media #events #website #position #temporary
We may have the #job for you!
All details 👉 link.europa.eu/7GNMjc
#secondment #media #events #website #position #temporary
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Deadline this Friday!
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What's the latest science podcast you've been listening to?
We've compiled a list with some of our favourites from EU-funded research projects - covering topics like democracy, biodiversity, cultural heritage, citizen participation, and more.
Tune in 🔗 link.europa.eu/8HtW4J
#SciComm
We've compiled a list with some of our favourites from EU-funded research projects - covering topics like democracy, biodiversity, cultural heritage, citizen participation, and more.
Tune in 🔗 link.europa.eu/8HtW4J
#SciComm
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
What's the latest science podcast you've been listening to?
We've compiled a list with some of our favourites from EU-funded research projects - covering topics like democracy, biodiversity, cultural heritage, citizen participation, and more.
Tune in 🔗 link.europa.eu/8HtW4J
#SciComm
We've compiled a list with some of our favourites from EU-funded research projects - covering topics like democracy, biodiversity, cultural heritage, citizen participation, and more.
Tune in 🔗 link.europa.eu/8HtW4J
#SciComm
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Responding to emergencies depends on having fast and reliable information.
Every day, scientists at the Joint Research Centre monitor emergencies, processing data from wildfires and earthquakes to storms and floods, using AI.
Learn more 👇
Every day, scientists at the Joint Research Centre monitor emergencies, processing data from wildfires and earthquakes to storms and floods, using AI.
Learn more 👇
October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Responding to emergencies depends on having fast and reliable information.
Every day, scientists at the Joint Research Centre monitor emergencies, processing data from wildfires and earthquakes to storms and floods, using AI.
Learn more 👇
Every day, scientists at the Joint Research Centre monitor emergencies, processing data from wildfires and earthquakes to storms and floods, using AI.
Learn more 👇
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Europe’s budget. The power of together.
The EU budget funds what matters most for Europeans. It invests where we can achieve more together:
🚊 infrastructure
🌱 climate action
🔬 research
🚨 crisis response
📚 quality education
🍓healthy food
A long-term budget serving 450 million Europeans.
The EU budget funds what matters most for Europeans. It invests where we can achieve more together:
🚊 infrastructure
🌱 climate action
🔬 research
🚨 crisis response
📚 quality education
🍓healthy food
A long-term budget serving 450 million Europeans.
June 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Europe’s budget. The power of together.
The EU budget funds what matters most for Europeans. It invests where we can achieve more together:
🚊 infrastructure
🌱 climate action
🔬 research
🚨 crisis response
📚 quality education
🍓healthy food
A long-term budget serving 450 million Europeans.
The EU budget funds what matters most for Europeans. It invests where we can achieve more together:
🚊 infrastructure
🌱 climate action
🔬 research
🚨 crisis response
📚 quality education
🍓healthy food
A long-term budget serving 450 million Europeans.
Happening now!
LIVE NOW! Media Partnership: Research & Innovation for a competitive green transition – EU policy dialogue [Advocacy Lab Content]
LIVE NOW! Media Partnership: Research & Innovation for a competitive green transition – EU policy dialogue [Advocacy Lab Content]
This high-level policy debate will convene key actors to discuss the critical role of research and innovation in helping to drive Europe’s green transition and enhancing its competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy.
dlvr.it
June 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Happening now!
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Just over half of Europeans have basic digital skills, while the availability of ICT specialists is low.
The State of the Digital Decade 2025 report shows the EU’s progress towards digital transformation by 2030. More action is needed.
Read more: europa.eu/!YtTBPB
The State of the Digital Decade 2025 report shows the EU’s progress towards digital transformation by 2030. More action is needed.
Read more: europa.eu/!YtTBPB
June 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Just over half of Europeans have basic digital skills, while the availability of ICT specialists is low.
The State of the Digital Decade 2025 report shows the EU’s progress towards digital transformation by 2030. More action is needed.
Read more: europa.eu/!YtTBPB
The State of the Digital Decade 2025 report shows the EU’s progress towards digital transformation by 2030. More action is needed.
Read more: europa.eu/!YtTBPB
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Europe will always stand for science and the freedom to learn and invent.
As of 11 am, tune in, and discover how the @ec.europa.eu wants to help the best and brightest ‘Choose Europe’.
→ europa.eu/!Tx43kH
As of 11 am, tune in, and discover how the @ec.europa.eu wants to help the best and brightest ‘Choose Europe’.
