Ethics and Science Communication redux

Posted on15 October 201715 October 2017AuthorJoan Leach2 Comments

Recently, I wrote an editorial (with my colleague Fabien Medvecky) in JCOM which revisits the idea that science communication should have an ethical component. https://jcom.sissa.it/sites/default/files/documents/JCOM_1604_2017_E.pdf This editorial is, for us, the beginning of talking about a much larger project on which Read More …

Science communication as a balancing act: from the perspective of scientists

Posted on10 October 201715 October 2017AuthorMarina Joubert

Despite growing expectations that scientists should engage with society, public science communication remains a contested activity for many scientists. They often see it as a balancing act between just enough, but not too much, between promoting my work, but not Read More …