Estonia's national public broadcaster, contributing mass media reach and science communication expertise to European Researchers' Night events.
Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) is Estonia's national public broadcaster, operating television, radio, and online media platforms. In the H2020 context, ERR serves as a media and science communication partner, helping bring research closer to the general public through the European Researchers' Night events in Estonia. Their role is to amplify scientific outreach by producing engaging broadcast and digital content that makes research accessible to non-expert audiences.
All three H2020 projects (RNEst14-15, RNEst16-17, ERNEst21) involve public engagement through Estonia's Researchers' Night events, where ERR contributes media production and broadcast reach.
RNEst16-17 explicitly lists RRI, ethics, and public engagement as keywords, indicating ERR's involvement in responsible research communication.
RNEst16-17 includes STEM as a keyword, suggesting ERR contributed to educational content aimed at younger or broader audiences.
ERR's early H2020 involvement (2014-2015) focused on specific thematic content — medical sciences, healthcare, and showcasing how science appears in everyday life. By 2016-2017, the focus broadened significantly toward science communication methodology itself, including RRI, ethics, STEM promotion, and general public engagement. This shift suggests ERR moved from covering specific science topics to becoming a more strategic partner in how research is communicated to society.
ERR is evolving from a thematic content producer into a general science communication infrastructure partner, making them increasingly relevant for any project needing public outreach in the Baltic region.
ERR has always participated as a partner, never as a coordinator — consistent with a media organization supporting research-led consortia rather than driving them. With only 3 unique consortium partners all within one country, ERR operates within a tight, recurring Estonian network for Researchers' Night events. This signals reliability and established working relationships, but a narrow collaborative circle.
ERR's H2020 network is compact and domestic: 3 consortium partners, all based in Estonia. This reflects their role in nationally-organized Researchers' Night events rather than pan-European research consortia.
ERR is Estonia's national public broadcaster — a rare type of H2020 participant that brings mass media reach rather than research capacity. For any project needing to communicate science to a national audience in Estonia or the Baltics, ERR offers direct access to television, radio, and digital platforms with established public trust. Few organizations in the region can match this combination of editorial credibility and broadcast infrastructure for science outreach.
