In this episode of Questions of the Day on CivicSciTV, Fanuel Muindi sits down with Jennifer Frazer, science writer and author of the upcoming book The...
In November 2024, civic scientists gathered in Stellenbosch, South Africa to explore the differences and overlaps between communicating discovery science and other types of science at...
On this episode of Questions of the Day on CivicSciTV, we sit down with Dr. Emily Costa, Civic Science Associate at Rockefeller University’s RockEDU program, for...
By participating in this study, you will receive training in photography and photovoice methods.
Matt Wilkins: I address this letter to scientists, but it is an invitation for fans and defenders of science everywhere to unite and take action!
On this episode of Questions of the Day on CivicSciTV, Fanuel Muindi sits down with Dr. Rose Basom, the David and Jane Cohn Scientist at the...
In 2017 and 2022, Lewenstein and Baram-Tsabari published papers that showcase a systematic approach to science communication training based on learning theory and a community-of-practice framework...
Nathaniel Frissell, an associate professor of physics and engineering at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, has been a ham radio enthusiast ever since middle school....
Chestnut Hill, MA — McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College is exploring sources of wonder in the upcoming exhibition titled Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and...
In this episode of CivicSciTV’s “Local Perspectives,” we interview Rachael Cleveland, a natural resources scientist. They discuss Cleveland’s research study conducted at the University of Hawai’i...
It feels like yesterday when I boarded a plane for Portland, Oregon, to attend my first in-person Science Talk conference in 2022. Since then, I have...
We interview Dr. John C. Besley, Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations at Michigan State University, about Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society...
This kind of research helps to explain the relationship between science and society. It also helps policymakers, science communicators and institutions understand how best to support...
In this episode of CivicSciTV Africa, we sit down with Fridolin Ubald Dossou-Sognon, an aquatic ecologist and SciComm in Practice Fellow, to explore his journey in...
BOSTON — On March 7, 2025, Stand Up for Science rallies took place in Washington DC and 31 other cities. I attended the rally in Boston and...
On Questions of the Day, we interview Dr. Kate Biberdorf, better known as Kate the Chemist, about her new role as Notre Dame’s first professor for...
BOSTON — Research projects that receive federal funding and also have a citizen science component could face an unknown future amid recent efforts by the federal...
BOSTON — At the 2025 AAAS Annual Conference in Boston, we interviewed JP Flores, an HHMI Gilliam Fellow & PhD candidate in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology...
Below is a recently released joint statement from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and the National Association of Science Writers on the ScienceWriters2025...
SciArt is an emerging field that seeks to bring together art and science. Numerous SciArt spaces and initiatives exist, bridging the gap between the two and...
We interview Dr. Christine O’Connell, Executive Director of Riley’s Way Foundation, in a progress report update from an initial conversation on the Questions of the Day...
Prof. Fanuel Muindi interviews Dr. Aubrey Streit Krug PhD, Director of the Perennial Cultures Lab at the Land Institute. Krug explains how the Institute’s Perennial Atlas...
In this episode of CivicSciTV Africa, we dig into the power of collaboration in building science communication networks across Africa. Amanda Obidike (Founder, STEMi Makers Africa)...
What follow-up action(s) did the insights from the conversation inspire you to take? Let us know here In this digest episode of CivicSciTV’s “Local Perspectives”, we...
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence,” says O’Neill. “We are here to do the research needed to identify how our actions may be negatively...
On February 24, 2016, New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute hosted the inaugural Kavli Conversation on Science Communication. Titled “Getting Real About Climate: Storytelling for a...
MALDEN, MASS —Susan Altman, a mosaic artist based in Medford, Massachusetts, is deeply committed to environmentalism and has long been engaged in climate-related work before transitioning...
MALDEN, MASS — Our Warming Planet: Visions of a Sustainable Future is an upcoming art exhibition presented by Creative Malden, Coffee Shop Artists, and the City...
In this interview, I spoke with Aiita Apamaku, a wildlife biologist, National Geographic explorer, co-founder of the Terra-NatureWild Conservation, and host of ‘A Just Natural Africa,’...
BOSTON — Federal agencies have long played a significant role in supporting public engagement with science work. Major funding programs such as the National Science Foundation’s...
