Theory and Best Practices in Science Communication Training

This new book demonstrates the productive ferment of the science communication training field. The authors draw on diverse research traditions to suggest new ways of thinking about science communication. Science communication serves many goals, and these chapters suggest how practitioners might be trained to better address those goals. Ideas from this book will surely find their way into my own courses and workshops. -- Bruce Lewenstein, Chair, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, USA As science communication training proliferates worldwide, and is increasingly commercialised, this collection of essays and studies is timely and highly relevant. It offers a variety of perspectives, drawing on multiple disciplines and theoretical models and proposing several options for practice and policy. In this way, it provokes us to explore further the purposes and processes of training in various contexts, and to reflect more on what effective communication might mean and on important nuances of difference between training and education. -- Brian Trench, President, PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) international network, Ireland This book brings together a diverse group of experts and shares different perspectives on the science of science communication . Research on science communication and science communication training are vital to advancing our efforts to prepare scientists to discuss their work with the public, policymakers, media, and other scientists. I am thrilled this book provides this critical link, and it offers important insights to all of us who are committed to this work. -- Laura Lindenfeld, Director, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University, USA