Helping science succeed
Helping science succeed

Launching Projects

We invent, launch, finance and manage projects that improve science communication tools, practices, and policies, especially those used inside science.

Creating Networks

We unite stakeholders to share perspectives, and work on common ground to develop realistic, sustainable reforms that benefit everyone.

Improving Discovery

SCI’s work improves how science knowledge is shared, which will lead to better science, better science policies, and new and faster discoveries.

2024-25 Priorities

Carbon Dioxide Removal

Combatting climate change requires coordinated global action to remove carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. SCI has launched the Carbon Dioxide Removal Action Network (CDRANet) to take on this challenge, a global network of 250+ high-level climate leaders and experts working together to develop the future of CDR policy.

Combatting Disinformation

Working across disciplines and countries, SCI will continue investigating the best way to fund and develop a global Disinformation Awareness Training & Education program (DATE). This program will unite diverse experts and combine their insights into practical and effective tools, resources and networks. 

Open Science Policy

Through our global Open Scholarship Intitiative (OSI) project, SCI will continue working with policy makers from around the world to develop the future of open science, with the goal of ensuring that this future is effective for research and researchers, evidence-based, and equitable.

Newest articles

Death by politics

What happens when politicians put politics over policy? The evidence from COVID, climate change, and maternal care is sobering.

ChatGPT on the future of science communication

What does ChatGPT have to say about the role it will play in the future of science and science communication?...

Why our opinions about science can be hard to change. Part 1: Belief perseverance

Science and belief systems have tangled frequently throughout history, The outcomes have been challenging for both science and socity.

Trust in science losing ground to partisanship

Today marks the 54th anniversary of the first moon landing. Or does it? Whether you believe in science is increasingly...

ChatGPT and the death spiral of knowledge

ChatGPT will change our relationship with knowledge. But through recursive degeneration, this tool might actually destroy knowledge as well.

In Europe, disinformation is winning

Throughout much of Europe, Russia has succeed in creating political turmoil and discontent through widespread disinformation campaigns.

Is science elitist? Part 2: The dynamics from inside science

Is science elitist? In part 2 of this essay, we look at the dynamics inside science that affect how we...

Is science elitist? Part 1: The politics of perception

Is science elitist? Our opinions on this matter have been shaped by the politics of the last 45 years.

Alt-history in science communication

Fake history is often at the root of disinformation. Is fake history affecting science communication too?

SCI 2022 Annual Report

This report contains a summary of SCI's projects and finances for fiscal year 2021.