BOSTON—The Museum of Science in Boston has launched Being Human, a yearlong spotlight designed to explore the complexities of human interconnectedness through science, art, and community dialogue. Spearheaded by...
Our Warming Planet: Visions of a Sustainable Future is an upcoming art exhibition presented by Creative Malden, Coffee Shop Artists, and the City of Malden. This...
Mattison: The future of coral reefs looks grim, and the story must be told no matter what.
Our Warming Planet: Visions of a Sustainable Future is an upcoming art exhibition presented by Creative Malden, Coffee Shop Artists, and the City of Malden. This...
Suddenly, a trip that was supposed to recharge and relax me after a roadblock in my work was having the opposite effect; giving me a prime...
SOMERVILLE, MASS — Light pollution is erasing our night skies—but citizen scientists are stepping up to fight back. Through projects like Globe at Night, everyday people...
Welcome back to the Civic Science TV Newsroom! I’m your host, Jake Krauss, reporting from Washington, DC, on the latest civic science news now with a focus...
In this episode of CivicSciTV’s “Local Perspectives,” host Diya Dwarakanath interviews Professor Juan Gilbert, distinguished professor and department chair of computer & information science and engineering...
On January 28, 2025, Dr. Brian Southwell (Distinguished Fellows at RTI International) delivered a presentation during a webinar titled “In Celebration of NOVA’s New Collection: Helping...
Afrofuturism imagines a world rooted in Black liberation, where Afro-indigenous knowledge systems are uplifted, hierarchies disrupted, and there are no limits to Black potential. At its...
Many of us have dreamed of seeing the northern lights, the aurora borealis, dancing in the night sky. For Vincent Ledvina and Jeremy Kuzub, this dream-turned-reality...
Stephanie Okeyo interviews Ogechi Ekeanyanwu, the Regional Coordinator for Sub-Saharan Africa at SciDevNet, a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing news, analysis, and views on science and...
Science book clubs play a vital role in bringing local communities together to explore new ideas, share knowledge, and spark meaningful conversations about the world around...
NASA has consistently provided strong support for research projects that incorporate citizen science, and this year is no exception. The space agency recently announced its selected...
Our Warming Planet: Visions of a Sustainable Future is an upcoming art exhibition presented by Creative Malden, Coffee Shop Artists, and the City of Malden. This...
This nanolecture serves as the introductory session of the Scientific Citizenship Initiative’s (SCi) science policy workshop series. It provides a foundational understanding of the dual roles...
If community scientists treated their technology like another member of the team, would it increase engagement? Zoey Rosen, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for...
During the Q&A portion of the ‘Science and Democracy’ panel discussion on January 9, 2025, co-hosted by Boston’s Museum of Science and The Boston Globe, Professors...
“Storytelling is really powerful. And then, it becomes even more powerful when you create a mechanism and a platform and a system where people can tell...
To get a pulse on interest across civic science domains, we analyzed Google search trends from the past year using the following five terms: science communication, citizen...
Fanuel Muindi travels to Washington DC to interview Jenny Luray, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement at Research!America, about their mission to strengthen federal...
As President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term in January, there is still much uncertainty over how scientific research will be affected by a myriad of...
The Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Sissa Medialab. JCOM mentions that it caters to “scholars coming from sociology of science, science...
The Dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, Dr. Ashish Jha, recently appeared on GBH’s Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Eagen, where he was...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Lucy Madden, founding CEO of Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS), an organization connecting middle school students in low-income schools with STEM professionals through...
Since 2013, the SEE Science Center has hosted “Science on Tap,” a series of free, informal discussions with local scientists and experts, covering every topic from...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Lucy Madden, founding CEO of Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS), an organization connecting middle school students in low-income schools with STEM professionals through...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Anagha Krishnan and Hannah Dada, co-founders of Science Unlocked, a program designed to bring hands-on science education to incarcerated youth in Washington, D.C....
Article Title: Dark citizen science Authors: James Riley and Will Mason-Wilkes Journal: Public Understanding of Science URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09636625231203470 Publication Date: October 20, 20 Abstract Citizen science...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Dr. Michel Claessens to expand on his reflections from attending the 2024 PCST symposium in Suzhou, China, titled “Communicating Science Across Cultures: Approaches,...
