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Engaged Science: Science and Public policy
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Monday, October 15, 2007. Science and Public policy. Abstracted from Luján, J.L. and Todt,O. (2007) "Precaution in public: the social perception of the role of science and values in policy making" Public Understanding of Science; 16; 97). Lets talk about this paper sometime.would love to know your views. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bringing the public back to science. Public Understanding and Public Participation in S. Engaging citizens in policy-making: information, c. Making an innovation sell.
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Engaged Science: Public Participation (Gene Rowe)
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Monday, October 15, 2007. Public Participation (Gene Rowe). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bringing the public back to science. Public Understanding and Public Participation in S. Engaging citizens in policy-making: information, c. Public Participation (Gene Rowe). Making an innovation sell. Science and Public policy. Association of British Science Writers. View my complete profile.
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Engaged Science: Engaging citizens in policy-making: information, consultation and public participation
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Monday, October 15, 2007. Engaging citizens in policy-making: information, consultation and public participation. PUMA Policy Brief No. 10 July 2001). Governments are in a crisis of identity, some would say legitimacy, with election turnouts low in many OECD countries and a widespread feeling of disenchantment among citizens with government and the democratic process. Can governments do something to change this? Link to Policy Brief. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bringing the public back to science.
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Engaged Science: January 2007
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Science/ Society Research Seminar II. Dublin City University, Friday, 19 January 2007. Venue: National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology (NICB) Conference Room. 1130 Coffee and meet-and-greet. 1200 Food science and public perceptions. Irish media coverage on obesity. Suzanne Harkins, PhD researcher, Dept of Sociology, TCD. Contesting food safety and quality. Colin Sage, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Geography, UCC. Chair: Juliana Adelman, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.
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Engaged Science: December 2006
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Friday, December 01, 2006. Science and Technology Social Theory Group. The Social Theory group was set up to encourage discussion and debate amongst researchers in University College Cork on and around the topic of Science and Technology. Academics from the Department of Government, Sociology, Food Business and Management, Biochemistry, and Philosophy are regularly in attendance. Please feel free to comment on either of the abstracts and to add further to this discussion thread. Such as the democratic re...
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Engaged Science: Making an innovation sell
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Monday, October 15, 2007. Making an innovation sell. Well what makes one innovation be readily taken up, while another falls to the side unnoticed? Theorists have identified 5 critical characteristics which help identify the wheat from the chaff. Note that these are not requirements for a successful innovation; but their presence or absence could greatly affect the rate at which it gets adopted. Is the innovation better than the status quo? Will people perceive it as better? Making an innovation sell.
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Engaged Science: November 2006
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006. Intelligent Design: Creationism renamed. Monday's Guardian reported that numerous schools in the UK are using Creationist teaching materials that have been condemned by the government as "not appropriate to support the science curriculum". The packs promote an alternative theory to evolutionary theory which is known as intelligent design. What is Intelligent Design? It differs from Creationism. Why is this theory being argued? What are the arguments against Intelligent design?
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Engaged Science: October 2007
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Monday, October 15, 2007. Public Understanding and Public Participation in Science:. Paper presented at the 6. International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology Trends in Science Communication today: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice, Urs Dahinden, 2001, CERN, Geneva). In the PPS model, the remedy to public feeling sof exclusion from science policy making is to integrate the public. Into the process to shape the course of scientific and technological development. A...
