Finding the right Twitter hashtag to engage with academics and professionals may be challenging and time consuming, thus, to help researchers, we founded the SciHashtag Project – a free open collection of Twitter hashtags about science communication in and out the academic world. Twitter is becoming an integral part of researchers’ daily activities. On Twitter, academics can discuss…
The Yearbook Science Technology and Society 2017 shows as usual updated data of citizens’ opinions about science and techonology. Among the new contents of this edition, a comic strip dedicated to researchers’ attitudes towards science communication and many infographics.
Abstract Since its very beginning, modern science has put images at the center of its communicative processes: drawings, diagrams, and schemes, and later photographs, satellite images, and film. In the age of digital communication, specialists and publics live constantly immersed in a visually dense environment, particularly when it comes to science and technology content. Do we…
Per un pugno di idee booktour VICENZA | Monday 12th March, 10 am, Liceo Quadri ROVERETO | Wednesday 12th April, 6 pm, Civic Museum [:]
Become a member of Observa In line with its mission to provide tools for reflection on the relationship between science and society by maintaining a balanced and independent perspective, Observa does not depend on private or public institutions. The activities are financed through projects, membership fees and donations. How to join us Membership (annual or biennial) is…
In the UK, where I am based, it is customary to highlight 1985 to students as a landmark for the public understanding of science movement. The reason often brought forward is that in 1985, the Royal Society’s report on the Public Understanding of Science, a.k.a the Bodmer Report was published. Depending on your persuasion, diffusionist or social constructionist,…
Friday 9th December, 5pm Competing conceptions of science in the L’Aquila “Major risks” trial, withFederico Brandmayr, University of Cambridge In the last twenty years, science and technology studies have increasingly turned their attention to the methods and practices by which individuals and groups attribute certain characters to science to define its nature and distinguish it from…
The SHARPER project wants to make the researchers’ quest for excellence accessible to everybody in cities and communities where researchers act and live. Excellence is one of the main goal that researchers aim at through high level research projects that can generate innovative results. While working to reach this goal enthusiasm, emotions and knowledge are…
The XIIth edition of the International Conference “The Future of Science” is dedicated to the digital revolution –Digital Revolution: what is changing for humankind?-. The Conference, organized by Umberto Veronesi Foundation, Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation and Giorgio Cini Foundation, will be held in Venice, from 22 to 24 September. Among the speakers, M. Bucchi, S. Jasanoff, D. de…