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24 May 2013 | 10:00 GMT

Unclogging institutional conduits between research and outreach: Part 3 #reachingoutsci

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Scientists who engage in policy-relevant research yearn to make our results, knowledge, and ideas useful to decision-makers.  More and more scientists are talking directly with stakeholders, policy makers and the public face-to-face and via the internet, both formally and informally.  At the same time, many of us are employed by universities, and our jobs are stabilized through a merit-based tenure system.  This can create daily pressures that add up to annual requirements and ultimately help give shape to whole careers.  Given the realities of what scientific institutions require of their scientists, where does societal engagement fit in?  Read more

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22 May 2013 | 10:01 GMT

Bridging the Science-to-Society Gap: Part 1 #reachingoutsci

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The chasm between science and society is wide and deep, illustrated most recently by events in climate science1 and calls for increasingly politicized management of NSF-funding2.  Scientists tend to blame it on society, but scientists also share the blame2.  It is thus essential that the scientific community—and scientists as individuals—begin to re-think our approach to doing science.  This is particularly salient for biologists who study how natural systems work, given the widespread influence of human activities on Earth’s life-support systems and the profound dependence of humanity on other living things.  Read more

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08 May 2013 | 10:00 GMT

Show, Don’t Tell: Covering the Human Side of Research

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Show, Don’t Tell: Covering the Human Side of Research

Dan Drollette Jr is the author of “Gold Rush in the Jungle: The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam’s ‘Lost World,’ ” and held a Fulbright Postgraduate Traveling Fellowship to Australia. He has written for publications ranging from Australian Geographic and Scientific American to the BBC’s “Future” column, and was most recently the editor of CERN’s online computing magazine, International Science Grid This Week.  You can also check out his TEDx Talk in Frankfurt, Germany, on the behind-the-scenes story of the making of the book here.  Read more

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08 Aug 2012 | 10:00 GMT

Why Cartoons, sex and music are necessary in science communication

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Why Cartoons, sex and music are necessary in science communication

Emily Coren is a science illustrator in California. She has a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from UC-Santa Cruz that led to a position making transgenic butterflies at SUNY Buffalo. She graduated from the UC Santa Cruz Program in Science Illustration and drew bugs, plants and dinosaur bones at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History and developed educational content for Walden Media in Los Angeles. Her goal as a science illustrator has always been to use popular media to make science accessible to people with non-science backgrounds.  Current project for connecting is WalkaboutEm.com and can be found at on Twitter as @emilycoren.  Read more

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07 Jun 2012 | 15:00 GMT

Reaching Out: So You Want To Communicate Science Online: The Flowchart

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Reaching Out: So You Want To Communicate Science Online: The Flowchart

Science Online New York (SoNYC) encourages audience participation in the discussion of how science is carried out and communicated online. To tie in with June’s event which will discuss how scientists can reach out of the ivory tower, we’re hosting a series of guest posts on Soapbox Science. We will hear from a range of contributors: scientists, writers, enthusiasts, communicators, events organizers, policy makers and teachers, each sharing details about how they reach out to engage with the public.   … Read more

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07 Jun 2012 | 12:00 GMT

Reaching Out: 1,000 Scientists in 1,000 Days

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Reaching Out: 1,000 Scientists in 1,000 Days

Science Online New York (SoNYC) encourages audience participation in the discussion of how science is carried out and communicated online. To tie in with June’s event which looks at how scientists reach out of the ivory tower, communicating science to the public, we’re hosting a series of guest posts on the nature.com blogs. We will hear from a range of contributors: scientists, writers, enthusiasts, communicators, events organizers, policy makers and teachers, each sharing details about how they engage and reach out to the public.  Read more

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06 Jun 2012 | 14:00 GMT

Reaching Out: Science has a PR Solution

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Reaching Out: Science has a PR Solution

Science Online New York (SoNYC) encourages audience participation in the discussion of how science is carried out and communicated online. To tie in with June’s event which looks at how scientists reach out of the ivory tower, communicating science to the public, we’re hosting a series of guest posts on the nature.com blogs. We will hear from a range of contributors: scientists, writers, enthusiasts, communicators, events organizers, policy makers and teachers, each sharing details about how they engage and reach out to the public.  Read more

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06 Jun 2012 | 12:00 GMT

Reaching Out: Harvard Student Organization – Science in the News

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Reaching Out: Harvard Student Organization - Science in the News

Science Online New York (SoNYC) encourages audience participation in the discussion of how science is carried out and communicated online. To tie in with June’s event which looks at how scientists reach out of the ivory tower, communicating science to the public, we’re hosting a series of guest posts on the nature.com blogs. We will hear from a range of contributors: scientists, writers, enthusiasts, communicators, events organizers, policy makers and teachers, each sharing details about how they engage and reach out to the public.  Read more

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06 Jun 2012 | 09:14 GMT

Reaching Out: Why Geeks Need a Manifesto

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Reaching Out: Why Geeks Need a Manifesto

Science Online New York (SoNYC) encourages audience participation in the discussion of how science is carried out and communicated online. To tie in with June’s event which looks at how scientists reach out of the ivory tower, communicating science to the public, we’re hosting a series of guest posts on the nature.com blogs. We will hear from a range of contributors: scientists, writers, enthusiasts, communicators, events organizers, policy makers and teachers, each sharing details about how they engage and reach out to the public.  Read more

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05 Jun 2012 | 09:00 GMT

Reaching Out: Public Lectures at Gresham College

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Reaching Out: Public Lectures at Gresham College

Science Online New York (SoNYC) encourages audience participation in the discussion of how science is carried out and communicated online. To tie in with June’s event which looks at how scientists reach out of the ivory tower, communicating science to the public, we’re hosting a series of guest posts on Nature blogs. We will hear from a range of contributors: scientists, writers, enthusiasts, communicators, events organizers, policy makers and teachers, each sharing details about how they engage and reach out to the public.  Read more

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