All Outputs (18)

Having it all: Ownership in open science (2017)
Book Chapter

If, as the communications scholar Miriam Metzger (2007) suggested, in the digital environment nearly anyone can be an author, in the open science environment nearly anyone can be a producer, consumer or analyser of data. At its most complete, the phi... Read More about Having it all: Ownership in open science.

Designing for discussion (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

How we designed an online distance learning course to sustain an active community of learners

Cafe scientifique (2015)
Book Chapter

Cafés scientifiques (also known as science cafés, particularly in the USA) are informal, accessible, gatherings in which members of the public and scientists meet to talk about issues in science and technology that affect people’s everyday lives.... Read More about Cafe scientifique.

Open science (2015)
Journal Article

Open science is the most recent paradigm shift in the practice of science. However, it is a practice that has emerged relatively recently and as such, its definition is constantly-shifting and evolving. This commentary describes the historical backgr... Read More about Open science.

Café sci East Africa: Talking with young people about science and technology (2015)
Journal Article

When Café Sci started in Ugandan schools in 2009, it was rare for scientists to visit schools to talk about their research. Former students might speak at career days and the National Council for Science and Technology set up occasional school visits... Read More about Café sci East Africa: Talking with young people about science and technology.

UWE Science Communication Postgraduate Papers (2014)
Book

Foreword
This second volume in the Postgraduate Papers series has been produced as part of the celebrations of ten years of Science Communication postgraduate programmes in the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of Englan... Read More about UWE Science Communication Postgraduate Papers.

Mapping the hinterland: Data issues in open science (2014)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2014. Open science is a practice in which the scientific process is shared completely and in real time. It offers the potential to support information flow, collaboration and dialogue among professional and non-professional participan... Read More about Mapping the hinterland: Data issues in open science.

Café Scientifique (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014, Science Reviews Ltd. All rights reserved. Every month, in 700 or so bars, cafés, pubs, teahouses, shopping centres, community halls, art galleries, libraries, theatres, museums, bookshops … and a blood donation centre, 40 or so people meet to... Read More about Café Scientifique.

Peering over the shoulders of giants? (2014)
Journal Article

‘Open’ is a highly-visible cultural trend of the early twenty-first century. A brief scan of a
newspaper or quick Internet search reveals it as a prefix to learning, source, standard, data,
knowledge, democracy, access, repository, innovation, gove... Read More about Peering over the shoulders of giants?.

'More dynamic than expected': Assessing STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's work experience placements (2014)
Book Chapter

This paper is based on research carried out by Alexander Brown as part of his MSc in Science Communication

An investigation of motivations for volunteering in three UK science centres and museums (2014)
Book Chapter

Encouraging creativity: Novel learning environments in science and technology centres (2014)
Book Chapter

This paper is based on research carried out by Melanie Davies as part of her MSc in Science Communication

The building as an exhibit: Communicating environmental sustainability in science centres (2014)
Book Chapter

This paper is based on research carried out by Jennifer Garret as part of her MSc in Science Communication

Review: 'Social networks and popular understanding of science and health: sharing disparities' by Brian G Southwell (2014)
Journal Article

In this book, Brian G Southwell discusses how disparities in information-sharing arise and what can be done to alleviate them. In all sorts of ways and for all sorts of reasons, people have always sought to share information among their family and ot... Read More about Review: 'Social networks and popular understanding of science and health: sharing disparities' by Brian G Southwell.

Open science and public engagement: Exploring the potential of the open paradigm to support public engagement with science (2012)
Thesis

Open science, a practice in which the entirety of a research project is made available, via the Internet, using a variety of tools and techniques, is an emerging approach to the conduct of science. The hypothesis that open science therefore has the p... Read More about Open science and public engagement: Exploring the potential of the open paradigm to support public engagement with science.

Learning labs: Placements and science communication (2012)
Report

Muddying the waters or clearing the stream? Open Science as a communication medium (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Open Science is an approach to the conduct of science in which the whole of an ongoing scientific investigation – data, ideas, questions, plans, results and more – is made available online. Open Science began as a way to facilitate the workings of mu... Read More about Muddying the waters or clearing the stream? Open Science as a communication medium.

On open science and public engagement with engineering (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Open Science is an emerging approach to the conduct of science, technology and engineering projects, in which information about the whole of an ongoing investigation is made available on and through the Internet. Adopting an Open Science approach mea... Read More about On open science and public engagement with engineering.