→ europa.eu/!Tx43kH
May 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Europe will always stand for science and the freedom to learn and invent.
As of 11 am, tune in, and discover how the @ec.europa.eu wants to help the best and brightest ‘Choose Europe’.
→ europa.eu/!Tx43kH
As of 11 am, tune in, and discover how the @ec.europa.eu wants to help the best and brightest ‘Choose Europe’.
→ europa.eu/!Tx43kH
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Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh eyes
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
Inspiring as always to listen to Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa making the case for frontier science, academic freedom and support for the next generation of talented researchers.
🔴 Live now! Tune in to an interesting dialogue on Europe’s competitiveness with a focus on cutting-edge science and innovation 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-GH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-GH...
Research and Innovation for a Competitive Europe
YouTube video by European Research Council
www.youtube.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Inspiring as always to listen to Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa making the case for frontier science, academic freedom and support for the next generation of talented researchers.
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🇪🇺 The European Commission offers 36,000 free EU travel passes to 18-year-olds!
Want to explore Europe by 🚂 train this summer?
#Erasmus+ and #DiscoverEU makes it possible!
Apply here👇 by 16 April 2025 and start planning your European adventure!
youth.europa.eu/discovereu_en
Want to explore Europe by 🚂 train this summer?
#Erasmus+ and #DiscoverEU makes it possible!
Apply here👇 by 16 April 2025 and start planning your European adventure!
youth.europa.eu/discovereu_en
April 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🇪🇺 The European Commission offers 36,000 free EU travel passes to 18-year-olds!
Want to explore Europe by 🚂 train this summer?
#Erasmus+ and #DiscoverEU makes it possible!
Apply here👇 by 16 April 2025 and start planning your European adventure!
youth.europa.eu/discovereu_en
Want to explore Europe by 🚂 train this summer?
#Erasmus+ and #DiscoverEU makes it possible!
Apply here👇 by 16 April 2025 and start planning your European adventure!
youth.europa.eu/discovereu_en
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Are you an internationally-minded researcher? We just opened the 2025 call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges:
🔹 12-month secondments for knowledge & skills exchange
🔹 €97.7 million for some 85 research projects
🔹 International collaboration in innovation
Apply by 8 October!
🔹 12-month secondments for knowledge & skills exchange
🔹 €97.7 million for some 85 research projects
🔹 International collaboration in innovation
Apply by 8 October!
March 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Are you an internationally-minded researcher? We just opened the 2025 call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Staff Exchanges:
🔹 12-month secondments for knowledge & skills exchange
🔹 €97.7 million for some 85 research projects
🔹 International collaboration in innovation
Apply by 8 October!
🔹 12-month secondments for knowledge & skills exchange
🔹 €97.7 million for some 85 research projects
🔹 International collaboration in innovation
Apply by 8 October!
Save the dates 16-17 September, and let us know if you have any special requests for this year's EU Research & Innovation Days (speakers, networking opportunities, exhibition space ...)! research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/events/europ...
European Research and Innovation Days
The European Commission’s annual flagship research and innovation event brings together policymakers, researchers, stakeholders, and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovatio...
research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu
March 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Save the dates 16-17 September, and let us know if you have any special requests for this year's EU Research & Innovation Days (speakers, networking opportunities, exhibition space ...)! research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/events/europ...
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The 🇪🇺 budget benefits all Europeans.
Europeans should have a say in it.
Today, we set the road to the next long-term budget starting in 2028.
As new challenges and expectations emerge, we must make it fit for the future.
Let's do it together ↓
europa.eu/!BJYmRR
#haveyoursay
Europeans should have a say in it.
Today, we set the road to the next long-term budget starting in 2028.
As new challenges and expectations emerge, we must make it fit for the future.
Let's do it together ↓
europa.eu/!BJYmRR
#haveyoursay
February 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The 🇪🇺 budget benefits all Europeans.
Europeans should have a say in it.
Today, we set the road to the next long-term budget starting in 2028.
As new challenges and expectations emerge, we must make it fit for the future.
Let's do it together ↓
europa.eu/!BJYmRR
#haveyoursay
Europeans should have a say in it.
Today, we set the road to the next long-term budget starting in 2028.
As new challenges and expectations emerge, we must make it fit for the future.
Let's do it together ↓
europa.eu/!BJYmRR
#haveyoursay
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Hello, Bluesky! ☀️
We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.
Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.
We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.
Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.
February 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hello, Bluesky! ☀️
We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.
Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.
We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.
Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.
