Publications

The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.

Popular media

Refereed journal papers

  • Orthia, L.A., Dobos, A.R., Guy, T., Kan, S.Z., Keys, S.E., Nekvapil, S., & Ngu, D.H.Y. (2012). How do people think about the science they encounter in fiction? Science students investigate using The Simpsons. International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement 2(2): 149-174.

Selected media coverage

Conference presentations

Refereed journal papers

  • Perera, S. (2011). Science teachers from non-Western backgrounds challenged by Western science: A whole other ball game. The International Journal of Science in Society, 2(2): 11-22.

  • Orthia, L.A. (2011). Antirationalist critique or fifth column of scientism? Challenges from Doctor Who to the mad scientist trope. Public Understanding of Science, 20: 525-542. 

  • Orthia, L.A. (2011). “Paradise is a little too green for me”: Discourses of environmental disaster in Doctor Who 1963-2010. Colloquy, 21online.

Popular media

Selected media coverage

  • Ibo, R. (2011). Harnessing the power of fiction to teach science. Chemistry in Australia, March, 43.

  • Cerabona, R. (2011). Looking for a big bang. The Canberra Times, ‘Panorama’, 12 November, 15-16.

Conference presentations

  • Orthia, L.A. (2011, July). Cross-dressing blokes can’t reason; man-hating chicks can’t weld: The gender politics of incompetent scientist characters in Doctor Who. PopCAANZ 2nd Annual International Conference, June 29-July 1 2011, Auckland, New Zealand.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (2011, September) A capacity building programme for science centres in South Africa: experiences over five years. Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of Science Centres, Cape Town.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (2011, September) What are scientists trying to tell me and should I care?: Involving youth and families in science communication. Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of Science Centres, Cape Town.

Invited keynote presentations

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. Contributions from the world of science communication: what can we learn from the informal experience? Plenary address to the Korean Association for Science Education, Seoul, February 2011.