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Theories and frameworks in science communication

Developing and integrating theories to understand and improve the science-society relations.

About

As one of the oldest science communication academic departments in the world, CPAS has a deep and abiding interest in both the theory and practice of science communication, and in linkages and contradictions between the two. All research projects conducted in the department have elements of both or either, but projects in this research theme are those that, at their core, scrutinise or test specific elements of science communication theory and its relationship to practice, or that provide baseline surveys of science communication practice in particular places or times.

 

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Members

Visiting staff

Visiting Fellow

Visiting Fellow

Academic staff

Associate Professor Merryn McKinnon

Studies science-public relations in media/health, focusing on gender, equity, and intersectionality in science communication.