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.
Initial results from this research highlight the unique characteristics of Australian citizen science and illustrate its wide scope, practices and community orientation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Top up and coming scientists across Australia will get the chance to show the nation how their work is for the public good, under a new partnership between ANU and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).