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Post-truth: Has Science Communication Failed (Us Scholars)?
Inspired by our first-day debate here at Bellagio, as to how ‘honest’ today’s “Honest Brokers” (Pielke 2007, @RogerPielkeJr) in institutional communication really are, and preparing for our second-day discussion on the policy-dimenssion of pcst, I would like to point everyone Read More …
Research/Practice is the topic of the week!
I received notice yesterday that on Tuesday, at 9:00 pm Bellagio time, the AAAS will be hosting on its Trellis site a live discussion about research/practice issues (including Bronwyn Bevan of the Collaboratory that Martin already posted about). I suspect Read More …
Latest agenda
Please find an update of the latest agenda attached as a PDF. But no doubt this will evolve even further before our meeting starts in a few days, and also while we are all there. Please try to have a Read More …
Research-Practice Partnerships
Reading Toss’s, Martin’s and Emily’s perspectives on practice/research, I would like to follow up on Martin’s example for “The Research + Practice Collaboratory”. The concept of research-practice partnerships (RRP), which is becoming very useful in science education could be also useful Read More …
Bring examples of practice/research projects
Our third and final session about practice/research projects was originally set out by Jenni with the intention of providing a space for how to support better practice/research collaborations & delving examples and experiences we have collectively about what work and Read More …
Bringing research and practice together
The US National Science Foundation funded the Collaboratory (http://researchandpractice.org/) which has the mission to “bring(s) educators and researchers together to develop more equitable innovations for STEM teaching and learning. It is a massive project! I am mentioning it because it Read More …
Practitioners who do research
Might be interesting to look at examples of practitioners who do research (and vice versa). I asked the PCST discussion list for examples of researchers working with practitioners. 18 responses, almost all were practitioners who also conducted research as part Read More …
Securing livelihoods – what role for science and science communication?
How could anyone be against the idea of securing livelihoods? The concept is a common good that all can get behind. But there is often contention over the details behind how to secure livelihoods. New ideas about how to secure Read More …
Revaluing ecosystems – topics to discuss
Jenni has given me the task (as this theme’s convener) of shaping the questions, topics and case studies that we’ll tackle in our session. I’d like to get some discussion going with our group on this theme before we meet Read More …