by Andrew Maynard | Nov 16, 2014 | Civic Science, Responsible Innovation
Four years ago I posted Professor Robert Winston’s “Scientist’s Manifesto” on 2020 Science. Having just gone back and read this, it still resonate deeply with me – so I’m reposting it in the hope that it will also resonate with...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 5, 2011 | Civic Science, Education, Engagement, Peer review, Society
This morning I sat down with my 14 year old son and asked him what area of science caught his interest especially. He answered “the future of space exploration”. We carried out a search on the Web of Science for “future + space + exploration”,...
by Andrew Maynard | May 9, 2010 | Civic Science, Communication, Engagement
Having recently finished Robert Winston’s “Bad Ideas? An Arresting History of our Inventiveness,” I was rather taken by his concluding “Scientist’s Manifesto” – a fourteen-point guide to help strengthen the relationship...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 10, 2010 | Civic Science, Communication, Engagement, Policy
I was at a meeting a couple of weeks ago where engaging the public (or “publics” to be more accurate) in science came up. In the course of discussions, I mentioned an initiative by Research Councils UK to involve members of the public in developing a call...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 10, 2009 | Civic Science, Recommended, Technology innovation in the 21st century
2020 Science is something of a labor of love – it’s a website where I explore my thoughts and ideas surrounding the interface between science, technology and society beyond the constraints of my “day job” (currently Chief Science Advisor to the Project on Emerging...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 11, 2009 | Civic Science, Communication, Engagement, Public Perception
Reviewing Unscientific America: How scientific illiteracy threatens our future, by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum My name is Andrew, and I am scientifically illiterate. Just thought I’d get that off my chest! And before you protest too much, I do have some pretty...
