Meet the PCST Scientific Committee Series: Alice Fleerackers, Kei Kano and Hao Xin

3 March 2026

The PCST Network is a global community guided by our Scientific Committee, a team of researchers, practitioners, educators and innovators shaping the network’s vision.

We are excited to share the fourth edition of the Meet the PCST Scientific Committee series. Each month we introduce new committee members, highlighting their stories, professional journeys and the ways this volunteer team advances science communication worldwide.

Connect with them, learn about their work and discover the shared vision shaping PCST’s future.

Alice Fleerackers
Vice President and Chair of the Programming Committee
Netherlands

Let’s be a truly global community that connects researchers, practitioners, and educators from across disciplines, practices, and cultures.
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Kei Kano
Co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Committee
Japan

I would like to contribute to PCST from the viewpoint of “PCST and Asia” and “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility.”
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Hao Xin
Member of the Scientific Committee
China

My vision is that PCST continues to be a global platform where diverse voices in science communication inspire responsibility, creativity, and hope for the future.
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The Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology Incorporated (PCST Network) is an organisation that promotes discussion on the theory and practice of communicating science, and of public discourses about science and technology and their role in society.

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PCST is the an active and influential international academic and professional organisation in the field of science communication.

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PCST Network has co-operation agreements with the following international organisations:

EUSEA
European Science Engagement Association

ICA
ICA Science Communication Interest Group

IECA
International Environmental Communication Association

RedPOP
Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Popularisation of Science and Technology