Additional reading and references

Additional reading

What is science communication?

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2017). Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23674.

Who communicates science?

• Corner, A., Shaw, C. and Clarke, J. (2017) Communicating environmental and sustainability science: Challenges, opportunities, and the changing political context. A Knowledge Report for Mistra.

When does science communication become advocacy, and does it matter?

• ‘Does Engagement in Advocacy Hurt the Credibility of Scientists? Results from a Randomized National Survey Experiment.’ Kotcher, J., Myers, T., Vraga, E., Stenhouse N & Maibach, E (2017), Environmental Communication, 11:3, 415-429, DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2016.1275736
• ‘Scientific advocacy: A tool for assessing the risks of engagement.’ Schmidt, G and Donner, S (2017). Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2017.1364008
• The Honest Broker. Pielke, R (Jr). (2007).Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. An online summary of Pielke’s typology of scientific roles is avaliable at ‘Five Modes of Scientific Engagement’ http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/five-modes-of-science-engagement.html

General Climate Science Communication Resources

• http://www.climatechangecommunication.org/ (A Yale University/George Mason University collaboration: the social science of climate change communication)
• http://www.climatecommunication.org/ (Science and outreach: the latest scientific findings, communicated in a user-friendly way)
• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/public-policy/policy_commissions/Communication-climate-science (A recent report from UCL on how to communicate climate science more effectively)

References

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Budescu, D.V., Broomell, S., & Por, H. (2009). ‘Improving communication of uncertainty in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.’ Psychological Science 20, 299–308.

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Capstick, S.B., Demski, C.C., Sposato, R.G., Pidgeon, N.F., Spence, A. & Corner, A. (2015). Public perceptions of climate change in Britain following the winter 2013/2014 flooding. Understanding Risk Research Group Working Paper 15-01, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

Corner, A. & van Eck, C. (2014). Science and stories: bringing the IPCC to life. Climate Outreach.

Corner, A. & Clarke, J. (2016). Talking climate: From research to practice in public engagement. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46744-3

Corner, A., Lewandowsky, S., Phillips, M. and Roberts, O. (2015) The Uncertainty Handbook. Bristol: University of Bristol.

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