Publications
The following is a list of some of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science publications.
Popular media
Lamberts, R. (2011, 12 May). Undervalued, underfunded, undermined … how science fared in the budget. The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Franzen, R. (2011, 14 December). Australia in space: letting others watch us … but at what cost? The Conversation.
Lamberts, R., & Grant, W.J. (2011, 30 March). The government’s war on science: deliberate attack, or abuse by neglect? The Conversation.
Grant, W.J. (2011, 8 July). Will Steffen: phoney debate is over, now for the carbon policy. The Conversation.
Grant, W.J., & Lamberts, R. (2011, 19 July). Who’s afraid of big, bad coal? Al Gore’s ‘climate reality’ is a pointless fairytale. The Conversation.
Refereed journal papers
Orthia, L.A. (2011). “Paradise is a little too green for me”: Discourses of environmental disaster in Doctor Who 1963-2010. Colloquy, 21: online.
Selected media coverage
Cerabona, R. (2011). Looking for a big bang. The Canberra Times, ‘Panorama’, 12 November, 15-16.
Refereed conference papers
Stocklmayer, S.M. (2011, September) A capacity building programme for science centres in South Africa: experiences over five years. Paper presented at the 6th World Congress of Science Centres, Cape Town.
Conference presentations
Orthia, L.A. (2010, September). “Paradise is a little too green for me”: Discourses of environmental disaster in Doctor Who, 1963-present. Changing the Climate: Utopia, Dystopia and Catastrophe, Monash University, Melbourne, August 30-September 1 2010.
Orthia, L.A. (2010, September). The ginger temp’s deficient brain: Doctor Who and public engagement with science. Aussiecon4: 68th World Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne, September 2-6 2010.
Perera, S. (2010, February). Science Communication: Holding knowledge-constructs together. Australian Science Communicators National Conference, Canberra, February 2010.
Yardley, C.B. (2010, February). A study of the use of electronic road signs during 2008 in the Australian Capital Territory: Are road users seeing the message and is it changing their behaviours of water use? Australian Science Communicators National Conference, Canberra, February 2010.
Refereed journal papers
Orthia, L.A. (2010). “Sociopathetic abscess” or “yawning chasm”? The absent postcolonial transition in Doctor Who. Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 45: 207-225.
Stocklmayer, S.M., Rennie, L.J. & Gilbert, J.K. (2010). The roles of the formal and informal sectors in the provision of effective science education. Studies in Science Education, 46, 1-44.
Rifkin, W., Longnecker, N., Leach, J., Davis, L., & Orthia, L. (2010). Students publishing in new media: eight hypotheses - a house of cards? International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 18: 43-54.
Stocklmayer, S.M. (2010). Teaching direct current using a field model. International Journal of Science Education, 32,1801-1828.
Grant, W.J., Moon, B.R., & Busby Grant, J. (2010). Digital Dialogue? Australian Politicians' use of the Social Network Tool Twitter. Australian Journal of Political Science 45(4): 579-604.
Refereed conference papers
Rennie, L., Stocklmayer, S., & Gilbert, J. (2010, July). Collaboration, communication and complementarity: Improving science education. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Port Stephens.
Refereed journal papers
Searle, S., & Bryant, C. (2009). Why students choose to study for a Forestry degree and implications for the Forestry Profession. Australian Forestry, 72: 71-79.
Popular media
Matthews, B., & Peddie, C. (2009, 22 June). Researchers probe deep into secrets of the brain. The Advertiser.
Micklethwait, G. (2009, Autumn). Time Frames. ANU Reporter, 26-27.
Perera, S. (2009, July/August). Challenges for English medium instruction in Sri Lanka. Dimensions, 11-16.
Matthews, B. (2009, 20 June). Eye spy from 1km in the sky. The Advertiser.
Perera, S. (2009, 22 June). Science communication and its implications for A/L students. Ceylon Daily News, Features, 16.
Invited keynote presentations
Stocklmayer, S.M. The Grimond Lecture. Opening Plenary of the Orkney International Science Festival, September 2009.
Stocklmayer, S.M. In fields of light, through deepest darkness. Plenary session at the Orkney International Science Festival, Kirkwall, September 2009.
Refereed conference papers
Rifkin, W., Longnecker, N., Leach, J., Davis, L., & Orthia, L. (2009, October) Motivate students by having them publish in new media: an invitation to science lecturers to share and test. 2009 UniServe Science Proceedings: ‘Motivating science undergraduates: Ideas and Interventions’. Sydney, October 1-2, 2009, pp. 105-111.
Perera, S. (2009, October). Effective science communication practices and simple hands-on activities: two important elements of teacher professional development. In Costa, M.F., Dorrío, B.V., & Patairiya, M.K. (Eds). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hands-on Science. Ahmedabad: Hands on Science Network, pp. 134-138.
Book chapters
Bryant, C. (2009). A History of the Australian Society for Parasitology. In Beveridge, I. & O’Donoghue, P.J. (Eds). A History of Parasitology in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Victoria: Raw Publishing, pp. 419-437.
Bryant, C. (2009). A History of Parasitology at The Australian National University. In Beveridge, I. & O’Donoghue, P.J. (Eds). A History of Parasitology in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Victoria: Raw Publishing, pp. 218-233.