Reposted by Tony Lockett
📊 @ec.europa.eu JRC launched a data hub for border regions within the EU – a fantastic tool for shedding light on what should be at the core of Cohesion Policy. Explore it here: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and....
A new data hub for border regions within the EU
A novel dashboard maps cross-border interactions along internal EU borders, providing reliable and consistent data to help boost the untapped socio-economic potential of these regions.
joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu
January 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📊 @ec.europa.eu JRC launched a data hub for border regions within the EU – a fantastic tool for shedding light on what should be at the core of Cohesion Policy. Explore it here: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and....
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The latest #Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' has been released today. This year's survey included a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) for scientific research. Press release and full report available: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Europeans strongly support science and technology according to new Eurobarometer survey
The latest Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' released today shows more than 8 in 10 citizens (83%) think that the overall influence of...
ec.europa.eu
February 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The latest #Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' has been released today. This year's survey included a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) for scientific research. Press release and full report available: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Welcome to our Bluesky account! 🌍 Here we will share reliable insights, data and knowledge on Europe's environment, climate, and sustainability. Follow us for updates, analyses and ways to take action for a greener future!
#Sustainability #ClimateAction
Curious about us?
www.eea.europa.eu/en
#Sustainability #ClimateAction
Curious about us?
www.eea.europa.eu/en
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Welcome to our Bluesky account! 🌍 Here we will share reliable insights, data and knowledge on Europe's environment, climate, and sustainability. Follow us for updates, analyses and ways to take action for a greener future!
#Sustainability #ClimateAction
Curious about us?
www.eea.europa.eu/en
#Sustainability #ClimateAction
Curious about us?
www.eea.europa.eu/en
70% of respondents use Bluesky and more than 50% have quit X - poll by @nature.com. Main uses of Bluesky - connect with other scientists, keep up to date with other research or researchers, and promote their own research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
70% of respondents use Bluesky and more than 50% have quit X - poll by @nature.com. Main uses of Bluesky - connect with other scientists, keep up to date with other research or researchers, and promote their own research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientists remain most trusted group in 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer www.edelman.com/trust/2025/t...
January 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Scientists remain most trusted group in 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer www.edelman.com/trust/2025/t...
Excellent overview of challenges and opportunities for policy communicators
Communication trends I'll be keeping an eye on in 2025 👀
open.substack.com/pub/tommoyla...
open.substack.com/pub/tommoyla...
Policy Communication Trends 2025
Eight things I'll be keeping an eye on...
open.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Excellent overview of challenges and opportunities for policy communicators
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Este laboratorio inventa con IA proteínas que no existen en la naturaleza. Con ellas han desarrollado una vacuna contra la covid, moléculas contra la gripe y el cáncer de cerebro y un remedio contra las más mortíferas picaduras de serpientes
La inteligencia artificial crea por primera vez un tratamiento experimental para una enfermedad olvidada por las farmacéuticas
El laboratorio del último ganador del Nobel de Química, con la investigadora Susana Vázquez a la cabeza, habla de “democratizar” el descubrimiento de terapias
elpais.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Este laboratorio inventa con IA proteínas que no existen en la naturaleza. Con ellas han desarrollado una vacuna contra la covid, moléculas contra la gripe y el cáncer de cerebro y un remedio contra las más mortíferas picaduras de serpientes
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Prompted by the arrival of my 'alma mater' @ceps.eu , I put together a starter pack of #ThinkTanks. Hope it's of interest.
A few important ones are missing, but that's because they still don't have a presence on Bsky.
Many started posting more this Jan, hope it's a trend.
A few important ones are missing, but that's because they still don't have a presence on Bsky.
Many started posting more this Jan, hope it's a trend.
January 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Prompted by the arrival of my 'alma mater' @ceps.eu , I put together a starter pack of #ThinkTanks. Hope it's of interest.
A few important ones are missing, but that's because they still don't have a presence on Bsky.
Many started posting more this Jan, hope it's a trend.
A few important ones are missing, but that's because they still don't have a presence on Bsky.
Many started posting more this Jan, hope it's a trend.
Reposted by Tony Lockett
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ALT: a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them
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January 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Interested in #scicomm? Then our online course Science Communication: Online and Media Writing CPD course might be just the thing for you!
⭐10 week course
⭐Online only - study from anywhere in the world
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⭐10 week course
⭐Online only - study from anywhere in the world
⭐Starts 22 April
For more info & to apply: courses.uwe.ac.uk/USSKNP15M/ap...
#sciwriting