What is this thing called “science communication”? Is it a subject upon which we focus our attention and activities? Or is it a field in which those activities take place? Field or focus? This is not just navel-gazing. How we Read More …
Report by Toss Gascoigne, Facilitated by Cary Funk This session was the most goal-orientated discussion of the meeting. It looked at how science communication could contribute to the Rockefeller Foundations four global priorities[1]: Advance health Revalue ecosystems Secure livelihoods Transform Read More …
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 …
Ch. 19. Lohwater&Storksdieck. 2017
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 …
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Econnect’s monthly newsletter was recently about science communication research linking with practice. Seems relevant to our discussions. My article reprinted below: Using all the science communication models in practice By Jenni Metcalfe Researchers have theorised three models of science communication: Read More …
Here’s the article I referred to in a comment on the thread “Bringing research and practice together.” Salmon, Rhian A., Priestley, Rebecca K., & Goven, Joanna. (2017). The reflexive scientist: an approach to transforming public engagement. Journal of Environmental Studies Read More …
The way we communicate or, rather, consume media has changed drastically in just the last few years. Online video on-demand is where things are at, especially with those we need to target to achieve the ambitious goals that the Rockefeller Read More …
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 …