Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Conference Programme Friday 20th July 8.45-­‐9.30 Registration and Refreshments (South Cloisters) 9.30-­‐10.30 Welcome and Introductory Plenary PechaKucha Presentations (Gustave Tuck LT) 10.30-­‐12.00 Parallel Sessions A §
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Panel – Learning from science communication's past: a historically informed approach to reciprocity, citizenship and diversity in a new social contract for science Climate change in the public sphere Engagement with science 12.00-­‐13.30 Lunch and Networking Break (South Cloisters) 12.45-­‐13.30 (Optional) Initial Discussion of SiP Network Research Proposal (Garwood LT) 13.30-­‐15.00 Parallel Sessions B §
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Science, politics and publics – historical perspectives Emerging Technologies Attitudes to Science and Surveys 15.00-­‐15.30 Coffee Break (South Cloisters) 15.30-­‐17.00 Keynote Address – James Wilsdon, SPRU, University of Sussex (Gustave Tuck LT) 17.30-­‐18.30 Drinks Reception -­‐ UCL Grant Museum Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Saturday 21st July 8.45-­‐9.30 Registration and Refreshments (South Cloisters) 9.30-­‐11.00 Parallel Sessions C §
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Science on Film and Television Cultural Influences and science Representations of science 11.00-­‐11.30 Coffee Break (South Cloisters) 11.30-­‐13.00 Parallel Sessions D Panel – Public History and Museums Interfaces and Knowledge Transfer Science and the Media 13.00-­‐14.00 Lunch (South Cloisters) §
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14.00-­‐15.30 Parallel Sessions E Scientist’s experiences in different contexts Science, Politics and Public – contemporary perspectives 15.30-­‐16.00 Science in Public Research Network – Next Steps (Gustave Tuck LT) §
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Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Programme Details Plenary Sessions Friday 20th July 9.30 – 10.30 Current issues on Science in Public Location: Gustave Tuck LT Join us for a stimulating and energetic overview of the main challenges facing science in public research discussions in the current day. The session will consist of a series of short provocative talks (Pecha-­‐Kucha style) on the 'big issues' in the field at present. Each speaker will have 20 slides that automatically progress, one slide every 20 seconds. The intention is to provide a thoughtful and provocative starting point for discussions to continue throughout the conference. Chair: Karen Bultitude Speakers: •
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Sai Pathmanathan – Science Education Consultant Martin Bauer – London School of Economics Charlotte Sleigh – University of Kent Angela Cassidy – Imperial College London 15.30 – 17.00 Keynote address James Wilsdon Professor of Science and Democracy, SPRU, University of Sussex ‘Open season: what does all this talk of openness mean for science in public?’ Location: Gustave Tuck LT Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Biography James Wilsdon is Professor of Science and Democracy at SPRU (Science & Technology Policy Research) at Sussex University and an Associate Fellow at NESTA. From 2008-­‐2011, he was Director of Science Policy at the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, where he oversaw policy projects on topics such as geoengineering, food security, science diplomacy and the future of the UK's science and innovation system. He also led the Royal Society's evidence gathering and advocacy for investment in research through the 2010 UK General Election and subsequent Spending Round. Prior to this, he spent seven years as Head of Science and Innovation at the public policy think-­‐tank Demos. He has researched and written widely on science and innovation policy, emerging technologies and the globalization of research, and his publications include The Scientific Century (2010), The Atlas of Ideas (2007), China: the next science superpower? (2007), The Public Value of Science (2005) and See-­‐through Science (2004). Chair: Simon Lock Saturday 21st July 15.30 – 16.00 Science in Public Research Network – Next Steps Location: Gustave Tuck LT Chair: Angela Cassidy Feedback from the Friday lunchtime meeting on a proposal for a new research network and a discussion about next steps. Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Paper Sessions Friday 20th July 10.30 – 12.00 -­‐ Parallel Session A Session A1: Panel – Learning from science communication's past: a historically informed approach to reciprocity, citizenship and diversity in a new social contract for science (Chair: Mat Paskins) Rm: Gustave Tuck LT Panel organiser – Victoria Blake (University of Leeds) Graeme Gooday, (University of Leeds) ‘Taking a historical approach to audience engagement in science communication’ Victoria Blake (University of Leeds) ‘Future thinking on the contribution of history and philosophy of science to science communication’ Fern Elsdon-­‐Baker (British Council) ‘Cross-­‐cultural perspectives on the science and belief debate’ Session A2: Climate change in the public sphere (Chair: Hauke Reisch) Rm: Garwood LT RusiJaspal, Brigitte Nerlich and Dr Nelya Koteyko (University of Nottingham) ‘Resisting social representations of climate science in online reader comments’ Paul Merchant (British Library and UCL) ‘Past climates and scientific selves in public’ Boris Popov (Durham University) ‘Conceptualising the Communication of Scientific Research to Non-­‐Academic Publics through the ‘Work of Translation’ ‘ Session A3: Engagement with science (Chair: Alice Bell) Rm: Pearson LT Richard Watermeyer (Cardiff University) ‘Co-­‐opting the museological for the pedagogical: Learners as publics and future publics of science.’ Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Beverley Gibbs (University of Nottingham) ‘Scientific Celebration: an account of Scotland’s science festivals and their place in culture.’ Andreas Jackie Klaura (University of Vienna) ‘Participatory design and feminist interventions. Emancipatory potentials of public engagement’ 13.30 – 15.30 -­‐ Parallel Session B Session B1: Science, politics and publics – historical perspectives (Chair: Angela Cassidy) Rm: Gustave Tuck LT Robert Bud (Science Museum) ‘Putting science in the 19th century public sphere: the case study of applied science’ Fred Steward (Policy Studies Institute) ‘Narratives of ‘progress’ and ‘precaution’-­‐ the contradictory legacy of the ‘1960s’ for contemporary UK debates on innovation, sustainability & risk’ Clara Florensa (CEHIC – UAB) ‘Communicating science in Francoist Spain: The case of Darwinism in La Vanguardia Española (1939-­‐1978)’ Session B2: Emerging Technologies (Chair: Simon Lock) Rm: Garwood LT Oliver Feeney (Institute of Philosophy) ‘Normalising the Enhancement Discourse: Genetics, Social Structures and Moral Generalisations’ Lisa Nocks (NJ Institute of Technology) ‘What’s the Big Idea? Humanoids, Science Fiction, and Public Perception’ Aletta J Norval and Elpida Prasopoulou (University of Essex) ‘The scientification of identity: Examining new practices of citizenship in the biometric state’ Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Session B3: Attitudes to science and surveys (Chair: Melanie Smallman) Rm: Pearson LT (G22) Thomas Rose (UCL) ‘Attitude of Trade Unions towards Science’ Andreea Moldovan (University of Essex) ‘Broadsheet readership, science knowledge and attitudes to genetic testing and research in the UK: a structural equation model’ Xiaomin Zhu (Peking University) ‘Advanced or Traditional -­‐ the change of science communication channels in China’ Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Saturday 21st July 09.30 – 11.00 Parallel Session C Session C1: Science on film and television (Chair: Mat Paskins) Rm: Gustave Tuck LT David A. Kirby (University of Manchester) ‘Indecent Science: Science, Film Censorship, and the Hays Code’ Yvonne Cunningham (Dublin City University) Scientific citizens: using science television programmes to inform their everyday actions and choices Felicity Mellor (Imperial College) ‘Gendered representations of physics on the BBC’ Session C2: Cultural influences and science (Chair: Karen Bultitude) Rm: Garwood LT Neil Calver (University of Kent) ‘A P(r)opper Public Image for Scientists’ Alper Yalcinkaya (Ohio Wesleyan) ‘Debating Science, Defining the Public in the 19th century Ottoman Empire’ Supara Kamolpattana (University of the West of England) ‘Science and Superstition: A study of the perceptions and beliefs of visitors at the National Science Museum, Thailand’ Session C3: Representations of science (Chair: Simon Lock) Rm: Pearson LT (G22) Hsiang-­‐Fu Huang (UCL) ‘Hitch Your Stage to Stars: the evolution of astronomical displays from orrery shows to modern planetariums, 1704-­‐1923’ Alison Adam (University of Salford) ‘Looking for Life in the Mummy’s Tomb: Vitalism, Mummy Wheat and Bacteriology’ Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Angela Cassidy (Imperial College), Simon Lock (UCL), Georgina Voss (Brighton University) ‘Sexual Natures? (Re)Presenting Sexuality in the Museum’ 11.30 – 13.00 –Parallel Session D
Session D1: Panel -­‐ Public History and Museums (Chair: Simon Lock) Rm: Gustave Tuck LT Panel organiser – Tim Boon Jean-­‐Baptiste Gouyon (Science Museum, London) ‘A View of the Inside of the Capsule will be Had from the Small Window through which Col. Glenn Saw Four Sunsets’. Making Space Exploration Public’ Laurie Waller (Goldsmiths, University of London) ‘The Public History Project: Public Engagement and the Politics of Display’ Tim Boon (Science Museum, London) ‘Lay Consumers of Science and its History in the Past and the Present: Sketch for an Investigation’ Session D2: Interfaces and Knowledge Transfer (Chair: Hauke Reisch) Rm: Garwood LT Norma Morris (UCL) ‘Research participants: a potential ‘public’ for two-­‐way dialogue on science? (work in progress)’ Emma Weitkamp (University of the West of England, Bristol), Karen Bultitude (UCL), Margarida Sardo (UWE, Bristol), Karen Desborough (UWE, Bristol), Federica Sgorbissa (SISSA MediaLab), Paola Rodari (SISSA MediaLab) ‘You can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink: exploring the science-­‐policy interface’ Adam Bencard (University of Copenhagen) ‘Re-­‐materializing science communication – object-­‐orientation and the new embedded reality’ Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 Session D3: Science and the Media (Chair: Steve Miller) Rm: Pearson LT (G22) Cliodhna O’Connor (UCL) ‘Neuroscience and group difference: the construction of the ‘natural other’ in media coverage of brain research’ Blanka Jergovic (University of Zagreb) ‘An examination of science reporting in Croatian newspapers’ Miquel Carandell Baruzzi ‘Giving a Different Dimension: The Orce Man Controversy in Spanish Newspapers’ 14.00 – 15.30 Parallel Session E
Session E1: Scientists’ experiences in different public contexts (Chair: Karen Bultitude) Rm: Gustave Tuck LT Ann Grand, Clare Wilkinson, Alan Winfield (University of the West of England), Karen Bultitude (UCL) ‘Seeing the strangeness of science’ Emma King (University of Edinburgh) ‘A Case Study of Public Outreach During the Development of a Novel Stem Cell Therapy’ Melanie Smallman & Kajsa-­‐Stina Magnusson (UCL) ‘Is non-­‐policy related public engagement useful? The challenge of symmetry of learning for scientists’ Session E2: Science, politics and publics – contemporary perspectives (Chair: Simon Lock) Rm: Garwood LT Meg Turville-­‐Heitz (University of Wisconsin) ‘Legitimacy and Power: A Rebuttal in a Grassroots Resistance’ Helen Pallett (UEA) Science in Public Conference University College London 20 & 21 July 2012 ‘A decade of learning about public participation and climate change: institutionalising reflexivity?’ Lorna Ryan (City University London) ‘Science Communication in the European Research Area’