Publications

The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.

Popular media

Book chapters

  • 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.

Selected media coverage

  • Perera, S. (2012, October 2). Interview with ABC Radio Queensland, Bush Telegraph.

Popular media

Invited keynote presentations

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. Contributions from the world of science communication: what can we learn from the informal experience? Plenary address to the Korean Association for Science Education, Seoul, February 2011.

Refereed conference papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (2011, September) What are scientists trying to tell me and should I care?: Involving youth and families in science communication. Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of Science Centres, Cape Town.

  • Stocklmayer, S.M. (2011, September) International collaborations: what does it take to build sustainable collateral? Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of Science Centres, Cape Town.

Conference presentations

  • Wilson, P. (2011) A GM Conversation? Communication around the introduction of GM canola to Australia. Paper presented at Food and Agriculture Under the Big Sky, the Joint 2011 Annual Meetings & Conference of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), & Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN)) at the University of Montana, Missoula, USA, 9-12 June, 2011.

  • Orthia, L.A. (2011, July). Cross-dressing blokes can’t reason; man-hating chicks can’t weld: The gender politics of incompetent scientist characters in Doctor Who. PopCAANZ 2nd Annual International Conference, June 29-July 1 2011, Auckland, New Zealand.

Refereed journal papers

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., Durant, I., & Cerini, B. (2011). Giving mothers a voice: Towards home involvement in high school science. International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 1(1): 23-46.

  • Stocklmayer, S., & Gilbert, J.K. (2011) The launch of IJSE (B): Science communication and public engagement. [Editorial.] International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 1 (1), 1-4.

  • Perera, S. (2011). Science teachers from non-Western backgrounds challenged by Western science: A whole other ball game. The International Journal of Science in Society, 2(2): 11-22.

  • Orthia, L.A. (2011). Antirationalist critique or fifth column of scientism? Challenges from Doctor Who to the mad scientist trope. Public Understanding of Science, 20: 525-542. 

Book chapters

  • Stocklmayer, S.M., & Gore, M.M. (2011). Interactive science centres in Australia. In D.Griffin (Ed.) The History of Australian Museums. Canberra: National Museum of Australia, online.

Selected media coverage

  • Ibo, R. (2011). Harnessing the power of fiction to teach science. Chemistry in Australia, March, 43.