The SciCommer: 26 Nov 2024
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In The Conversation ‘How we developed sign language for ten of the trickiest climate change terms’ and also ‘Climate science is getting lost in translation’
The EUSEA Conference deadline for proposals is the 1 of Dec. The conference will take place 14 to 15 May 2025 at the Elder Museum of Science and Technology, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
New UN initiative aims to counter climate disinformation
An Editorial from Clinical Rheumatology ‘From the editor’s office: empowering authors and protecting science communication—integrating ChatGPT and large language models ethically.’
MIT Technology Review is seeking pitches for an upcoming print issue. The theme is Creativity.
From Nieman Lab ‘The Atlantic’s Sarah Zhang on covering the science and emotion of being human’
From the LSE Impact Blog ‘What skills do knowledge brokers need?’
The exodus to BlueSky continues. Need some help getting started? LSE have a handy guide here. You can find me here. Jamie Gallagher put together this really useful list of lists of where you can find people in science communication:
SciComm (curated by Jamie): https://go.bsky.app/VJQzace
PoC in Sci Comm (curated by Hana Ayoob & Sarah Cosgriff): https://go.bsky.app/MaDPSzx
Researchers in Sci Comm (curated by Niels Mede): https://go.bsky.app/3qW3UL2
People working in Outreach and Widening Participation (curated by Ali Struthers): https://go.bsky.app/PsT3sNF
LISTEN: The HPS Podcast: Jen Martin on 'Communicating Science'
Congratulations to Professor Hannah Fry who has joined the University of Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics
There’s a tool for viewing what stereotypes people have about scientists (USA)
Planetarium Education Research Fellowship has opened for 2025. The Fellowship offers USD$5,000 (total) to an individual to conduct educational research in planetariums.
The future of science journalism and publishing: Will AI rewrite the script?
New Research
Hype in the Public Communication of Science-Intensive Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of the Spanish Radio Show ‘Los Revolucionarios’. Critical Sociology, 0(0).
Who trusts in scientific research? Cross-national surveys of Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States JCOM 23(08), A03.
Why Science Should Have a Female Face: Female Experts Increase Liking, Competence, and Trust in Science. Science Communication, 0(0).
Communicating About Renewable Energy With Satire: The Influence of Gentle and Harsh Humor Tones on Perceived Message Credibility and Information Reliance. Science Communication, 0(0).
Conspiracy beliefs and negative attitudes towards outgroups in times of crises: Experimental evidence from Germany (2024) PLOS ONE 19(11): e0312418.
Citizen science as an instrument for women’s health research. Nat Med (2024).
Science on Social Media: Indo-Swiss Perspectives 2024. Bengaluru and Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. DOI:
Could recent advances and new perspectives in science education and conceptual change improve public understanding of science? Frontiers in Communication 9
A song for Pelagibacter. Using creative improvisation as a tool for novel science communication through the Ocean Science Jam. Frontiers in Marine Science 11 2024
🗓 The SciComm Diary
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UK SEMINAR 27 NOV: Public Understanding of Science ‘Science, misinformation, and democracy: tools for exploring the UK policy discourse’ Laszlo Horvath and Deborah Mabbett (Birkbeck, University of London) Room CBG.1.09, LSE (map https://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-information/campus-map) [London]
VIRTUAL MEET-UP 29 NOV: SciComm meetup
WEBINAR 3 DEC: INSPIRING ERA Exchange:
Evaluating Public Engagement - how to measure and enhance impact?WEBINAR 9 DEC: Engaging with Communities – Lessons learnt from Africa and the United Kingdom
WEBINAR 13 DEC: Webinar: Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication
VIRTUAL SYMPOSIA 16 DEC: Public Engagement x Computer Science Symposium
16 & 18 JAN 2025: New to STEM Communication? Join the Little Event online (bursaries available now)
WEBINAR 22 JAN 2025: NCACE Evidence Café 14: Artists and Universities
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