Roles, incentives, training and audiences for science communication: Perspectives from female science communicators

Wilkinson, Clare; Milani, Elena; Ridgway, Andy; Weitkamp, Emma

Abstract

Both research and anecdote in science communication suggests that it is a field where women feel ‘at home’, with high numbers of women science communicators and students on training programmes, but why might this be the case? Using data gathered from a survey of 459 science communicators based in Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden and the U.K., we examine the perspectives of female science communicators, in terms of working practices, motivations and barriers to communicate.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 11, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jun 10, 2022
• Publication Date: Jun 10, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jun 22, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 23, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Science Communication
• Electronic ISSN: 1824-2049
• Publisher: Sissa Medialab
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1-21
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21040204
• Keywords: Professionalism, professional development and training in science communication, Public engagement with science and technology, Women in science
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9657657
• Publisher URL: https://jcom.sissa.it/archive/21/04/JCOM_2104_2022_A04