The value of public science events: insights from three years of communicating climate change research

dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorRoberson, Tara
dc.contributor.authorde Castella, Clare
dc.contributor.authorLeviston, Zoe
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-06T00:11:17Z
dc.date.available2024-09-06T00:11:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2024-04-21T08:15:47Z
dc.description.abstractPublic science events are valued primarily as sites of individual learning. We explored the individual and collective value of university-based science events discussing climate change and motivations to attend. While events were most commonly valued as opportunities for learning, their social context created collective value associated with the physical gathering of like-minded people. Participants despairing at inaction on climate change were given agency through learning, participation, interpersonal discussions and normalising new behaviours. Post-event interpersonal discussions increase the reach of events beyond “the choir”. These discussions increase the diversity of messengers, creating opportunities for new framings and understandings of climate change.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1824-2049
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733716176
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.provenanceThis article is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution — NonCommercial — NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 License. ISSN 1824-2049. Published by SISSA Medialab. jcom.sissa.it
dc.publisherScuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
dc.rights© The Author(s).
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.sourceJournal of Science Communication
dc.subjectEnvironmental communication
dc.subjectInformal learning
dc.subjectPublic engagement with science and technology
dc.titleThe value of public science events: insights from three years of communicating climate change research
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage17
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationO'Connor, Ruth, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationRoberson, Tara , Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)
local.contributor.affiliationde Castella, Clare, Services Portfolio, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationLeviston, Zoe, College of Health and Medicine, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu6003406@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidO'Connor, Ruth, u6003406
local.contributor.authoruidde Castella, Clare, u1009152
local.contributor.authoruidLeviston, Zoe, u1101791
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor470103 - Environmental communication
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB45880
local.identifier.citationvolume22
local.identifier.doi10.22323/2.22050805
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85179401994
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154
local.publisher.urlhttps://jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/JCOM_2205_2023_N05/
local.type.statusPublished Version
publicationvolume.volumeNumber22

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