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Teaching to bridge research and practice: Perspectives from science communication educators across the world (2024)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C. (in press). Teaching to bridge research and practice: Perspectives from science communication educators across the world. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication,

Despite growing awareness of the need to bridge research and practice in science communication, methods of facilitating meaningful interactions between them remain elusive. This practice insight explores how teaching efforts can help to fill this gap... Read More about Teaching to bridge research and practice: Perspectives from science communication educators across the world.

Is there a role for citizen science in death and dying research? (2023)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., Llewellyn, A., & McCabe, C. (2023). Is there a role for citizen science in death and dying research?. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, Article 1241239. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1241239

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought conversations about death and dying to the fore in a way not experienced for generations. This raises questions around perceptions of death and dying; the role of healthcare and the community in care; and the use of... Read More about Is there a role for citizen science in death and dying research?.

Active listening: Learning through interviewing (2023)
Book Chapter
Glester, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2023). Active listening: Learning through interviewing. In S. Rowland, & L. Kuchel (Eds.), Teaching Science Students to Communicate: A Practical Guide (451-456). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2_57

Active Listening is a concept borrowed from counseling and conflict resolution; it makes for better interviews and better interviewers. Students entering the workplace can effectively use Active Listening in many aspects of their work from science wr... Read More about Active listening: Learning through interviewing.

Motivations and deterrents in contemporary science communication: A questionnaire survey of actors in seven European countries (2022)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., Milani, E., Ridgway, A., & Weitkamp, E. (2023). Motivations and deterrents in contemporary science communication: A questionnaire survey of actors in seven European countries. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 13(2), 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2022.2139165

As the ecosystem of actors communicating science has become more complex, there is a need to understand the motivations and deterrents of those involved in the communication of science, technology and health topics. This article reports on a survey o... Read More about Motivations and deterrents in contemporary science communication: A questionnaire survey of actors in seven European countries.

“One might tweet just for money”: Organisational and institutional incentives for researchers’ social media communication and public engagement practices (2022)
Journal Article
Koivumaki, K., & Wilkinson, C. (2022). “One might tweet just for money”: Organisational and institutional incentives for researchers’ social media communication and public engagement practices. Studies in Communication Sciences, 22(3), 471-491. https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2022.03.3205

The changing media landscape and proliferation of social media potentially increase agency amongst researchers to communicate individually. It also points to a need for studying science communication at an organisational level to understand how scien... Read More about “One might tweet just for money”: Organisational and institutional incentives for researchers’ social media communication and public engagement practices.

Roles, incentives, training and audiences for science communication: Perspectives from female science communicators (2022)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., Milani, E., Ridgway, A., & Weitkamp, E. (2022). Roles, incentives, training and audiences for science communication: Perspectives from female science communicators. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 21(4), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21040204

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... Read More about Roles, incentives, training and audiences for science communication: Perspectives from female science communicators.

‘It’s there, it’s in front of your face if you put on the radio or the TV’: COVID-19, perceptions of death and dying and the context of public engagement (2022)
Journal Article
Llewellyn, A., Wilkinson, C., McCabe, C., Byron, J., Madel, L., & Wilson, A. (2022). ‘It’s there, it’s in front of your face if you put on the radio or the TV’: COVID-19, perceptions of death and dying and the context of public engagement. Palliative Medicine, 36(1 Suppliment), 3-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221093145

Background/aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought conversations about death and dying to the fore. Prior studies indicate that holding conversations about the future and end of life planning is beneficial but can be very difficult. Therefore, it is... Read More about ‘It’s there, it’s in front of your face if you put on the radio or the TV’: COVID-19, perceptions of death and dying and the context of public engagement.

A reappraisal of public engagement in Oxford during the pandemic: Three case studies (2022)
Journal Article
Farrell, M., & Wilkinson, C. (2022). A reappraisal of public engagement in Oxford during the pandemic: Three case studies. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00343-z

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the majority of public engagement with research work moving online. This shift to online engagement is likely to affect inclusivity and diversity in such events and this requires further consideration... Read More about A reappraisal of public engagement in Oxford during the pandemic: Three case studies.

RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication (2021)
Journal Article
Fähnrich, B., Wilkinson, C., Weitkamp, E., Heintz, L., Ridgway, A., & Milani, E. (2021). RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication. Frontiers in Communication, 6, Article 795198. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.795198

Science communication is at a pivotal stage in its development due to the emergence of digital communication platforms that are not only presenting new opportunities but are also leading to new challenges. In this context, science communicators, who... Read More about RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication.

Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms (2021)
Journal Article
Ojeda-Romano, G., Fernández-Marcial, V., Wilkinson, C., & Stengler, A. E. (in press). Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms. Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00801-9

As key elements in research and development systems, higher education institutions have been taking a leading role when it comes to communicating science and technology, but their performance has been inconsistent so far. In this critical and compara... Read More about Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms.

Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Little, H., & Wilkinson, C. (2021, May). Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology 2020 +1, Aberdeen

Escape rooms are a recent cultural phenomena, whereby a group of players are locked in a room and must solve a series of clues, puzzles, or mysteries in order to escape. From an educational perspective, escape rooms have been praised for offering a m... Read More about Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions.

Exploring the digital media ecology: Insights from a study of healthy diets and climate change communication on digital and social media (2021)
Journal Article
Weitkamp, E., Milani, E., Ridgway, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2021). Exploring the digital media ecology: Insights from a study of healthy diets and climate change communication on digital and social media. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 20(3), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20030202

This study explores the types of actors visible in the digital science communication landscape in the Netherlands, Serbia and the UK. Using the Koru model of science communication as a basis, we consider how science communicators craft their messages... Read More about Exploring the digital media ecology: Insights from a study of healthy diets and climate change communication on digital and social media.

Reaching underserved audiences: How science communicators are making new connections using innovative techniques (2021)
Report
Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (2021). Reaching underserved audiences: How science communicators are making new connections using innovative techniques. European Commission

When science is communicated, the audiences are most typically white, affluent, with relatively high levels of formal education and a pre-existing interest in science. This research involved interviews with science communicators across Europe who hav... Read More about Reaching underserved audiences: How science communicators are making new connections using innovative techniques.

“We had to be very clear that they weren't going to try to break into any of the cases”: What potential do ‘escape rooms’ offer as a science communication technique? (2021)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., & Little, H. (2021). “We had to be very clear that they weren't going to try to break into any of the cases”: What potential do ‘escape rooms’ offer as a science communication technique?. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 20(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20010307

‘Escape rooms’ are a recent cultural phenomena, whereby a group of ‘players’, often friends or colleagues, are ‘locked’ in a room and must solve a series of clues, puzzles, or mysteries in order to ‘escape’. Escape rooms are increasingly appearing in... Read More about “We had to be very clear that they weren't going to try to break into any of the cases”: What potential do ‘escape rooms’ offer as a science communication technique?.

Neglected spaces in science communication (2021)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C. (2021). Neglected spaces in science communication. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 20(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20010301

Many of the earliest drivers for improved scientific literacy and understanding were based on the assumption that science and technology is all around us, and yet there are some spaces and communities that are neglected in science communication conte... Read More about Neglected spaces in science communication.

Gathering evidence of impact from research support services: Examining impact in the context of the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Townsend, P., & Wilkinson, C. (2021). Gathering evidence of impact from research support services: Examining impact in the context of the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. Research Evaluation, 30(2), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaa031

The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) is a provider of two major services to the environmental science community; JASMIN and the CEDA Archive. CEDA is frequently required to evidence the impact it has on researchers and wider society. How... Read More about Gathering evidence of impact from research support services: Examining impact in the context of the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis.

Into the digital wild: Utilizing Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for effective science and environmental communication (2020)
Journal Article
Pavelle, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2020). Into the digital wild: Utilizing Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for effective science and environmental communication. Frontiers in Communication, 5, Article 575122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.575122

Recent years have seen an upsurge in the digital environment and the reliance placed upon it by society. This case study reports on a project which sought to examine how the digital environment can be utilized for science communication, exploring the... Read More about Into the digital wild: Utilizing Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for effective science and environmental communication.

Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences (2020)
Report
Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (in press). Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences. European Commission repository and Zenodo: European Commission

The audiences reached by those engaged in science communication and the nature of the connections with those audiences is of central importance to the science-society relationship. It determines who is reading, listening and watching information abou... Read More about Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences.

Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication (2020)
Report
Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (in press). Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication. European Commission repository and Zenodo: European Commission

The working practices of those engaged in the communication of science to non-expert audiences has important implications for the relationship between science and society. The research presented here explores these working practices and the motivatio... Read More about Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication.

Exploring the intersections: Researchers and communication professionals' perspectives on the organizational role of science communication (2020)
Journal Article
Koivumäki, K., & Wilkinson, C. (2020). Exploring the intersections: Researchers and communication professionals' perspectives on the organizational role of science communication. Journal of Communication Management, 24(3), 207-226. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCOM-05-2019-0072

Purpose: This paper reports on research exploring the intersections between researchers and communication professionals' perspectives on the objectives, funders and organizational influences on their science communication practices. Design/methodolog... Read More about Exploring the intersections: Researchers and communication professionals' perspectives on the organizational role of science communication.

The Great Escape: Exploring ‘Escape Rooms’ as science communication interventions (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Little, H., & Wilkinson, C. (2019, December). The Great Escape: Exploring ‘Escape Rooms’ as science communication interventions. Presented at Science in Public, Manchester, UK

Escape rooms are a recent cultural phenomena, whereby a group of players are locked in a room and must solve a series of clues, puzzles, or mysteries in order to escape. From an educational perspective, escape rooms have been praised for offering a m... Read More about The Great Escape: Exploring ‘Escape Rooms’ as science communication interventions.

What role can Athena SWAN play in gender equality and science communication? (2019)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C. (2019). What role can Athena SWAN play in gender equality and science communication?. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(4), Article C06. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18040306

This essay discusses how gender-focused culture change initiatives developed for science (like Athena SWAN) might offer models for science communication. Such initiatives can seek to mobilise change amongst university departments and practices, but t... Read More about What role can Athena SWAN play in gender equality and science communication?.

Understanding the Effects of ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ Tours on Visitor Understanding of Collections and Research (2019)
Journal Article
Gallimore, E. J., & Wilkinson, C. (2019). Understanding the Effects of ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ Tours on Visitor Understanding of Collections and Research. Curator: The Museum Journal, 62(2), 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/cura.12307

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Collections can be a ‘mystery’ to many museum visitors, which makes investing in behind-the-scenes tours an opportunity for increasing awareness of the role museums play in scientific research. Drawing on the theories o... Read More about Understanding the Effects of ‘Behind-the-Scenes’ Tours on Visitor Understanding of Collections and Research.

Evidencing impact: a case study of UK academic perspectives on evidencing research impact (2019)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C. (2019). Evidencing impact: a case study of UK academic perspectives on evidencing research impact. Studies in Higher Education, 44(1), 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1339028

© 2017, © 2017 Society for Research into Higher Education. The principle that research should demonstrate impact is now a central driver in UK research policy, with some describing the UK as having undergone a ‘culture change’ in regards to evidencin... Read More about Evidencing impact: a case study of UK academic perspectives on evidencing research impact.

Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project (2018)
Journal Article
Bourne, K., Wilkinson, C., Bancroft, M., Robinson, G., Noel, C., Varadi, A., …Lewis, D. (2018). Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project. Higher Education Pedagogies, 3(1), 451-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2018.1462098

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences at the University of the West of England, Bristol has been piloting a schools outreach project entitled BoxED (EDuc... Read More about Uwe boxed: Empowering students in the ‘real world’-providing responsible research and innovation opportunities through the boxed project.

