Entering SciComm
Are you a philosopher of science interested in doing more science communication?
Are you considering entering the profession of science communication?
Curious about doing science communication research?
One of the aims of our network is to help scaffold and bootstrap the philosopher's path to the communication of science and public engagement of science. We are thus crowd-sourcing a list of resources to help ourselves and others in our position. The world of "scicomm" is vast, including public engagement, citizen science, institutional communications, science education, science policy, science art and so much more! We cannot possibly be exhaustive. Consider this a starting point for interested philosophers.
Start with:
our interview with Sam Illingworth: Entering the Rich World of Scicomm Research: What to Read?
our interview with Elizabeth Hannon on what it is like to do public philosophy
Interested in improving your practical scicomm skills?
Interested in changing careers or freelancing on the side?
The Open Notebook provides tools and resources to help science, environmental, and health journalists at all experience levels sharpen their skills.
QUEST develop tools, recommendations and guidelines for communicators and practitioners working in the fields of journalism, social media, and museums.
Writer resources provided by the NASW
Free online courses such as LinkedIn/Microsoft's E-learning platform.
Paid online courses such as Delayed Gratification infographic lessons
Where to find science communication jobs by Virginia Schutte.
List of philosophers in industry by Marcus Arvan at the Philosopher's Cocoon.
LinkedIn group for professional philosophers in industry.
Trying to find a scicomm community?
Institutional Science Communication Slack Channel
(write Lynn for an invitation)
Interested in learning more about scicomm or doing scicomm research?
Books
Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology by Massimiano Bucchi, Brian Trench (2021)
Effective Science Communication (2nd edition) by Sam Illingworth and Grant Allen (2020)
Exploring Science Communication: A Science and Technology Studies Approach by Ulrike Felt and Sarah R. Davies (2020)
Science Communication Research: an Empirical Field Analysis by A. Gerber, A. (free download link from official website) (2020)
Oxford Handbook on the Science of Science Communication eds. by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dan M. Kahan, and Dietram A. Scheufele (2017)
Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda by NASEM (2017)
Science Communication: Culture, Identity and Citizenship by Sarah R. Davies and Maja Horst (2016)
Handbook for Science Public Information Officers by W. Matthew Shipman (2015)
Science Communication - A Practical Guide for Scientists by Laura Bowater (2012)
Reading lists and syllabi
Evidence-based science communication
Jensen EA and Gerber A (2020) Evidence-Based Science Communication. Front. Commun. 4:78.
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