Science Communication Reconsidered
2009 Bubela et al Science Communication Reconsidered This is the paper we were discussing as a potential model for a multi-authored workshop paper.
Author: Rick Borcheldt
Director of Communications and Public Affairs, US Department of Energy
I am particularly interested in conversations we might have at the Bellagio Centre to better understand the difference between what is currently described as a “war on science” as opposed to an ideological “war on government,” and what it means for public support for government funding of discovery research and public trust in policy informed by science.
Push v pull for communications practice content (wherever it shows up)
Some — clearly very few — of you know that for more than five years I wrote a column in the quarterly magazine ScienceWriters (the house organ for the National Association of Science Writers) called Scholarly Pursuits. The conceit behind Read More …
Feinberg & Willer 2015_From Gulf to Bridge: When Do Moral Arguments Facilitate Political Influence?
Feinberg and Willer 2015_From Gulf to Bridge- When Do Moral Arguments Facilitate Political Influence?
Kahan, D. Fixing the Communications Failure. Nature 463, 296-297 (2010)
Kahan._2010._Fixing_the_Communications_Failures
Revision to Session #5
Refining Session #5 The organizers have asked me to organize and expand Session #5 on Wednesday afternoon in Bellagio. The topic as stated is, “What role can science communication and practice play in connecting with policy makers?” I see the Read More …
“Pro-science” as a protest movement
There’s a very interesting opinion piece in today’s New York Times that — to me — suggests some parallels between where we are trending in the West as a “science protest movement” and where the environmental movement seems to have Read More …
De-politicization of science (implications for science policy)
For the past two years, and certainly with more fervor since the US general election a year ago, I’ve been working to understand what the new political “populism” in the West means for science, science policy, and science communication. I Read More …