Public engagement of academics has increased enormously in recent decades. But this new level of engagement is producing problems and conflicts for which many academics are ill-prepared.
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Universities may be facing a crisis of relevance but a growing number of academics are tackling this issue head on.
Reading about the rapid pace of advances in biomedicine, you may have wondered why more politically liberal countries like Germany and Canada have stronger restrictions on embryonic stem cell research…
Surveys on public attitudes to science regularly tell us that there are swathes of the public that simply seem to not care about science, despite our best effort to engage them. But perhaps the issue is…
With the debate increasing over coal seam gas (CSG) exploration, and all sides claiming the moral high ground, how do you find out what the community really thinks about the issue? Well you could do what…
The idea that universities should return to their “core business” of teaching and research has become a favourite mantra of vice chancellors. It is reinforced by increasing evaluations imposed by Canberra…
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Science Communication Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Senior Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience, Boston University
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Lecturer, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Communication, Public Policy & Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Northeastern University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Lecturer, University of Otago
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Information Specialist, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Environmental Decision-Making, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
