Publications
The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.
Popular media
Coonan, E., Orthia, L.A., Bloomfield, F., Horst, J., Pascoe, A., Schiffl, K., & Axelsen, S. (2013) Regular viewing of a television drama series affects responses to science ideologies in it: a focus group-based study of ‘Bones’. Canberra, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Available for download from the Sandpaw blog.
Grant, W. (2013, 28 June). The problems of scientific reporting. The Australian online.
Menzies, L. (2013, 10 December). Climate and science policy: the Coalition’s first 90 days. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2013, 5 September). An invisible, odourless, weightless science minister for Australia. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R. (2013, 5 September). Guess who defines 'waste' in ARC-funded research. The Conversation.
Wilson, P. (2013, 20 February). In the 'O-zone': trying to follow the Australian dietary guidelines. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J. (2013, 1 August). Dick Smith flies planes, weighs energy futures. The Conversation.
Book chapters
Orthia, L. (2013). Conclusion. In Orthia, L. (Ed). Doctor Who and Race. Bristol: Intellect Books, pp. 289-296
Lamberts, R. (2013). Ethics and Accountability in Science and Technology. In Gilbert, J.K., & Stocklmayer, S. (Eds). Communication and Engagement with Science and Technology: Issues and Dilemmas: A Reader in Science Communication. New York: Routledge, pp. 130-147.
Stocklmayer, S. (2013). Engagement with Science: Models of Science Communication. In Gilbert, J.K., & Stocklmayer, S. (Eds). Communication and Engagement with Science and Technology: Issues and Dilemmas: A Reader in Science Communication. New York: Routledge, pp. 19-38.
Stocklmayer, S.M., & Cerini, B. (2013). The importance of informal learning in science for innovation education. In L.V. Shavinina (Ed.) The Routledge International Handbook of Innovation Education. London: Routledge, pp. 372-384.
Orthia, L. (2013). Introduction. In Orthia, L. (Ed). Doctor Who and Race. Bristol: Intellect Books, pp. 1-11.
Invited keynote presentations
Stocklmayer, S.M., Gore, M.M. & Skeldon, K. It isn’t really like that! Presentation at the International Science Festival, Kirkwall, Orkney, September 2013.
Popular media
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2012, 18 October). Online education at the coalface: what academics need to know. The Conversation.
Wilson, P. (2012, 16 March). Healthy or harmful? It's a piece of cake. The Conversation.
Rayner, J. (2012, 11 July). This is a love song: the physics of music and the music of physics. The Conversation.
Orthia, L. (2012, May). Why did I publish a paper with undergraduate students about science in The Simpsons? Yliopistolainen, the Helsinki University’s staff magazine, section 'Top 100', 8.
Wilson, P. (2012, 24 July). Shopping for 'healthy' food? It's a minefield. The Conversation.
Orthia, L.A. (2012). Ghost Light: Only the mad see clearly. In Smith?, R. (Ed). Outside In. Baltimore: ATB Publishing, pp. 406-408.
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.
Book chapters
Bryant, C. (2012). Science Circus. In Gunstone, R. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Science Education. Springer, online. Print version forthcoming 2014.
Stocklmayer, S.M. (2012). Science Communication. In Gunstone, R. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Science Education. Springer, online. Print version forthcoming 2014.
Refereed journal papers
Stocklmayer, S.M., & Bryant, C. (2012). Science and the public – what should people know? International Journal of Science Education B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2, 81-101.
Stocklmayer, S., Rayner, J.P., & Gore, M.M. (2012) Changing the order of Newton's Laws - Why & how the Third Law should be first. The Physics Teacher, 50(7): 406-409.
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
Perera, S. (2012, October 2). Interview with ABC Radio Queensland, Bush Telegraph.
Hamilton, C. (2012). The secret science of The Simpsons. ANU Reporter, Autumn, 30-31.