If you read one of the latest print issues of Science, you'll see CPAS Senior Lecturer Dr Ehsan Nabavi and colleagues' book review on "The responsibility turn: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic inspire a guide to recognising the politics of modelling."  

Mathematical modellers have traditionally considered politics irrelevant to their practice, arguing that their work represents objective science, the implications of which are determined by others’ use of it. However, this perspective has evolved as researchers have incorporated insights from science and technology studies to explore modelling beyond its technical aspects. The recent book The Politics of Modelling, edited by Andrea Saltelli and Monica Di Fiore, represents such an endeavour. Read the full review here. 

For more context, listen to Ehsan's conversation with Andrea Saltelli on ABC, where they discuss the politics of modelling and the future of modelling in public policy issues, especially post-COVID.  Listen to the podcast here.

Visting Fellow and recent CPAS alum Christiane Gerblinger recently published her article, 'Waiting for advice that is beyond doubt: uncertainty as Australia's reason for joining the invasion of Iraq', with the Intelligence and National Security journal.

A dominant theme across examinations of the intelligence used to justify invading Iraq in 2003 is that political decision-makers amplified the clarity of their evidence. What has been missed is that Australia did exactly the opposite: here, the political leadership channelled uncertainty, inconclusiveness and doubt into highly effective rhetorical manoeuvres that embraced the imperfection of evidence and, with it, sufficiently weakened arguments that an invasion could take place only with absolute proof. Christiane's article examines the role of Australian intelligence amid a complex mix of factors that facilitated those manoeuvres.

Read more here.

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Linvill, Darren L., Boatwright, Brandon C. & Grant, Will J. (2018) “Back-stage” dissent: student Twitter use addressing instructor ideology. Communication Education. Prepublished 29 Jan 2018. 

de Kauwe, V., Orthia, L.A. (2018). Knowledge, power and the ethics illusion: Explaining diverse viewer interpretations of the politics in classic era Doctor Who. The Journal of Popular Television, 6(2). doi: 10.1386/jptv.6.2.151_1

ANU Science. (2017, November 28). When science skills become life skills. ANU Science, Environment, Health and Medicine Research Stories. Reports on Vanessa de Kauwe's PhD research.

Varischetti, B. (2017, October 12) Survey tests attitudes to human gene therapy. ABC Perth Drive. Interview with Michel Watson about her PhD research.

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ABC Science. (2017, September 28). ABC launches science cadetship in memory of 'science news geek' Darren Osborne. ABC News. Mentions Darren Osborne's time at the ANU and with the Science Circus.

Kilburn, M. (2017, August) Texting the Doctor. Doctor Who Magazine, Special edition #47 'Referencing the Doctor', pp. 38-41. Includes interview with Lindy Orthia about her 2013 book Doctor Who and Race.

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Anggaryani, M. (2017) Should science communicators learn from the Yogyakartans? Paper presented at Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Science Biennial Conference, Wollongong, 22-24 November 2017.

Roberson, T. (2017). Seeing [hyped] science differently. Presented at the Australian Science Communicators National Conference, Adelaide, 23-24 February 2017.

Wilson, P. (2017) Disruption and messiness: examining the ban on raw milk sale in Australia. Paper presented at the 2017 Mundane Governance Conference, The Australian National University, 22-24 November 2017

Orthia, L. (2017) Reclaiming the origin of science for science communication and science studies. Presented at Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Science Biennial Conference, Wollongong, 22-24 November 2017.

Huttner-Koros, A. (2017). Communicating science in English: exploring the professional self-perceptions of Australian scientists from language backgrounds other than English. Presented at the Australian Science Communicators National Conference, Adelaide, 23-24 February 2017.

Russell, W. (2017) Bringing dialogue to public engagement in science and technology: A workshop on communicative practices. Paper presented at Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Science Biennial Conference, Wollongong, 22-24 November 2017.

Rowbotham S., McKinnon M., Leach J., Lamberts R. & Hawe P. (2017). Does citizen science have the capacity to transform population health science? Critical Public Health. Prepublished 9 November 2017, doi:10.1080/09581596.2017.1395393.

McKinnon M. & Orthia L.A. (2017). Vaccination communication strategies: What have we learned, and lost, in 200 years? Special issue ‘History of science communication’, Journal of Science Communication, 16(03), A08.

McGillion, C. (2017). Animation as a science communication tool in Timor-Leste. Science Communication, 39(2), 278-285. doi: 10.1177/1075547017696164.

Rayner, J. (2017). Using a cell phone to investigate the skin depth effect in salt water. The Physics Teacher, 55, 83-86. doi: 10.1119/1.4974118

Lamberts, R. (2017). Science-> society: Distrust of experts happens when we forget they are human beings. Chemistry in Australia, (Nov 2017), 34.

Walker, G. (2017, April 26). A science circus for Southeast Asia. New Mandala.

Watson, M. (2017, October 19). A CRISPR way forward: developments in human gene therapy. Woroni Newspaper.

Harker-Schuch, I. & Grant, W.J. (2017, October 30). Why we're building a climate change game for 12-year-olds. The Conversation.

Lamberts, R. (2017, August 22). Science is important but moves too fast: Five charts on how Australians view science and scientists. The Conversation.

Leach, J. (2017, June 21). Science journalism is in Australia's interest, but needs support to thrive. The Conversation.

Lamberts, R. (2017, May 12). Distrust of experts happens when we forget they are human beings. The Conversation.

Watson, M. (2017, November 26). Ask Fuzzy: Gene editing breakthrough of the century. The Canberra Times.

Stocklmayer, S.M. & Rennie, L.J. (2017). The attributes of informal science education: A science communication perspective. In P.G. Patrick (ed.), Preparing Informal Science Educators: Perspectives from Science Communication and Education. Switzerland: Springer, pp. 527-544.