The PANDORA-ID-NET consortium understands the importance of engaging the public, especially in a pandemic situation. We have a number of social scientists working across our sites working on projects such as community engagement best practice and the use of social media for the dissemination of important public health announcements. The increase of worldwide social media usage has brought with it an increase in ‘fake news’ or misinformation, and with that in mind PANDORA-ID-NET has launched two communication platforms. Our very active @PandoraIDNet Twitter account aims to provide factual, validated information on scientific news and advances, both from within our own network and from other sources.
We have also recently set up a PANDORA-ID-NET YouTube account, which aims to be a repository for our educational videos and presentations from workshops. Since its creation in February 2020, we have gained over 1K subscribers.
You can find the PANDORA-ID-NET YouTube channel by clicking here.