Purpose: This paper reports on research exploring the intersections between researchers and communication professionals' perspectives on the objectives, funders and organizational influences on their science communication practices. Design/methodology/approach: Examining one context, the inter-organizational BCDC Energy Research project based at five different research organizations in Finland, this paper presents data from semi-structured interviews with 17 researchers and 15 communication professionals. Findings: The results suggest that performance-based funding policies that drive the proliferation of large-scale research projects can create challenges. In particular, a challenge arises in generating a shared sense of identity and purpose amongst researchers and communication professionals. This may have unintended negative impacts on the quality and cohesiveness of the science communication which occurs. Research limitations/implications: The study was exploratory in nature and focuses on one organizational and institutional environment. Further research with a wider number of projects, as well as funders, would be conducive to a greater understanding of the issues involved. Practical implications: On a practical level, this research suggests that the creation of clearer communications awareness and guidance may be helpful in some large-scale projects, particularly involving broad numbers of organizations, individual researchers and funders. Originality/value: This is one of the first studies examining the perspectives of both researchers and communication professionals working over one project, drawing together a range of different institutional and disciplinary perspectives. The results highlight the importance of the influences of funding on science communication aims, assumptions, cultures and structures. The article articulates the need for further research in this area.

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探索交叉点：研究人员和传播专家对科学传播的组织作用的看法

目的：本文的研究报告旨在探讨研究人员与传播专家在目标，资助者以及组织对其科学传播实践的影响方面的观点之间的交叉点。设计/方法/方法：考察一个背景，这是一个基于芬兰五个不同研究组织的组织间BCDC能源研究项目，本文提供了来自与17位研究人员和15位传播专业人士进行的半结构式访谈的数据。研究结果：结果表明，推动大规模研究项目激增的基于绩效的资助政策可能会带来挑战。特别是，在研究人员和传播专业人士之间产生一种认同感和目的感的挑战。这可能会对发生的科学交流的质量和凝聚力产生意想不到的负面影响。研究的局限性/意义：该研究本质上是探索性的，侧重于一个组织和机构环境。对更多项目以及资助者的进一步研究将有助于对所涉问题的更多了解。实际意义：从实践的角度来看，这项研究表明，在一些大型项目中，尤其是涉及众多组织，个人研究人员和资助者的项目中，建立更清晰的沟通意识和指导可能会有所帮助。原创性/价值：这是最早研究一个项目的研究人员和传播专业人员的观点的研究之一，汇集了一系列不同的机构和学科观点。结果突出了资金对科学传播目标，假设，文化和结构的影响的重要性。文章明确指出了在这一领域需要进一步研究的必要性。