Designing for discussion (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Buckley, T., Grand, A., Stengler, E., & Wilkinson, C. (2016, June). Designing for discussion. Poster presented at UWE Learning and Teaching Conference 2016, UWE Bristol, UK

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

'The harder you work, the luckier you get': Reflections on life after a science communication postgraduate programme at UWE, Bristol. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C. (2016, April). 'The harder you work, the luckier you get': Reflections on life after a science communication postgraduate programme at UWE, Bristol. Paper presented at PCST 2016, 14th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey

Organised in conjunction with UWE’s Science Communication Unit, their MSc programme team views employment after graduation as a partnership,providing the resources, networks and knowledge, enabling students to then locate employment. A 2013 survey d... Read More about 'The harder you work, the luckier you get': Reflections on life after a science communication postgraduate programme at UWE, Bristol..

“I mean I left school at fourteen dear so I’ve never, you know, I’m not very well educated”: Public identities and engagement (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C. (2016, April). “I mean I left school at fourteen dear so I’ve never, you know, I’m not very well educated”: Public identities and engagement. Paper presented at PCST 2016, 14th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey

Public engagement brings new responsibilities to citizens that are involved to be ‘representative’ andto it are relatively lacking (Felt and Fochler, 2008). In addition whilst there are many practical resources on dialogues benefits and outcomes from... Read More about “I mean I left school at fourteen dear so I’ve never, you know, I’m not very well educated”: Public identities and engagement.

Creative research communication: Theory and practice (2016)
Book
Wilkinson, C., & Weitkamp, E. (2016). Creative research communication: Theory and practice. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Aimed at scholars interested in engaging the public with their research and postgraduate students exploring the practical aspects of research communication, this book provides a theoretically grounded introduction to new and emerging approaches to pu... Read More about Creative research communication: Theory and practice.

Royal Society scientists in schools (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Fogg-Rogers, L. A., Wilkinson, C., & Weitkamp, E. (2016, January). Royal Society scientists in schools. Paper presented at Association for Science Education Conference, Birmingham, UK

Scientists are increasingly being urged to participate in education outreach programmes as part of the public engagement agenda, to connect society with science and improve attitudes to STEM subjects. Although often taking place in a formal education... Read More about Royal Society scientists in schools.

The worries of weaning: Newspaper reporting of infant weaning and its impact on dialogue in online discussion forums (2015)
Journal Article
Knowles, R., & Wilkinson, C. (2017). The worries of weaning: Newspaper reporting of infant weaning and its impact on dialogue in online discussion forums. Journalism, 18(3), 350-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884915620230

© SAGE Publications. Despite infant weaning being one of the most challenging aspects of parenting, there is uncertainty about the right time to start. This research aimed to understand the impact of newspaper reporting of weaning on parents, in part... Read More about The worries of weaning: Newspaper reporting of infant weaning and its impact on dialogue in online discussion forums.

The ‘others’ and the public voice (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C. (2015, July). The ‘others’ and the public voice. Paper presented at International Science in Public Conference, Bristol, UK

Public engagement brings new responsibilities to citizens that are involved to be ‘representative’. Yet at the same time it appears that many public participants may in fact work to conceptualise themselves as ‘unique’. When compared to ‘other people... Read More about The ‘others’ and the public voice.

Publishing from your thesis: Top tips (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C. (2015, July). Publishing from your thesis: Top tips. Presented at PCST Doctoral Summer School, UWE, Bristol

Thai visitors’ expectations and experiences of explainer interaction within a science museum context (2015)
Journal Article
Sonchaeng, P., Kamolpattana, S., Chen, G., Sonchaen, P., Wilkinson, C., Willey, N., & Bultitude, K. (2015). Thai visitors’ expectations and experiences of explainer interaction within a science museum context. Public Understanding of Science, 24(1), 69-85. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662514525560

© The Author(s) 2015. In Western literature, there is evidence that museum explainers offer significant potential for enhancing visitors’ learning through influencing their knowledge, content, action, behaviour and attitudes. However, little research... Read More about Thai visitors’ expectations and experiences of explainer interaction within a science museum context.

UWE Science Communication Postgraduate Papers (2014)
Book
Stengler, E., Wilkinson, C., Weitkamp, E., Grand, A., Bultitude, K., Featherstone, H., …Brown, A. (2014). A. Grand (Ed.), UWE Science Communication Postgraduate Papers. Bristol, UK: University of the West of England, Bristol

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
Grand, A., Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). Mapping the hinterland: Data issues in open science. Public Understanding of Science, 25(1), 88-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662514530374

© 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.

Engaging with strangers and brief encounters: Social scientists and emergent public engagement with science and technology (2014)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C. (2014). Engaging with strangers and brief encounters: Social scientists and emergent public engagement with science and technology. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 34(3-4), 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467614552841

Social scientists operate in a range of roles within the public engagement with science and technology (PEST) agenda. Social scientists strengths in respect to ‘translation’ and ‘intermediary’ skills have captured attention at a time of disciplinary... Read More about Engaging with strangers and brief encounters: Social scientists and emergent public engagement with science and technology.

A case study in serendipity: Environmental researchers use of traditional and social media for dissemination (2013)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., & Weitkamp, E. (2013). A case study in serendipity: Environmental researchers use of traditional and social media for dissemination. PLoS ONE, 8(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084339

In the face of demands for researchers to engage more actively with a wider range of publics and to capture different kinds of research impacts and engagements, we explored the ways a small number of environmental researchers use traditional and soci... Read More about A case study in serendipity: Environmental researchers use of traditional and social media for dissemination.

Food hygiene challenges in older people: Intergenerational learning as a health asset (2013)
Journal Article
Orme, J., Wythe, H., Wilkinson, C., Orme, J., Meredith, L., & Weitkamp, E. (2013). Food hygiene challenges in older people: Intergenerational learning as a health asset. https://doi.org/10.2495/EHR130181

Older people are more at risk of contracting foodborne infections; however the majority remain well despite the physical, social and cognitive challenges of older age. Future healthcare strategies targeting older people can be informed by exploring t... Read More about Food hygiene challenges in older people: Intergenerational learning as a health asset.

Open Science: A New "Trust Technology"? (2012)
Journal Article
Grand, A., Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Winfield, A. F. (2012). Open Science: A New "Trust Technology"?. Science Communication, 34(5), 679-689. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547012443021

The emerging practice of open science, which makes the entire process of a scientific investigation available, could extend membership of the research community to new, public audiences, who do not have access to science's long-established trust mech... Read More about Open Science: A New "Trust Technology"?.

It feels like the right thing to do: Ethical perspectives of open science (2012)
Book Chapter
Grand, A., Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Winfield, A. F. (2012). It feels like the right thing to do: Ethical perspectives of open science. In B. Trench, & M. Bucchi (Eds.), Quality, Honesty and Beauty in Science and Technology Communication PCST 2012 Book of Papers (315-318). Observa Science in Society

Reporting on negotiated boundaries (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C. (2012, July). Reporting on negotiated boundaries. Presented at 6th Annual Science and the Public Conference, Kingston University, London, UK

‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement (2012)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., Dawson, E., & Bultitude, K. (2012). ‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.628503

© 2012, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. A wide range of work has reported on the outcomes of public engagement activities and the views expressed by public participants towards specific areas of science and technology. Such work has rarely g... Read More about ‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement.

Community engagement and mobilisation: Critique of a public dialogue day (2012)
Report
Wilkinson, C. (2012). Community engagement and mobilisation: Critique of a public dialogue day

On Saturday 25 February 2012 the Connected Communities Programme research funding call in Community Engagement and Mobilisation held a one day dialogue activity. The Science Communication Unit (SCU), University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol... Read More about Community engagement and mobilisation: Critique of a public dialogue day.

Engaging and assessing impact: Moving forward (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Weitkamp, E., Wilkinson, C., & Knetsch, M. (2011, November). Engaging and assessing impact: Moving forward. Presented at NCCPE Engage 2011 Conference, Bristol, UK

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.

