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On January 14th at 2 p.m. GMT, Massimiano Bucchi, Professor of Science and Technology in Society, University of Trento, will discuss and answer questions about his new book, Newton's Chicken: Science in the kitchen World Science Publishing.This highly rigorous, yet original and entertaining publication provides a surprising account of the relationship between gastronomy and scientific

Second Wave of Pandemic Overwhelms Trust in Institutions and Scientific Experts in ItalyMassimiano Bucchi, Eliana Fattorini, Barbara SaracinoThe start of the pandemic crisis at the end of the winter had revealed, in Italy as in other countries, the weakness of stereotypes that describe the general public as an easy prey of unreliable information sources and content. According to data from the

Scared, Supportive and Confident in Science (but a little confused by expert communication) Trends and changes in the perception of the pandemic: the new data from the Science in Society Monitorby Massimiano Bucchi and Barbara SaracinoOne month after the first survey by the Science in Society Monitor, the percentage of those undermining the Covid-19 threat decreases down to 4%. The more and more

One fifth still underplays the threat, in particular young people and those who use social media for information on the pandemic BY Massimiano Bucchi and Barbara Saracino More than one Italian citizen over five still underplays the Covid-19 threat. This is one of the key results emerging from the recent survey conducted by Observa Science in Society Monitor. The monitor analyses in the first

The World Health Organization, ministries, doctors, the media: it’s hardly surprising that all these actors produce and communicate data on the coronavirus (COVID-19). But that hackers and biohackers take up the subject is far more astonishing. Biohackers from BioCurious, a community laboratory created in 2010 near San Francisco, are monitoring the epidemic closely and organized the Wuhan

Scientists are increasingly expected to step out of their ivory towers and engage with policy makers and diverse public audiences. These demands come from not only those who fund and support research, but also from public interest groups and society at large. Some scientists respond enthusiastically to such opportunities. These ‘communicating scientists’ typically have a flair for public

“Sharing Science” is a “pop-up podcast” about science communication, science education, and the relationship between them, featuring short interviews with twelve leading researchers. Our podcast disseminates academic scholarship in these areas and is intended for researchers, practitioners, and anyone interested in these areas. A few months after its release, we would like to share some of

Brian Trench delivered a guest lecture entitled "Images in the social conversation of science on occasion of the official inauguration of the Master in Communication of Science, in Trento on October 2nd, 2019. In his talk, Trench addressed the issue of how images related to science are created by lay people, and how they are externalized and shared in society. The way science is represented

Science shapes our world, but scientific understanding may often seem out of reach to those without a scientific background. We now know that people are more likely to engage with science when they share a cultural background with the messenger - the scientist - yet 81% of Americans cannot name a living scientist, let alone identify a scientist that looks like them. In 2018, the National

What will the artificial intelligence revolution mean for science journalism? Most people in the field don’t seem to have given it much thought, which is scary because so much of journalism will inevitably be changed by AI – and is already being changed. Some people fear loss of jobs in the long term, but few have thought about the opportunities it provides in the short term. AI will be the

INGENIO is pleased to announce the 2018 Eu-SPRI Early Career Research Conference (ECC), a three-day conference organized by doctoral students for doctoral students. The event will take place in Valencia, Spain on 3-5 May 2018 Ph.D. Days INGENIO 2018 seeks to offer to early career researchers the opportunity to develop and refine research capabilities, presentation and communication skills as

Brian Trench has been appointed book reviews editor of Public Understanding of Science with immediate effect. Brian aims to have books reviewed within a year, at most, of their publication. Most reviews will be shorter (e.g. 750 words) reviews of single publications and a small number will be longer (e.g. 2,500 words) comparative review-essays covering several publications. Brian

We are sad to announce that Angela Cassidy is stepping down as book review editor after almost 9 years at the helm. We'll soon be announcing the new book review editor but in the meantime we would like to sincerely thank Angela for her huge contribution to Public Understanding of Science. We'll miss working with you on book reviews and wish you all the best. Books to be reviewed can be

The PRINTEGER European Conference on Research Integrity: Why Research Integrity Matters to You will take place in Bonn, Germany, on February 05-07, 2018 The aim of the conference is to promote a culture in which integrity is part and parcel of what it means to do excellent research. It will focus on: integrity challenges in the science system; research integrity and the role of media;

Get ready for the essential event for scientific communication lovers! On September 12-13th the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences of Pompeu Fabra University and the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) will host the 6th edition of Campus Gutenberg, an open scientific communication summer school that has become an unmissable meeting point among people involved in science communication,

By Martin W Bauer, PUS Editor-in-Chief The ‘deficit concept’ is widely referenced in research on science communication and the public understanding. One might even say it is the ‘totem pole’ around which the field has been dancing and revitalising since the 1980s. The concept suggests that the wider public suffers an interest deficit, a knowledge deficit, an attitudinal deficit or a

By PCST Network PCST Network is delighted to announce that the world's largest collection of papers on science communication is now online and ready for use. Over 1,000 abstracts and full papers presented at PCST conferences are currently available and more will be added soon, including those from this week’s conference in Istanbul. This valuable resource for researchers and practitioners

By CRISTINA RIGUTTO Blogs and Social media outlets are changing both the consumption and the production of scientific information and the availability of this information to non-expert audience, thus providing a great outlet by which to promote scientific knowledge, to engage the public discourse and to increase the public understanding of scientific research. The PUS Blog and social

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