Publications
The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.
Popular media
Hoepner, J. (2015, May 18). “Who would want to live in a world made up entirely of scientists?” Australia’s Chief Scientist calls for cooperation. The Impact Blog, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Grant, W.J. (2015, May 11). Universities 'censor' bad ideas all the time, Tim Wilson. It's called learning. The Guardian, Comment is free section.
Phillips, N., Bowden, N., and Lamberts, R. (2015, September 24). Science is Golden podcast Episode 6: myth busting. Sydney Morning Herald.
Selected media coverage
ABC TV. (2015, February 16). Turbine torture: do wind farms make you sick? Media Watch. Included coverage of Jacqui Hoepner and Will Grant's piece on wind farm science in The Conversation.
Books
Taylor, M. (2015) Global Warming and Climate Change: What Australia knew and buried...then framed a new reality for the public. Canberra: ANU Press.
Refereed journal papers
Dobos, A.R., Orthia, L.A., & Lamberts, R. (2015) Does a picture tell a thousand words? The uses of digitally produced, multimodal pictures for communicating information about Alzheimer’s disease. Public Understanding of Science, 24(6), 712-730. doi: 10.1177/0963662514533623.
Bryant, C., Gore, M. & Stocklmayer, S. (2015). The Australian Science Centre Movement 1980-2000: Part 1—Questacon, the National Science and Technology Centre. Historical Records of Australian Science, 26, 122-132. doi: 10.1071/HR15008.
Kingsley, D.A. & Kennan, M.A. (2015) Open access: The whipping boy for problems in scholarly communication - a response to the rebuttals. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 37, article 20.
Refereed journal papers
McKinnon, M., Orthia, L.A., Grant, W.J., & Lamberts, R. (2014). Real-world assessment as an integral component of an undergraduate science communication program. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 22(5), 1-13.
Smith, C. (2014) Public engagement in prioritizing research proposals: A case study. SAGE Open, 4(Jan-Mar): 1-10. DOI: 10.1177/2158244014523791
Thomas, J., Raynor, M., & McKinnon, M. (2014). Academic integrity and oral examination: an Arabian Gulf perspective. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 51(5): 533-543. DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2013.796724
Popular media
Gates-Stuart, E. (2014). Stellrscope: Art and science as creative catalysts. Ignite: Women Fueling Science & Technology.
Grant, W.J. & Lamberts, R. (2014, 3 October). The 10 stuff-ups we all make when interpreting research. The Conversation.
Gates-Stuart, E. (2014). StellrScope. In C. Kennedy & M. Rosengren (Eds.), SPECTRA: images and data in art/science. Proceedings from the symposium SPECTRA 2012. Australian Network for Art and Technology, Adelaide, SA.
Lamberts, R. (2014, 22 August). Speak out, climate experts - but stop making tactical mistakes. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J., & Lamberts, R. (2014, 22 December). Twelve ways to deal with a climate change denier - the BBQ guide. The Conversation.
McGillion, C. & Bevitt, K. (2014, 18 November). Animation: a new approach to communication for development. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research blog.
Searle, S.D. (2014). How do Australians engage with science? Preliminary results from a national survey. Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS), The Australian National University.
Grant, W., Menzies, L. & Divisekara, U. (2014, 20 April). Funding CSIRO is vital if we want to future proof our world. Sydney Morning Herald.
Reprinted in The Canberra Times, the Brisbane Times and The Age.
Selected media coverage
Cribb, J. (2014, May 26). Here's the proof: Australians prefer the facts. The Canberra Times.
Hogan, J. (2014, April 18). Fashfest goes bug-eyed over swimwear. The Canberra Times.
Lauder, S. & Lamberts, R. (2014, April 2). Fad not facts: call for a new approach to climate change. Interview for ABC Radio 'The World Today'.
Sarafian, A. (2014, March 18). Scientists encouraged to better explain ideas to engage MPs. The Conversation.
Chang, C. (2014, August 27). Scientists reveal how they feel about climate change in handwritten letters and photos. News.com.au.
Lawrence, D. & Lamberts, R. (2014, March 30). Talking tactics to beat the “bad guy” climate deniers. Interview for Radio Adelaide.
Conference presentations
Gates-Stuart, E. (2014). 3D titanium insects. Paper presented at the Australian Science Communicators Conference, Brisbane, Australia, February 2-5 2014.
Shah, M., Grant. W. & Stocklmayer, S. (2014) Determinants of farmers' decisions in adopting hybrid rice in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Miami USA, 27 April - 1 May 2014.
Menzies, L. (2014). The role of listening in the reconceptualisation of climate communication. Paper presented at the Australian Science Communicators Conference, Brisbane, Australia, February 2-5 2014.
Invited keynote presentations
Gates-Stuart, E. (2014). StellrScope: Explorations through Science and Art. Wonder of Fantasy: 2014 International Techno Art Forum Proceedings, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, eds. Chiu, C.-Y.A., Chang, A., & Huang, W.H.
Book chapters
Lamberts, R., & Rayner, C. (2014). Assessing science communication effectiveness: Issues in evaluation and measurement. In Hin, L.T.W., & Subramaniam, R. (Eds). Communicating Science to the Public: Opportunities and Challenges for the Asia-Pacific Region. Netherlands: Springer, pp. 119-138.