Embedding communication skills: Views concerning the communication skills of graduate employees (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C., Sardo, M., & Bultitude, K. (2011, September). Embedding communication skills: Views concerning the communication skills of graduate employees. Paper presented at STEM Graduates’ Writing Skills Project Conference, University of Bath, UK

The presentation highlights findings from a nine month project funded via the Higher Education Innovation Fund in 2010-11. Drawing on a questionnaire survey of employers, in addition to interviews with employers and University programme leaders the p... Read More about Embedding communication skills: Views concerning the communication skills of graduate employees.

"Oh yes, robots! people like robots; the robot people should do something": Perspectives and prospects in public engagement with robotics (2011)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Dawson, E. (2011). "Oh yes, robots! people like robots; the robot people should do something": Perspectives and prospects in public engagement with robotics. Science Communication, 33(3), 367-397. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547010389818

Governmental and institutional policy making in a number of countries has embedded public engagement strategies as a primary channel to connect citizens with scientific and technological innovation. Robotics is emerging as a key site for such new tec... Read More about "Oh yes, robots! people like robots; the robot people should do something": Perspectives and prospects in public engagement with robotics.

Social scientists and public engagement with (social?) science (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Wilkinson, C., & Sardo, M. (2011, April). Social scientists and public engagement with (social?) science. Paper presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, LSE, London, UK

The need for a greater engagement with social science has been highlighted by key UK-based organisations, such as the ESRC and the Academy of Social Sciences (Benyon and David, 2008). In the UK, as Burchell and Holden (2009:4) describe, an ‘extensiv... Read More about Social scientists and public engagement with (social?) science.

Muddying the waters or clearing the stream? Open Science as a communication medium (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Grand, A., Bultitude, K., Wilkinson, C., & Winfield, A. F. (2010, December). Muddying the waters or clearing the stream? Open Science as a communication medium. Paper presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India

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
Grand, A., Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Winfield, A. F. (2010, September). On open science and public engagement with engineering. Paper presented at European Association for Studies in Science and Technology, Trento, Italy

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.

Nanotechnology and news (2010)
Journal Article
Petersen, A., Anderson, A., Allan, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2010). Nanotechnology and news. People and Science, 18

Science and the citizen (2010)
Book Chapter
Wilkinson, C. (2010). Science and the citizen. In E. Weitkamp, & M. Brake (Eds.), Introducing Science Communication: A Practical Guide (52-76). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Meet the Gene Machine UK-wide rollout: evaluation report (2009)
Report
Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., Burnet, F., & Strieth, L. (2009). Meet the Gene Machine UK-wide rollout: evaluation report

Meet the Gene Machine (MGM) was a nationwide project funded by The Wellcome Trust, which ran between September 2006 and April 2007. Led by the Science Communication Unit (SCU) based at The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, the project r... Read More about Meet the Gene Machine UK-wide rollout: evaluation report.

Evolving science communication: learn, adapt, collaborate (2009)
Report
Bultitude, K., Featherstone, H., & Wilkinson, C. (2009). Evolving science communication: learn, adapt, collaborate

In March 2009 the Science Communication Unit (SCU) at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) hosted a symposium to investigate key issues around transferability and sustainability in science communication and public engagement. The symp... Read More about Evolving science communication: learn, adapt, collaborate.

Opening the black box: Scientists' views on the role of the news media in the nanotechnology debate (2009)
Journal Article
Petersen, A., Anderson, A., Allan, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2009). Opening the black box: Scientists' views on the role of the news media in the nanotechnology debate. Public Understanding of Science, 18(5), 512-530. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662507084202

Increasingly, scientists and policy makers have come to recognize that if nanotechnologies are to achieve wide public acceptance, it is essential to engage publics during the early phase of technology development. The media, situated at the interface... Read More about Opening the black box: Scientists' views on the role of the news media in the nanotechnology debate.

Meet the gene machine: stimulating bioethical discussions at school (2008)
Journal Article
Streith, L., Bultitude, K., Burnet, F., & Wilkinson, C. (2008). Meet the gene machine: stimulating bioethical discussions at school. Science in School, Autumn(Issue), 34-38

Laura Strieth, Karen Bultitude, Frank Burnet and Clare Wilkinson use drama and debate to encourage young people to discuss genetics and what it means for us all. Why not join in?

