Tag Archives: science and society

So you want to be a public servant when you grow up…

I have written before about how scientific information gets (poorly) communicated to the Government in entries about the routes of information acquisition and about getting scientists to understand how policy works.  In my mind, one of the best ways of … Continue reading

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So, you want to be an Educator when you grow up…

If you’re in graduate school or beyond, you have a wealth of experience to draw upon when it comes to assessing quality of educators.  Some were engaging, inspiring, and really understood how to teach, others were boring, incomprehensible or simply … Continue reading

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So, you want to be a Science Writer when you grow up…

QUICK HIT: Exciting news from the fight for global access to medicines and health technology development – a new organization called Mind the Health Gap is working to bring researchers, developers, and advocates together to tackle the problems of technology … Continue reading

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Federal Government Scrapping The Census Long-Form: What Will It Mean for Evidence-Based Policy?

A friend of mine just sent me a link to this news story and it’s gotten me quite livid: Tories scrap mandatory long-form census StatsCan says quality of data will suffer Every five years, Canada conducts a census, with the … Continue reading

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Devils of Details: Getting Scientists to Understand How Policy Making Works

Yesterday I attended a panel discussion at Cambridge run by a group called the Centre for Science and Policy. It is part of a series of events designed to engage and unite those at the University who have an interest … Continue reading

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Old Debate, More Participants: What do 80% of PhD holders do for a career?

I received a pamphlet the other day entitled: Careers Support for Life Science Post Docs (thanks to Anne and Lynn for letting me post this!) This got me thinking and building on the momentum from Beth’s Why do PhDs leave … Continue reading

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Quarterly Summary: “CAP”ital Action and Effective Communication

This quarter has been a very active one for the Black Hole site, marked most notably by a tripling of site traffic in the month of March. Admittedly, most of this increased traffic was due to Budget 2010 and the … Continue reading

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Perception, Power and Principles: Human induced climate change and why people have trouble accepting the science

***Quick Hit: The CAPS petition to maintain the competitiveness of a postdoctoral research career in Canada is up to 1750 signatures. For more information on why this petition has been written, read my last post and visit the CAPS website. … Continue reading

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Talking Science to Non-Scientists and What’s In It For You?

Piggybacking off of Dave’s last post, which detailed ways that scientists can “help further the public knowledge of, and excitement about, scientific research,” with a specific focus on disseminating academic research and communicating with government, my posting today is going … Continue reading

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Climbing up the Hill: Getting involved in Science and Society

As promised in my least work principle entry, today’s entry will try to identify relatively easy ways for science trainees and professors to help further the public knowledge of, and excitement about, scientific research. I’ll try to stick to dissemination of academic information and communicating with governments and Beth will follow up next week with getting general information out to the public (adults and kids!)… Continue reading

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