Publications
The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.
Popular media
McKinnon, M. (2017, November 10). Brian Cox is a world record holding 'rockstar scientist'. Here's why. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R. (2017, July 7). Book review: The Death of Expertise. The Conversation.
Zhang, T. (2017, May 5). Why I marched for science. ANU Science Student Blog.
Lamberts R. (2017, January 3). Why don't people get it? Seven ways risk communication can fail. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J. & Lamberts, R. (2017, March 14). Seven things to keep in mind if you're going to March for Science. The Conversation.
Refereed journal papers
Vilkins, S. & Grant, W.J. (2017). Types of evidence cited in Australian Government publications. Scientometrics. Prepublished 10 October 2017. doi: 10.1007/s11192-017-2544-2.
Lamberts, R. (2017). Science communication: frequently public, occasionally intellectual. Journal of Science Communication, 16(01), C01.
McKinnon, M. & Bryant, C. (2017). Thirty years of a science communication course in Australia: Genesis and evolution of a degree. Science Communication, 39(2), 169-194. doi: 10.1177/1075547017696166
McKinnon, M., Ahmad, M., Bongers, M., Chevalier, R., Telfer, I., & Van Dorssen, C. (2017). Media coverage of lethal control: A case study of kangaroo culling in the Australian Capital Territory. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Prepublished online 8 December 2017. doi: 10.1080/10871209.2018.1396511.
Medvecky, F. & Leach, J. (2017). Editorial: The ethics of science communication. Journal of Science Communication, 16(04), E1-5.
Gascoigne, T. & Metcalfe, J. (2017) The emergence of modern science communication in Australia. Journal of Science Communication, 16(03), A01.
McKinnon, M., Howes, J., Leach, A. & Prokop, N. (2017). Perils and positives of science journalism in Australia. Public Understanding of Science. Prepublished online 29 March 2017. doi: 10.1177/0963662517701589.
Selected media coverage
Baker, E. (2017, April 27). ANU launches training program for scientists from eight African countries. The Canberra Times.
ANU Media. (2017, October 30). ANU seeks public views on gene-altering technology. ANU News. Story on Michel Watson's PhD research.
CBAA. (2017, October 12-19). Multiple broadcasters, syndicated Australia Wide (radio). Interview with Vanessa de Kauwe about her PhD research.
ANU Media. (2017, October 11). Science boosts skills of young people with intellectual disabilities. ANU News. Reports on Vanessa de Kauwe's PhD research.
ANU News. (2017, April 27). ANU collaborates with African science centres. ANU News.
Conference presentations
Perera, S. & Zhang, T. (2017) Co-construction of multicultural perspectives within science communication: A learning community case study. Paper presented at Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Science Biennial Conference, Wollongong, 22-24 November 2017.
Smith, C. (2017). Tradeoffs in deliberative public engagement with science. Presented at the Australian Science Communicators National Conference, Adelaide, 23-24 February 2017.
Book chapters
Smith, C. (2017). A case study of crowdsourcing imagery coding in natural disasters. In S. Hai-Jew (ed.) Data Analytics in Digital Humanities, Springer, pp. 2017-230.
Conference presentations
Wilson, P. (2016) Chasing Utopia through the Post-Pasteurian Dream: responding to the desire for the real taste of milk. Paper presented at The 21st Symposium of Australian Gastronomy, University of Melbourne and William Angliss College, Melbourne, 2-5 December, 2016
Selected media coverage
Jeffery, S. (2016, November 27). Scientists mentor Melrose High School science students on projects. The Canberra Times. Coverage of John Rayner's participation in high school science mentorship program.
Weisberger, M. (2016, August 1). 'Doctor Who' scientists: how do women measure up? LiveScience. Covers Lindy Orthia and Rachel Morgain's paper about gender and scientists in Doctor Who.
Popular media
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Leach, J., & McKinnon, M. (2016, November 4). What the ABC's new Catalyst could mean for science on TV. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J. (2016, August 12). Inequality and the anti-expert. The Greens Magazine.
Lamberts, R. (2016, March 29). Ban new wind turbines? Not if the bar for declaring them safe is impossibly high. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J. & Lamberts, R. (2016, March 9). Alan Alda on the art of science communication: 'I want to tell you a story'. The Conversation.
Refereed journal papers
Linvill, D.L. & Grant, W.J. (2016). The role of student academic beliefs in perceptions of instructor ideological bias. Teaching in Higher Education. Prepublished online 2 October 2016. doi:10.1080/13562517.2016.1237493.
Orthia, L.A. (2016). Democratizing science in the eighteenth century: resonances between Condorcet’s Sketch (1795) and twenty-first century science communication. Journal of Science Communication, 15(04), A04.
Orthia, L.A. (2016). ‘Laudably Communicating to theWorld’: Science in Sydney’s Public Culture, 1788–1821. Historical Records of Australian Science, 27(1), 1-12. doi:10.1071/HR15018.