Doctors being up there and we being down here: A metaphorical analysis of talk about student/doctor-patient relationships (2007)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C. E., Knight, L. V., Rees, C. E., Rees, C., Knight, L., & Wilkinson, C. (2007). Doctors being up there and we being down here: A metaphorical analysis of talk about student/doctor-patient relationships. Social Science and Medicine, 65(4), 725-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.044

This paper describes the metaphorical conceptualisations of student/doctor-patient relationships, as articulated by multiple stakeholders in healthcare. Eight focus group discussions with 19 patients, 13 medical students and 15 medical educators (com... Read More about Doctors being up there and we being down here: A metaphorical analysis of talk about student/doctor-patient relationships.

"User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users (2007)
Journal Article
Rees, C., Knight, L., & Wilkinson, C. (2007). "User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 12(3), 359-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-006-9007-5

Despite the General Medical Council emphasising the value of service users to medical students' education, there is scant literature about service user involvement in medical education. Although some research has outlined the effectiveness of service... Read More about "User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users.

From uncertainty to risk?: Scientific and news media portrayals of nanoparticle safety (2007)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., Allan, S., Anderson, A., & Petersen, A. (2007). From uncertainty to risk?: Scientific and news media portrayals of nanoparticle safety. Health, Risk and Society, 9(2), 145-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698570701306823

This article examines how nanotechnology has been portrayed in the British newspaper press over an extended period (from April 1, 2003 to July 1, 2006) and the views of scientists involved in nanotechnology research and journalists who wrote news sto... Read More about From uncertainty to risk?: Scientific and news media portrayals of nanoparticle safety.

"From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions (2007)
Journal Article
Knight, L. V., Rees, C. E., & Wilkinson, C. (2007). "From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions. Qualitative Health Research, 17(3), 411-422. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732306298375

Reporting and analyzing interactional data collected during focus groups can be a significant challenge for qualitative health researchers. In this article, the authors explore the use of humor among focus group participants as one area of interactio... Read More about "From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions.

Nanotechnology in the news (2006)
Journal Article
Petersen, A., Anderson, A., Allan, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2006). Nanotechnology in the news

Nanotechnology has been the topic of intense media scrutiny over the last couple of years. From grey goo to body-repairing nanobots to space elevators and even to more down-to-earth applications such as targeted drug delivery and nanoelectronics, the... Read More about Nanotechnology in the news.

The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press (2005)
Journal Article
Anderson, A., Allan, S., Petersen, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2005). The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press. Science Communication, 27(2), 200-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547005281472

This article investigates how developments in nanotechnology were framed in the British national newspaper press during a formative period in their rising public salience. Specifically, an intervention by Prince Charles in April 2003 is shown to have... Read More about The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press.

A fantastic voyage: the making of news on nano-medicine (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Petersen, A., Allan, S., Anderson, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2005, September). A fantastic voyage: the making of news on nano-medicine. Paper presented at BSA Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference, York, England

Framing environmental risk: UK press reporting on nanotechnology (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Anderson, A., Allan, S., Petersen, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2005, July). Framing environmental risk: UK press reporting on nanotechnology. Paper presented at International Sociological Association Conference on Environment, Knowledge and Democracy, Marseille, France

Nurses in the labour market (1998)
Book Chapter
Miers, M. (1998). Nurses in the labour market. In C. Wilkinson, & M. Miers (Eds.), Power and Nursing Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Health care teams in the community (1998)
Book Chapter
Miers, M. (1998). Health care teams in the community. In C. Wilkinson, & M. Miers (Eds.), Power and Nursing Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Royal Society education outreach training course evaluation
Report
Fogg-Rogers, L. A., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. Royal Society education outreach training course evaluation

This evaluation explores the perceptions of Royal Society Research Fellows to education outreach and the drivers that stimulate them to undertake it. It also reports on the successes and challenges of a pilot training course for Research Fellows on e... Read More about Royal Society education outreach training course evaluation.