by Andrew Maynard | Jun 17, 2016 | Communication, Science Communication
A few days ago, I was asked to articulate my “rules” for effective science communication. I don’t actually have a check-list for developing science communications (and I’m not sure that a rigid check list would be such a good idea). But I do have an informal (and...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 5, 2016 | Communication, Education
Too often, it seems, the mark of a “good” scientist is the ability to give an excruciatingly embarrassing and incomprehensible scientific presentation – the sort of presentations that litter academic conferences. Borne out of long-standing...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 30, 2015 | Communication, Engagement
Why do people read science blogs? Surprisingly, we don’t have a good answer to this. There’s a vibrant online community of people blogging about science, and talking about blogging about science, and blogging about blogging and talking about science. But...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 5, 2015 | Communication, Education, Engagement
In this age of public outrage and social media shaming, small acts of private kindness sometimes don’t seem to count for that much. Yet even though they may not have the social cachet of jumping on the hashtag du jour, to the individual who receives them, they...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 11, 2015 | Communication, Engagement
As an academic, I take public engagement seriously. I see it as a responsibility that comes with the societally-sanctioned license to study the things that I’m passionate about. And I consider it a privilege to interact with others who can inform what I do as...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 1, 2015 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement
Comments provided for GENeS on the launch of the Pew Research Center attitudes survey on Americans, Politics and Science Issues (July 1 2015) Political leanings are frequently associated with attitudes toward science and technology in the U.S. Yet as the most recent...
