The below video features contributions from Dr Jason Blackstock (Department for Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL), Professor Reiner Grudmann, (STS Research Priority Group, University of Nottingham), Professor Philip Moriarty (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham), and Dr Kate Roach (writer and researcher).
The session includes discussion of misconceptions about scientists
and journalists, poor practices at academic journals (and how
post-publication peer review might help), the limits of ‘role hybrids’
such as science policy wonks, ideas for training future leaders
in science policy and public decision-making, ‘blue sky’ vs
policy-driven research, fiction as a way to communicate science, and the
use of fiction by policymakers when ‘scenario planning’. The
presentations finish with a fantastic short story about ‘impact’ written
and read by Kate Roach.What do you think? Please use the comment section below to pick up on any points…
