Public engagement: Young scientists welcome at IPBES

Scientists’ Prioritization of Communication Objectives for Public Engagement

Amid calls from scientific leaders for their colleagues to become more effective public communicators, this study examines the objectives that scientists' report drive their public engagement behaviors. We explore how scientists evaluate five specific communication objectives, which include informing the public about science, exciting the public about science, strengthening the public's trust i...

Stakeholder Engagement in the Making: IPBES Legitimization Politics

A growing number of expert organizations aim to provide knowledge for global environmental policy-making. Recently, there have also been explicit calls for stakeholder engagement at the global level to make scientific knowledge relevant and usable on the ground. The newly established Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is one of the first international expe...

Sustaining Engagement at Public Shared Interfaces

One of the challenges in developing public displays for urban settings is that the seductiveness for passers-by can quickly wear off. People often spend only a short time at the displays, and then rarely return. Two reasons might contribute to this: the content in the display, and the possibilities for interaction with the display, either solo or in groups. In this paper, we seek to understand ...

Scientists: Engage the Public!

Scientists must communicate about science with public audiences to promote an understanding of complex issues that we face in our technologically advanced society. Some scientists may be concerned about a social stigma or "Sagan effect" associated with participating in public communication. Recent research in the social sciences indicates that public communication by scientists is not a niche a...

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