PCST Stories: Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Simon Torok & Michel Claessens

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PCST Stories: Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Simon Torok & Michel Claessens

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We invited people who have attended PCST conferences to tell us about the connections and collaborations that have grown from attending these conferences. These are some of the responses we have received.

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PCST stories: Luisa Massarani

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In a new series, we tell stories of members’ experiences of PCST conferences and meetings. Luisa Massarani kicks us off with a life changing meeting in Geneva…

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Diversity and Community – SCANZ 2018

For their 2018 annual conference, the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) wanted to see, hear and think about the diversity in all areas of science communication. 

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The future of communication and outreach for accelerators

Members from the accelerator communication community gathered at CERN for a workshop on outreach activities for particle physics and light source accelerators. Daniela Antonio reports.

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The 11th Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation, 7-9 November 2018

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Through the Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation, Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD), an initiative of German science research organisations, offers an opportunity for science communicators to exchange ideas and expertise.

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Navigating engagement in a (mainly) UK context at the NCCPE Conference

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‘Navigating change as we face the future’ was the core theme of the UK’s NCCPE-organised conference in Edinburgh, Scotland last week. Professor Richard Holliman, The Open University provides an overview of what took place. 

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Elevate, engage and collaborate: Advances in Australian #scicomm

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The Australian Science Communicators (ASC) Association recently held their 10th annual conference – here are some highlights.

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PCST committee members participate in NUCLEUS project conference

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Heather Doran, Alex Gerber and others took part in the ‘New Understanding of Communication, Learning and Engagement in Universities and Scientific institutions’ meeting in Malta.

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Video and evaluation of PCST 2018 Dunedin Conference

A survey of registrants to PCST 2018 in Dunedin shows registrants were largely ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the conference, but also have suggestions on how future events might be improved.  

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President Brian Trench at Dunedin opening

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Stories, and histories, connect us, even across great distances.  Defined broadly, science communication is society talking about science. That could well be recast: science communication is society telling stories about science.

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Rockefeller Centre hosts ‘Theory-meets-Practice’ Conference

After a period of rapid expansion, science communication has arrived at something of a crossroads. Where to next?  The aim of the conference was to provide a fresh focus.

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Science in Society: the next 25 years

In 2017, the international peer reviewed journal Public Understanding of Science, founded in 1992, celebrates its 25th anniversary. Leading scholars in the field were invited to imagine and reflect upon the future scenarios of Science in Society, discussing the main trends and challenges for research, publishing, science communication and public engagement. 

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New Zealand retreat to build on PCST ideas

Next April, after the PCST conference in Dunedin, we’re planning a 4-day retreat near Wellington, New Zealand.  It’s open to all interested in in the public engagement about science, STS and associated fields.

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Rio hosts PCST symposium

International research leaders met with science communication researchers from Latin America to talk about trust, current trends in research, social media and dialogue in science communication.

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Putting science into society and society into science communication

We are excited to announce that Professor Maja Horst from the University of Copenhagen will kick off Day 4 (6 April) of PCST 2018, which is themed around SOCIETY. Professor Horst not only has a strong research interest in science and society: she wrote the book on it! Her book, Science Communication: Culture, Identity and Citizenship (co-authored with Sarah Davies) was published just last year. Come and learn from an expert.

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PCST backs events in Brazil, Italy, England

PCST Network announces its support to three events taking place July-November 2017. All of these events are organised by members of the PCST Scientific Committee and all address in different ways the state of research in science communication and its relations with practice.

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