Publications
The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.
Popular media
Grant, W.J. (2012, 26 March). James Cameron and the Mariana Trench sparks titanic angst. The Conversation.
Wilson, P. (2012, 11 October). Doctor, don't make assumptions about your fat patients. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R. (2012, 26 July). Science in crisis? Go on then, prove it. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2012, 17 May). Australian R&D measures up globally … but what does that really mean? The Conversation.
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
Dubber, A. (2012, September 28). Multicultural centre 'opens doors'. Goulburn Post.
Conference presentations
Wilson, P. (2012) The Special Meal Project: a pilot exploration of research into young Australian’s perceptions about eating practices. Paper presented at the ASC National Conference 2012, Sydney, 27-29 February, 2012.
Searle, S.D. & Stocklmayer, S. (2012) 'The benefits of communicating with the general public from scientists' point of view - an Australian study.' Presentation at the 12th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), Florence, Italy, 18-20 April 2012.
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, 21: online.
Popular media
Lamberts, R., & Tambiah, C. (2011, 29 April). Art and science: make love, not war. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Franzen, R. (2011, 13 December). Australia in space: looking out and looking in. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J., & Lamberts, R. (2011, 26 May). Don’t preach to the converted on carbon tax: it’s the money vote that matters. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R. (2011, 12 May). Undervalued, underfunded, undermined … how science fared in the budget. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Franzen, R. (2011, 14 December). Australia in space: letting others watch us … but at what cost? The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2011, 30 March). The government’s war on science: deliberate attack, or abuse by neglect? The Conversation.
Grant, W.J. (2011, 8 July). Will Steffen: phoney debate is over, now for the carbon policy. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J., & Lamberts, R. (2011, 19 July). Who’s afraid of big, bad coal? Al Gore’s ‘climate reality’ is a pointless fairytale. The Conversation.
Perera, S. (2011, 7 July). She’ll be right, mate – is the Aussie attitude incompatible with science? The Conversation.
Lamberts, R. (2011, 1 June). Hey, Dick Smith: if Carbon Cate can take Murdoch’s ‘lies’ then surely you can too. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R. (2011, 15 December). Australia in space: what’s our policy? The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2011, 8 April). Gentlemen’s rules are out, scientists: it’s time to unleash the beast. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J., & Lamberts, R. (2011, 18 November). Scientists and politicians – the same but different? The Conversation.
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.