This is what Sofie Mohlin, IKVL, has to say about why it is important for researchers to present their research:
"Researchers reaching out and presenting their work can help the public to maintain faith in science and understand that its indispensable power is of the utmost importance. Two clear examples are vaccines and the climate crisis.
"It's not uncommon for academia to be seen as inaccessible and boring, and since I really love my job, I want to change that image. For my part, it is also important that the stereotype of what a researcher looks like and behaves is erased, for example by showing that even a woman with two children, and without any academic background, can lead her own research group.
Read the full interview with Sofie on lu.se. (only in Swedish)