Dealing with several entities, tiptoeing around politicians and taking into account sponsors' ideas while staying true to your science communication calling can be a challenge.

Sometimes we have to adapt to sponsors' and governments' ideas about the way we should handle specific aspects of science. Politicization seems inevitable when governments provide funding for science. Advertising is unavoidable when you rely on a sponsor to finance a new exhibition or event. Moderate politicization does no harm and may even be good for the interface between science and society. But is there a risk of over-politicisation or over-compromising in science and science communication in the current context? How can we react if a stakeholder attempts to influence the way research is done or how it is to be interpreted by / taught to the public in order to advance their own interests?

More about this session: This session is a Science Espresso: an informal discussion framed by an "expert" or facilitator, involving a drink and plenty of opportunities for audience involvement. We will focus on the compromises that science engagement actors do (need to do ?) with politicians and sponsors.