2025 Edition

Erice Science Communication and Journalism International School

The 2025 edition‘s theme is:

ORIGINS. How it all began

October 13 – 15, 2025

(Accommodations are available from October 12th, the program starts on the morning of October 13th).

The program is based on lectures, practical sessions, and other activities, dedicated to a different scientific theme each year, and held by researchers, science journalists and communication experts.

The school is organised by INFN in collaboration with Nature Italy, the digital magazine on Italian research and science policy published by Nature Portofolio and provides 20 scholarships for young science journalists and communicators.

Themes of the 2025 edition

Communication and journalism: lectures

  • Science, politics and science communication
  • Visual communication: photography and reportage
  • Space storytelling
  • Cybersecurity
  • Science journalism and communication: trends & hot topics

Science: lectures

 

  • The origin of the universe and  modern cosmology
  • Dark matter, gravitational waves and multimessenger astronomy
  • Discovering the nearby universe: the Solar system
  • Anthropic principle in the theoretical framework of particle physics
  • The evolution of human species

School Program

Fellows & Speakers