Engaging through disaster: reaching new audiences with SMASHfestUK [PDF]
A Case Study focussing on SMASHfestUK reflecting on the Science and Technology Facilities Council support of their approach to developing new methods for, and delivering new approaches to, widening participation in public engagement and increasing ...
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Perceived efficacy and attitudes towards genetic science and science governance [PDF]
This is the postprint version of the Article. The official published version can be obtained from the link below - © 2010 SAGE Publications.Arguments for public involvement in science and technology are often based on ideas of developing a more capable ...
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Industrial constructions of publics and public knowledge: a qualitative investigation of practice in the UK chemicals industry [PDF]
This is a post print version of the article. The official published version can be obtained from the link below - © 2007 by SAGE PublicationsWhile the rhetoric of public engagement is increasingly commonplace within industry, there has been little ...
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The Broad Challenge of Public Engagement in Science [PDF]
Timely public engagement in science presents a broad challenge. It includes more than research into the ethical, legal and social dimensions of science and state-initiated citizen's participation. Introducing a public perspective on science while safeguarding its public value involves a diverse set of actors: natural scientists and engineers ...
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Nanotechnology: public engagement with health, environment and social issues [PDF]
This EPA STRIVE research fellowship report presents a literature review and fieldwork data for a project that investigated how the topic of nanotechnology can be engaged with by both experts on the topic and nonexperts. The first objective was to map
Murphy, Padraig
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The challenges of "upstream" communication and public engagement for Irish nanotechnology [PDF]
This paper sets out some challenges for Ireland’s contribution to nanotechnology public engagement in the context of current STS and science communication theoretical practice approaches.
Murphy, Padraig
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The potential opportunities and limitations of Public Engagement in Science and Technology
Em vez de adotar uma abordagem de comunicação instrumental, em que o público é visto como um recipiente passivo da informação científica e que precisa ser "alfabetizado" em ciência; o foco mudou para uma abordagem que favorece uma visão dialógica e relacional da comunicação, baseada no engajamento público.
Clare Wilkinson +2 more
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Societal Debates About Emerging Genetic Technologies: Toward a Science of Public Engagement [PDF]
Gene editing is an inherently wicked problem with no single right answer and no group uniquely positioned to decide this answer.
Christopher D. Wirz +2 more
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Using latent class models to explore cross-national typologies of Public engagement with Science and technology in Europe [PDF]
Public engagement with science and technology is a central theme in the field of Public Understanding of Science (PUS), particularly in Europe. Alongside public consultation exercises and similar activities aimed at generating engagement, there is a need
Stares, S., Stares, Sally
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Public Engagement Technology for Bioacoustic Citizen Science
Inexpensive mobile devices offer new capabilities for non-specialist use in the field for the purpose of conservation. This thesis explores the potential for such devices to be used by citizen scientists interacting with bioacoustic data such as birdsong. This thesis describes design research and field evaluation, in collaboration with conservationists
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