A space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
The principal investigator of an experiment to see how well academic videos can help students understand journal articles suggests the answer is yes, it can help a lot.
From vaccinations to climate change, getting science wrong has very real consequences. But journal articles, a primary way science is […]
Two scholars who investigate how the public learns about science and then chooses to trust it (or not) address that question in this hour-long webinar sponsored by the journal ‘Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences’ and its parent organization, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences.
If you were to draw a ‘scientist,’ what would be the distinguishing features? Martin Rowley and James Hartley look at psychology studies which have evaluated children’s perceptions of scientists, all confirming stereotypical views of scientists as predominately white and male.
Academics in children’s picture books tend to be elderly, old men, who work in science, called Professor SomethingDumb. Michelle Terras argues it matters if children are shown that researchers are male, mad and muddleheaded.
The campaign to communicate the impact of the social sciences has been compared to the era of the Bodmer report. Here’s a quick primer on that 1985 effort and some of the history of publicizing science in the UK.
