Niels G. Mede
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Niels G. Mede
@nielsmede.bsky.social
🔎 Assistant Professor of Science Communication
📍 Wageningen University & Research @w-u-r.bsky.social‬
🏠 www.nielsmede.com
Perhaps a combination of several things, including true difference, different conceptions of what “science” means, and presumably some sort of acquiescence bias
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thanks for the repost, @nordeco.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thanks a lot for the shout-out, Kim! 🙏
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Many thanks, @maibached.bsky.social. It's really a pleasure to be able to work with you and all the other members of the #TISP project.
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Thanks for sharing, @oceanhelen.bsky.social, I hope our work is useful for you and other people researching/practicing science communication 💪
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
...and we're excited to have you as a member of our project! Looking forward to your newsletter post 🙌
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thank you for the repost, Philipp. We're glad to have you on the team!
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
‪Thanks a lot for the shout-out, @todorova.bsky.social - and for being part of this project!
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Muchas gracias for the repost, Cintia, and for being part of the #TISP project!
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🙏 Massive thanks to the #TISP consortium, especially my project co-leader @colognaviktoria.bsky.social. They collected the data, helped writing and revising the manuscript, and provided countless insights into local contexts that had been unknown to me. You folks are amazing 🫶
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🔁 All analyses are fully #reproducible with the code and data available at @cos.io’s #OpenScienceFramework: osf.io/gvcfe/. We published the complete dataset here: bsky.app/profile/niel...
Now publicly available: the #TISP dataset. It contains 71,922 survey responses on public perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries. Published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s #ScientificData: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📊
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
👀 See the full paper for many more results and a detailed discussion of regional patterns. They are relevant not only for future #scicomm research, but also for science #policy, #funding, #education, and science communication #practice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
5️⃣ Limits to democratic deliberation and #freedom of speech may not decrease willingness to participate in public #protests on science matters.
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
4️⃣ Less educated populations (according to #PISA scores) tend to discuss #science more frequently with others.
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
3️⃣ Low press freedom and limited #academic #freedom do not necessarily prevent public engagement with science.
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
2️⃣ Little access to #digital media is associated with more offline #engagement with science (museums, zoos, public talks).
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Some key findings:
1️⃣ #Social #media are the most important source of information about science in most countries – but traditional #news media remain relevant, particularly in Northwestern Europe.
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM