Thanking Liz Neeley: Champion For Scientists And #SciComm
I still remember the first day I met Liz Neeley, a little over seven years ago. We met in a hip coffee shop in Seattle. She had recently relocated there from Washington DC, where she was working for...
View ArticleAssembling (Science) Networks Online
“People never ask whether birds are good or bad because they fly in flocks,” I say, while a murmuration of starlings whirls on the screen behind me. I pause, letting the audience watch the dark forms...
View ArticleNo Silver Bullets: SciComm Insights from NAS Workshop
Recently, the National Academy of Sciences’ Public Interfaces of Life Science Roundtable hosted a 2-day workshop called “When Science and Citizens Connect: Public Engagement on Genetically Modified...
View ArticleBut what do we DO with the science of science communication?
Last week, as I listened to Andy Rosenberg, from the Union of Concerned Scientists, give a seminar about the new Center for Science and Democracy, I tweeted, “What Rosenberg is saying is familiar:...
View ArticleBuilding Infrastructures to Support Scientist Engagement
Last week, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Roundtable on the “Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences” (which I have the huge honor of serving on), convened a workshop to explore “The Sustainable...
View ArticlePersuasion and Influence: Dirty Words in Science Communication?
Last week we shared insights from the National Academy of Sciences’ Sackler Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication. The premise of this gathering was: if we rely on evidence for our...
View ArticleMore than a Hunch: Insights from Sackler Colloquium on Science of Science...
If scientists rely on evidence for their research, why do they rely on hunches when they communicate their research? This was the challenge that framed the kick off of the National Academy of Sciences...
View Article9/13/13 Link Round-Up
The Link Round-Up is back from vacation and we have lots of interesting and exciting things to share with you! There’s a video about the Sackler Colloquium, a new paper and infographic about how...
View ArticleScienceOnline Climate
Ah, logistics. WiFi, websites, sponsors, speakers, travel, venues, sound, and food – planning a meeting means dozens of details need constant attention. And yet, if we’ve done our work well, these all...
View ArticleMaking Peace with Self Promotion
I prepare for writing projects as if they are adventures, so when I sat down to write a book chapter this spring, I was excited. The topic was self-promotion in social media, for the forthcoming The...
View ArticleTop Ten Tip-lists for Sharing Your Science
Almost fifteen years ago I joined two of COMPASS’ cofounders – Jane Lubchenco and Vikki Spruill – at the Packard Foundation to share about the need for a science communication organization and what our...
View ArticleIs “Cold But Competent” a Problem in Science Communication?
This post continues our series focused on science communication research. Instead of reporting on or recapping a single paper, we’re asking what the literature has to say about urgent or recurring...
View ArticleOn Advocacy and Trust in Science
As I noted at the end of Monday’s post, I did not directly tackle the question of whether scientists’ advocacy has been shown to damage public trust in them (or their science). The best specific...
View ArticleWhat the Science Tells Us About “Trust in Science”
This post continues our series focused on science communication research. Instead of reporting on or recapping a single paper, we’re asking what the literature has to say about urgent or recurring...
View ArticleThe Science of Science Communication: Foundation-building with Fischhoff
Like people, some science papers age gracefully, some plunge all at once into a sudden decline, while a rare few carry on unencumbered by the years, spry and punchy as ever. When I’m asked to recommend...
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