These exploratory findings suggest the use of informal learning settings, such as science centres and museums, may provide a means to communicate population health and improve discourse about public health policy.
This essay by recent CPAS PhD Dr Tara Roberson explores the relationship of science communication and public relations and contends that science communication has something to learn from public relations research.
CPAS Director of Research, Associate Professor Sujatha Raman, is part of the new trans-national editorial collective for the Society for Social Studies of Science open access journal ESTS — Engaging Science, Technology, and Society.
CPAS’s Masters of Science Communication Outreach students have been busy with online engagment as they can’t visit schools with the Shell Questacon Science Circus.
The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete, and participants will contribute greatly to our understanding of how Generation Z engage with climate change and politics.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed cracks in many areas of our society, but at the same time it offers the opportunity for a fundamental rethink of what we consider normal. One of these areas is academia.
As the world scrambles to understand COVID-19, multiple studies seem to offer a cure or new risk factor for the disease, only to be disproven a short time later.
"It's fantastic to be able to take the skills I've developed through majoring in science communication and put them into practice in real time at work, from stakeholder management, developing communication plans and communicating risk."