Publications
The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.
Popular media
Grant, W.J., & McKinnon, M. (2013, 17 July). Australians seem to be getting dumber - but does it matter? The Conversation.
Tully, A. (2013). ANU Health and Wellbeing Communication with Students. Report prepared at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, for assessment in SCOM3003 Special Topics in Science Communication. For the use of the ANU Medicine, Health and Wellbeing Learning Community and other university.
Coonan, E., Orthia, L.A., Bloomfield, F., Horst, J., Pascoe, A., Schiffl, K., & Axelsen, S. (2013) Regular viewing of a television drama series affects responses to science ideologies in it: a focus group-based study of ‘Bones’. Canberra, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Available for download from the Sandpaw blog.
Grant, W. (2013, 28 June). The problems of scientific reporting. The Australian online.
Refereed journal papers
Shadbolt, N.A., Parker, M.A., & Orthia, L.A. (2013). Communicating endometriosis with young women to decrease diagnosis time. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 24(2): 151-154.
Russell, A.W. (2013). Improving legitimacy in nanotechnology policy development through stakeholder and community engagement: forging new pathways. Review of Policy Research 30(5): 566-587.
Books
Orthia, L. (Ed). (2013). Doctor Who and Race. Bristol: Intellect Books.
Selected media coverage
Hamilton, C. (2013). Opening Doors. ANU Reporter, Winter, 33.
Pryor, S. (2013). Wheat breeder a conduit for Enlighten times. The Canberra Times, 'Arts', 10 August, 22.
Refereed conference papers
Gates-Stuart, E., Nguyen, C., Adcock, M., Bradley, J., Morell, M., & Lovell, D.R. (2013). Art and science as creative catalysts. In Proceedings of the IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP), Atlanta, Georgia, October 2013.
A condensed version republished in Leonardo, 2015, doi:10.1162/LEON_a_01065.
Book chapters
Perera, S. & Stocklmayer, S. (2013). Science Communication and Science Education. In Gilbert, J.K., & Stocklmayer, S. (Eds). Communication and Engagement with Science and Technology: Issues and Dilemmas: A Reader in Science Communication. New York: Routledge, pp. 180-196.
Searle, S.D. (2013). Scientists' Engagement with the Public. In Gilbert, J.K., & Stocklmayer, S. (Eds). Communication and Engagement with Science and Technology: Issues and Dilemmas: A Reader in Science Communication. New York: Routledge, pp. 41-58.
Orthia, L. (2013). Conclusion. In Orthia, L. (Ed). Doctor Who and Race. Bristol: Intellect Books, pp. 289-296
Popular media
Lamberts, R. (2012, 26 July). Science in crisis? Go on then, prove it. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2012, 17 May). Australian R&D measures up globally … but what does that really mean? The Conversation.
Grant, W.J., & Menzies, L. (2012, 20 August). Help needed: can you fix the science/ society divide? The Conversation.
Wilson, P. (2012, 9 January). Monday's medical myth: eating oysters makes you randy. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2012, 18 October). Online education at the coalface: what academics need to know. The Conversation.
Wilson, P. (2012, 16 March). Healthy or harmful? It's a piece of cake. The Conversation.
Rayner, J. (2012, 11 July). This is a love song: the physics of music and the music of physics. The Conversation.
Orthia, L. (2012, May). Why did I publish a paper with undergraduate students about science in The Simpsons? Yliopistolainen, the Helsinki University’s staff magazine, section 'Top 100', 8.
Selected media coverage
Dubber, A. (2012, September 28). Multicultural centre 'opens doors'. Goulburn Post.
Gorman, G., & Orthia, L.A. (2012, October). Doctor Who, race and science. Radio interview for The Emporium, ABC 666, Canberra.
Rebroadcast on The Science Show, Radio National, April 2013.
Palmer, C. (2012, October 8). Wanted: Science champions. Interview with Sean Perera and Ian Chubb. The Conversation.
Perera, S. (2012, October 2). Interview with ABC Radio Queensland, Bush Telegraph.
Conference presentations
Wilson, P. (2012) The Special Meal Project: a pilot exploration of research into young Australian’s perceptions about eating practices. Paper presented at the ASC National Conference 2012, Sydney, 27-29 February, 2012.
Searle, S.D. & Stocklmayer, S. (2012) 'The benefits of communicating with the general public from scientists' point of view - an Australian study.' Presentation at the 12th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), Florence, Italy, 18-20 April 2012.
Book chapters
Orthia, L.A. (2012). Science Fiction. In Gunstone, R. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Science Education. Springer, online. Print version forthcoming 2014.
Bryant, C. (2012). Science Circus. In Gunstone, R. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Science Education. Springer, online. Print version forthcoming 2014.
Refereed journal papers
Stocklmayer, S.M., & Bryant, C. (2012). Science and the public – what should people know? International Journal of Science Education B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2, 81-101.