Emma Weitkamp's Outputs (72)

Exploring the ways environmental science is used and valued by policy-makers in Portugal: A case study (2012)
Journal Article

Policymakers, researchers and the general public seem to agree that there is a need for evidence based policies. Here we report on a case study which explores environmental policy making at the national and local levels in one European country, Portu... Read More about Exploring the ways environmental science is used and valued by policy-makers in Portugal: A case study.

Comment: Bridging the gap between science and policy: the importance of mutual respect, trust and the role of mediators (2012)
Journal Article

Engaging teenagers with genetics and genomics through a school-based competition: Pilot evaluation (2012)
Journal Article

As part of a university outreach programme, the authors ran an interschool competition encouraging young
people (year 10, age 14–15) to explore their ideas about the likely social impacts of whole genome screening. Schools
participating in the comp... Read More about Engaging teenagers with genetics and genomics through a school-based competition: Pilot evaluation.

Engaging and assessing impact: Moving forward (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The workshop aimed to explore recent methods taken to assess the impact of different approaches to public engagement, specifically focusing on public engagement through festivals and media; and to consider some problematic aspects of assessing the i... Read More about Engaging and assessing impact: Moving forward.

Food for life partnership evaluation: Full report (2011)
Report

Full report on the evaluation of the Food for Life Partnership programme. May 2011

Food for life partnership evaluation: summary report (2011)
Report

Summary report of the Food for Life Partnership evaluation conducted by UWE,Bristol and Cardiff University. May 2011

Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts (2010)
Journal Article

Podcasts are media files that can be automatically aggregated and downloaded via the internet, and transferred to portable media players. Combined with online discussion facilities, podcasts represent flexible and potentially valuable tools for commu... Read More about Podologues: Conversations created by science podcasts.

Enhancing consultation practices on Air Quality Management in local authorities (2010)
Journal Article

Schedule 11 of the Environment Act 1995 underpins the requirement for consultation on air quality issues. The ongoing air quality review and assessment process represents one of the largest locally based science policy and communication initiatives e... Read More about Enhancing consultation practices on Air Quality Management in local authorities.

Science and the citizen (2010)
Book Chapter

Presenting science (2010)
Book Chapter

Exploring the context of consultation: The case of local air quality management (2010)
Journal Article

The Environment Act of 1995 (Part IV) requires local authorities to review and assess air quality in their area of jurisdiction and to determine locations where concentrations of defined pollutants exceed. The ongoing review and assessment process is... Read More about Exploring the context of consultation: The case of local air quality management.

Often overlooked: formative evaluation in the development of ScienceComics (2009)
Journal Article

Formative evaluation should play a key role in the development of a science communication project or initiative. Such research is vital to understanding the needs and interests of the audience or participants; meeting these needs and interests helps... Read More about Often overlooked: formative evaluation in the development of ScienceComics.

Introducing science communication (2009)
Book

MSc Science Communication, Science Communication Unit, UWE, Bristol (2009)
Journal Article

Defining issue-based publics for public engagement: Climate change as a case study (2009)
Journal Article

Understanding your audiences' perceptions is key to the success of any communication campaign. This research note outlines a pilot study using the Situational Model of publics to segment the broader public. Focus groups were used to study publics' un... Read More about Defining issue-based publics for public engagement: Climate change as a case study.

Evaluation report: science for environment policy (2009)
Report

Improving air quality consultation. A 10 step plan for environmental consultancies (2009)
Report

Stakeholders' mixed messages on climate change (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Mediating consultation: private sector consultancies engagement in Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) consultation (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Facilitating discussion about genetic testing with secondary school students (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution