Science communication : taking a step back to move forward

For Science&You 2021, 16–19 November, the motto 'taking a step back to move forward' was chosen. Why did we come up with this idea? We took this phrase to be an invitation for a moment of reflection when the field of science communication is booming, to hold our momentum and to observe and think about what is going on in the field.
This book is structured to examine and elaborate on challenges in science communication, and to that end is subdivided in three sections, each of which is subdivided into two subthemes.
The first section, titled Taking a step back, begins with the subtheme Taking stock (chapters 1 to 6), bringing together the international keynote speakers who address the larger issues related to science communication: Michel Dubois (CNRS, Sorbonne University, France) Gordon Gauchat (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States), Julien Giry (Université de Tours, France), Mehita Iqani (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Kyoko Sato (Stanford University