Ayumi Koso
Director of Communications , National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Ayumi is Director of the National BioResource Project Public Relations Office, National Institute of Genetics. She co-founded Japan Scicom Forum in 2018 to build a platform that brings together science communicators, press officers and researchers engaging in English-language science communication in Japan.
She has over 15 year of experience in communicating research from Japanese academic institutions such as the University of Tokyo and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. Her primary research areas are institution-level science/research communication in Japan and Asia.
She is also interested in the intersection of science and culture, especially how cultural contexts or the language used confine the science or research being communicated.
Sessions
Setting the scene
PCST Symposium 2025 Tokyo / Japan SciCom Forum 2025
The opening panel sets the tone for the symposium by unpacking the global and regional dynamics shaping science communication today. Panelists will reflect on the challenges of aligning science with societal needs—particularly in non-Western and rapidly evolving contexts—and explore how questions of power, language, legitimacy, and access continue to influence the practice and purpose of science communication. This session invites participants to critically consider where the field stands, and where it needs to go.
PCST 2025 Tokyo - Theme 2 (Science and Society)
An introduction to JSF-PCST 2025 Tokyo
JSF2024 Reflections and Looking Forward
The closing panel of JSF2024 will reflect on key outcomes from the conference and The closing panel of JSF2024 will reflect on key outcomes from the conference and offer insights into future directions for science communication in Japan. It will offer insights into future directions for science communication in Japan. It will serve as a forum to synthesise discussions, explore emerging trends, and consider serve as a forum to synthesise discussions, explore emerging trends, and consider how to apply the lessons learned to ongoing challenges in the field.