Pronouns: he/him
Institution/affiliation: KU Leuven
Title/position: PhD student in machine learning for astrophysics
Fact: Nik loves fantasy books, horror movies, black tea, and doing outreach. He has co-organised and narrated a catwalk in spacesuits.
Senior Editor Nik shares highlights from his time at the Summer School on Science Diplomacy for Outer Space and Arctic in Paris, France.
Nik highlights key patterns and emerging themes at SciCommBites from the 40 posts we published in 2025.
In the return of Beyond the Research, Nik Kliapets revisits NYT’s media coverage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk and considerations for scicomm today.
Do awe-some stories elicit awe-some reactions?
“Math trails” transform everyday life classrooms, helping students see that mathematics is not just numbers, but patterns, structures, and ideas woven into the world around them.
When citizen science goes to the dark side: lessons on transparency and informed consent.
Public trust crisis? Objection! Survey suggests global trust in scientists strong.
Researchers find that plastic pollution is often framed as a health issue with social responsibility in press releases, while ocean climate change is mostly portrayed as a sociopolitical issue.
