Crastina is a platform for the exchange of experience, knowledge and inspiration regarding both scientific peer-to-peer communication and science dissemination
- What? An international network of (mostly young) people who love to communicate science & tech.
- Why? We think science needs to be communicated with more passion and professionalism.
- Where? On our website with interviews & resources + on social media + on Skype and IRL.
- Who? A content group (the Crew), a think tank (the Academy), + lots of friends & contacts.
- When? Right now – as a matter of fact, we’ve just geared up.
The Crastina Column: Put back the “I’ in science – a poetical plea
Pearl Osirike, University of Ghana: “It is my strong belief that scientific output should not be published only in scientific journals for the learned few but should be available to all.” This Crastina Column initiates the theme ”SciComm in Africa”.
The server that enables African research to be shared worldwide
In the summer of 2018, scientists launched the preprint repository AfricArxiv, for African science to be shared, completely free.
Crastina interviewed Justin Ahinon, a web developer and one of the founders of the preprint server.
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Kolisa Yola Sinyanya, Cape Town: ‘I won their hearts with SciComm!’
‘We need to spread the scientific word in more modern and society-engaging ways,’ says Kolisa Yola Sinyanya, marine biologist and SciCommer from the University of Cape Town – FameLab runner-up, TED Speaker, and blogger.
This is the…