FoodStories: Impactful food science communication

The FoodStories project is on a mission to equip food science academics at all levels with storytelling techniques that will help them communicate scientific facts and results in a more engaging and memorable way to a non-expert audience.

What are we going to do? (aka, the objectives)

The FoodStories project has two main objectives:

• Increase the ability of food scientists to communicate effectively about their research to non-expert audiences by using storytelling
• Enhance the capabilities of professors and universities to innovate their curricula to teach food science communication through methodologies, good practices and hands-on trainings.

How will we get there?

To achieve these objectives, FoodStories will implement several activities, including:

• Researching and collecting best practices on storytelling for science communication.
• Developing an interactive platform for selected best practices.
• Conducting hands-on practical sessions with small groups of researchers.
• Drafting a syllabus and script for a masterclass on food science storytelling.

EUFIC's Role

EUFIC will lead the development and testing of hands-on practical sessions and support the project's dissemination activities to ensure that the results reach a wide range of stakeholders across Europe. We will also contribute to mapping best practices, creating the masterclass and validating all project results.

• Giulia Gaggiotti, Knowledge & Operations analyst
• Kenia Fita Capdevila, Collaborative Projects, Junior Manager
• Hashtag: #FoodStoriesEU
• Website: https://foodstories-project.eu/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/foodstories_eu
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foodstories-eu/