January 21, 2015, by Andrew Gibson
Multimedia from ‘Circling the Square 1: research, politics, media and impact’
Below is a collection of multimedia items from a conference held at the University of Nottingham last year.
The conference, titled ‘Circling the Square: research, politics, media and impact’, explored the role of knowledge in policy making, bringing together international scholars in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, practitioners at the science-policy interface, the public and the media.
A follow-up conference will take place in June 2015.
Enjoy!
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Circling the Square 1, May 2014, Multimedia
- Videos
- Abstracts
- Twitter discussion (#circlesq)
- Blog posts on external sites
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1. Videos
Tuesday 20th May 2014, Morning
Research and policy making (opening keynote), Prof. Brian Collins
The science-policy interface (panel discussion), Fanelli, Jasanoff, Taylor, Chris Tyler
Tuesday 20th May 2014, Afternoon
Research and the media (keynote), Dr Andy Williams
Researchers facing the media (panel discussion), Colquhoun, Donald, Mellor, Turney)
Wednesday 21st May 2014, Morning
Research and policy making (keynote), Prof. Ian Boyd
Taking a stance or calming the waters – challenging established science (panel discussion), Dyer, Pielke Jr, Smith, Turner
Wednesday 21st May 2014, Afternoon
‘Citizen Science’ and new social media (panel discussion), Jarvis, Lancastle, McLain, Pearce
Thursday 22nd May 2014, Morning
Research and values (keynote), Professor Steve Rayner
Is it robust knowledge or make believe? – Evidence, uncertainty and the role of values (panel discussion), Cassidy, Johnson, Parkinson
Thursday 22nd May 2014, Afternoon
New directions: how can we circle the square? (panel discussion), Blackstock, Grundmann, Moriarty, Roach
2. Abstracts
3. Twitter discussion
Discussion before, during and after the conference took place on Twitter.
4. Blog posts on external sites
Following the conference, participants took to the blogosphere to reflect on the proceedings and related issues. Here is a selection of posts:
Reiner Grundmann, Circling the Square- an experiment
Brigitte Nerlich, Blogging the Circling of the Square on MSciP
Ruth Dixon, Circles and Squares – Where Do the Facts Lie?
Athene Donald, Social Scientist for the Day?
Sylvia McLain, Under the Microscope
Philip Moriarty, The laws of physics are undemocratic on Physicsfocus.
Philip Moriarty, Science is not what you want it to be on MSciP
Tim Johnson, Scientific facts and democratic values
Brigitte Nerlich, Going round in circles on MSciP
Warren Pearce, Academic jargon in the social sciences: self-indulgence or necessary evil? on MSciP
Kate Roach, The Impact awards: A short story for the Circling the square conference on MSciP
Alasdair Taylor, The peril of the press release
Alasdair Taylor, Has the square been circled?
And then there’s physics, Circling the square
Megan Beech, Circling the Square- research communication and impact
Research Fortnight, Is science advice inherently politicised?
Gregory Hollin, Kandinsky, New Objectivity, and ripping apart the furniture
Sarah Hartley, Warren Peace, Risk assessment policy as regulatory science
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