Civic Science Media Lab

Finding the funds: Science outreach and civic engagement funding opportunities
2024-08-28 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Virtual
Join the ASBMB at their monthly “Finding the funds” webinar connecting ASBMB members with the unique funding opportunities available to them as BMB scientists. In this edition, the ASBMB Science Outreach and Communication Committee will host organizations that support broader impact efforts in science outreach, including civic engagement, informal education and the landscape of public engagement training. They will also highlight the ASBMB’s Science Outreach and Communication Grant program. Join us to discover the many ways you can get your science outreach efforts funded. #ASBMBSciOut
Register

Speakers

Jenny Luray Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement, Research!America

Michele McGuirl Acting Director for the Division for Research Capacity Building, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Fanuel Muindi Professor, Northeastern University Founder/Director, Civic Science Media Lab

Odaelys Pollard, moderator Director of Research, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY Member of the ASBMB Science Outreach and Communication Committee

Emmett M. Smith, moderator Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, Earlham College Member of the ASBMB Science Outreach and Communication Committee

Who should attend

Anyone interested in obtaining new funding or sustaining existing science outreach projects for public engagement. All career stages are welcome to attend.

2024 ComSciCon-Flagship Conference 2024
2024-07-24 - 2024-07-27 | Boston, MA, United States
About
ComSciCon provides graduate student attendees with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet early career leaders in Science Communication, learn from and interact with a remarkable group of invited experts, and produce an original work communicating complex technical concepts from science and engineering to a new audience.
At ComSciCon’s Flagship Workshop, participants build communication skills that scientists and other technical professionals need to express ideas to their peers, experts in other fields, and the general public.
Ample time is allocated for networking with science communication experts and developing science outreach collaborations with fellow workshop participants. Workshop participants will produce an original piece of science writing and receive feedback from workshop attendees and professional science communicators, including journalists, authors, public policy advocates, educators, and more.
Founded in 2012 by graduate students at Harvard University, MIT, and the University of Colorado at Boulder, nearly 3000 graduate students nationwide have already participated in ComSciCon programs, including our annual Flagship Workshops and Franchise Workshops which have been started by ComSciCon alumni across the US and Canada. Attendees have founded new science communication organizations in collaboration with other students at the event, published over 80 articles written at the conference in popular publications with national impact, and formed lasting networks with our student alumni and invited experts.
We are extremely grateful to our sponsors who are making ComSciCon 2024 possible!

Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Science Communication Symposium: Civic Science & Ethics in the Age of AI: Building Trust
2024-07-09 - 2024-07-11 | Notre Dame, IN, Notre Dame, IN, United States
July 9–11, 2024
Civic Science & Ethics in the Age of AI: Building Trust
at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA.
Need more tools to demonstrate broader impacts of your science and research?
Learn the science behind better communication about research. The Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Symposium at the University of Notre Dame will explore innovative strategies for effective science communication and public engagement.
The symposium will cover various aspects of citizen/civic science such as fostering dialogue, improving accessibility and inclusivity, enhancing science literacy, and building trust between scientists and the public.
Join us July 9-11 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and learn how to bridge the widening gap through workshops, panel discussions, poster presentations, and alternative methods of communicating science — even art.
Organizers:
Co-chairs: Joanne Fahey & Tammi Freehling
Consultants: Marlit Hayslett & Bruce Lewenstein
Contact: pcst-list@nd.edu

Trust in Science: Understanding the Trends and Implications for Science Communication
2024-05-30 14:00 - 15:30
Recent survey data show declines in trust in science that mirror earlier trends for other institutions, including journalism and government. New research is shedding additional light on those patterns and illuminating some of the mechanisms that underlie the aggregated trends. In this webinar, researchers consider the differences between credibility, confidence, and trust; describe new empirical findings; and discuss the implications for how to communicate science in a complex information landscape.
Moderator: Mariette DiChristina, Boston University
Panelists:
Katherine Ognyanova, Rutgers University
Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan
Liz Hamel, KFF

Trust in Science: Understanding the Trends and Implications for Science Communication from The National Academies on Vimeo.

Science Talk 2025
2024-04-03 - 2024-04-05
Science Talk is the annual conference of the Association of Science Communicators (ASC). ASC’s mission is to empower and inspire the science communication community to expand their communication potential and affect the world.

Generative AI and the Implications for Science Communication
2023-11-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
New innovations in large language modeling and other generative artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, have spurred debate about their capacities, risks, and broader societal implications. The Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication is hosting a public webinar to 1) explore what these technologies are, how they work, and how they may change the information landscape going forward; 2) consider positive innovations they could facilitate in science communication; and 3) discuss systemic limitations and risks, as well as the broad ethical and social implications of these technologies.
Moderator:
Sandra González-Bailón, Standing Committee Member and Carolyn Marvin Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Panelists:
Melanie Mitchell, Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Sendhil Mullainathan, Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Chirag Shah, Professor, Information School, University of Washington – Seattle
Sophie Bushwick, Technology Editor, Scientific American

Generative AI and the Implications for Science Communication from The National Academies on Vimeo.

SciPEP 2023: New Insights for Communicating Basic Science
2023-07-25 - 2023-07-26 | Virtual
On July 25-26, 2023, “SciPEP 2023: New Insights for Communicating Basic Science” explored new research, findings, and implications for how to support scientists communicating about basic, discovery science. Science communication scholars, practitioners, and trainers came together to discuss new insights and generated ideas and opportunities to advance basic science communication research and practice.
Two years earlier, SciPEP’s “Communicating the Future: Engaging the Public in Basic Science” conference virtually gathered more than 1,200 people from 60 countries to explore what we know – and don’t know – about basic science communication. The sheer magnitude of the conference (and deep, rich discussions there and since) reinforced that this is what the community is hungry for: evidence-based tools and resources to better equip scientists and professional communicators for basic science communication. A detailed summary of the 2021 conference and video recordings are available for reference. Also, the SciPEP team published “Charting a Path for Public Engagement in Basic Science: A Prospectus,” to summarize key questions that arose from the 2021 conference and a framework for addressing those questions.
The SciPEP team has identified (and commissioned) new research, and convened or facilitated conversations, that have deepened our understanding of key gaps and refined the questions identified during the 2021 conference.
Attendees of SciPEP 2023 learned more about these findings, connected with others to discuss new insights, and helped plan the next steps for our community.
