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  • Filling the Gaps: exploring researchers communication experiences
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    This issue sees the publication of several papers that contribute to our understanding of the challenges faced by researchers in communicating about their research, adding richness to our understanding of practices and policies in Zimbabwe as well as amongst non-Anglophone speakers working in Australia. The potential of incorporating documentary ... »
  • Science communication and innovation: zooming out for micro-level insights close to reality
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    Much of science communication is peer-to-peer communication in collaborative networks for innovation from the fuzzy front-end of innovation until the marketing back-end. Scientists and engineers at meetings tables talking about new developments. Or scientists and engineers in collaboration with industry and policy makers, discussing various ... »
  • Communication as intermediation for socio-technical innovation
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    The academic interest in 'science and technology communication' has evolved from different societal domains and fields of application, giving rise to different scholarly traditions. This contribution introduces current issues and agendas in a field that has its origin at the interface of (agricultural) innovation studies, rural development ... »
  • Science, brands and the museum
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    This paper argues that for citizens to be engaged with science they need to be able to share analytical techniques as well as the results of analyses. The category of "brand" which condenses the instrumental with the symbolic is both powerful in its uses and familiar to laypeople. The paper shows briefly how the categories of penicillin, ... »
  • Science communication and Responsible Research and Innovation. How can they complement each other?
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    In today's society a variety of challenges need attention because they are considered to affect our well-being. Many of these challenges can be addressed with new innovations, yet they may also introduce new challenges. Communication of these new innovations is vital. This importance is also addressed by the concept of Responsible Research and ... »
  • Science communication for uncertain science and innovation
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Mass Media Article
    Differences in viewpoints between science and society, like in for example the HPV-vaccination debate, should be considered from a socio-technical system perspective, and not solely from a boundary perspective between the lay public, medical doctors and scientists. Recent developments in the HPV-vaccination case show how the debate concerning ... »
  • Marcellus Matters: EASE - Marcellus Citizen Science Network Evaluation Findings Brief
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Evaluation Reports
    Summary brief describing findings from summative evaluation for the Marcellus Citizen Science Network component of the Marcellus Matters: EASE project. ... »
  • Marcellus Matters: EASE - Community Science Volunteers Evaluation Findings Brief
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Evaluation Reports
    Summary brief describing summative evaluation findings from the Community Science Volunteers component of the Marcellus Matters: EASE project. ... »
  • Marcellus Matters: EASE - MarcellusByDesign Evaluation Findings Brief
    Date: 12/16/2016
    Resource Category: Evaluation Reports
    Summary brief describing summative evaluation associated with the MarcellusByDesign component of Marcellus Matters: EASE. Marcellus Matters: Engaging Adults in Science and Energy (EASE) was a program of Penn State University’s Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research (MCOR), in collaboration with other experts across the university. The first ... »
  • Evaluation Report for “Roads Taken” Youth Programs Virtual Conference
    Date: 12/15/2016
    Resource Category: Summative
    “The Roads Taken” virtual conference was part of a three-phase research project designed to explore the very long-term impact of STEM youth programs (such as the iconic YouthALIVE program). In this first phase, a virtual conference was held to engage youth program practitioners in the development and testing of a Program Profile prototype, a ... »

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