“Science communication for social inclusion and political engagement” We are a month away from deadline to submit proposals of roundtables, workshops, individual papers to the 13th International PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) Conference that will be held in Salvador, Brazil, from 5th to 8th of May 2014. The deadline will be due on…
‘La Scienza Imbavagliata‘ by M. Bucchi returns available in eBook format (Kindle) with a preface by Giulio Giorello.
We are all quite familiar with public discussions regarding energy sources, biotechnology and climate change, with discussions on the development of new fields of research and innovation such as nanotechnology, with disputes about installing new mobile phone antennas, large-scale infrastructures or waste disposal plants. These debates make clear the growing public attention towards the work…
13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference 5-8 May 2014, Salvador, Brazil “Science communication for social inclusion and political engagement” We are a month away from deadline to submit proposals of roundtables, workshops, individual papers to the 13th International PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) Conference that will be held in Salvador,…
Honour Mention to Massimiliano Agosti, Liceo Scientifico ‘G. B. Quadri’, Vicenza (Italy), for the poetry with which he partecipated to the national award Merck Serono, “La scienza narrata”. “V”, by Massimiliano Agosti Una gran corsa è la vita, è ancor più vero ciò per color che nascon qui nel carro ch’Elio avventato cedette all’incauto figlio.…
Almanacco della Scienza, Gli italiani e la scienza, a cura di Rosanna Dassisti, 26 giugno 2013
Go to the Science and Technology in Society Monitor by Observa. In 2013 the media most frequently used by Italians to inform about science and technology are: firstly the television, secondly newspapers, thirdly magazines, fourthly Internet sites and blogs, and finally the radio. At least once a week about half of Italians watches television or…
The journal Public Understanding of Science supports the work of researchers studying the modern scientific mentality in a global perspective. To reflect further on 20 years of the journal, it is presented a lexicographic and bibliometric study of all papers published in Public Understanding of Science (PUS). Martin W. Bauer (PhD) is Professor of Social…
Go to the Science and Technology in Society Monitor by Observa. In Italy, a few months, ago a topic about relationship between science and ethics has generated considerable attention and discussion: the possibility of using the so-called “expanded access”. Beyond the specific case, what citizens think about the opportunity that a seriously ill patient undergoes…
On September 1st, the lecture by Massimiano Bucchi on Science in the Kitchen at the Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche, Pollenzo (CN), Italy, will open the Summer School on Science Communication organized by Agorà Scienza. http://www.agorascienza.it/training/scs/2013