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Communica)ng science across fields Progress PhD Coaching WS 1 21.‐23.3.2011 Anne Hodgson
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Communica)ng science  across fields 

Progress PhD Coaching WS 1     21.‐23.3.2011           Anne Hodgson 

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 "We've arranged a global civiliza)on in which the most crucial elements... profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that no one understands science and technology. This is a prescrip)on for disaster. " 

 Carl Sagan, The Demon‐Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1997  

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The public assesses the experts 

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Progress is... 

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     "Science, if it can deliver truth, cannot deliver it    at the speed of poli)cs." 

     H. Collins/ R. Evans, Rethinking ExperEse, 2010 

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Exper)ses 

beer‐mat knowledge 

popular understanding 

primary source knowledge 

interac6onal exper6se 

contributory exper6se 

general public 

general  local  technical connoisseurship 

downward discrimina6on 

referred exper6se 

external 

How we assess the expert: 

How we par)cipate in expert knowledge: 

internal 

specialists 

H. Collins/ R. Evans, Rethinking ExperEse, 2010 

science!communicator!

scientist!

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 "Thought is not merely expressed in words;  it comes into existence through them." 

 Lev S. Vygotsky, Thought and Language, 1934 

Both experts learn: Both experts learn: 

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A mee)ng of minds 

interpersonal ability reflexive ability 

contributory exper)se: 

The scien)st 

interac)onal exper)se: The science  

communicator 

H. Collins/ R. Evans, Rethinking ExperEse, 2010  11 

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Points of reference 

Scien6sts: 

•  Background comes first 

•  Facts in context follow •  Scien)fic informa)on is 

inherently uncertain 

•  Technical issues are complex 

Science communicators: 

•  Facts come first: What is the discovery? What does it mean? How important are the facts? 

•  Background follows •  Able to communicate 

technical issues in plain English 

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The science communicator asks the scien)st: What is your research about? 

•  What is your hypothesis? •  Please sum up the major/preliminary finding of your work in one sentence. 

•  What mo)vated you to explore this subject? •  Does it relate to any major event known to the public? 

•  How will the results affect the public, immediately/ in the long term? 

KrisEne Kelly: TranslaEng Science. From Academia to Mass Media to the Public. 2010 

Interview: Interview: 

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audience  with more  informa)on 

audience  with less 

informa)on 

instruct  and entertain 

Communica)ng to an audience 

general public –––– policy makers –––– scien)sts in related areas –––– reviewers –––– instructor 

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display  exper)se 

purpose 

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Your poster text should contain 

6tle and authors  methods 

abstract – including key points from your interview 

results 

relevance 

acknowledgements – people and funding 


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