Panels from Day 2: Science and civil society; Responsible innovation, impact and the economy; Science, social science, and the changing role of the university
June 29, 2015
From the second day of our conference Circling the Square 2 ——————- Panel 4: Science and civil society Panellists: Stevienna deSaille (Sheffield), Maurice Frankel (CFOI), Helen Pallett (UEA), Ben Pile (writer). Chair: Alison Mohr Listen to audio ——————- Panel 5: Responsible innovation, impact and the economy Panellists: Sarah Hartley (Nottingham), Kathryn Oliver (UCL), Alexandra Saxon (RCUK), Jack Stilgoe (UCL). …
Scientists speaking with one voice: panacea or pathology? (Judith Curry)
June 26, 2015
The authority of a scientific body is not undermined by questioning, but rather depends upon it – Beatty & Moore At the Conference Circling the Square that I attended in Nottingham earlier this week, Mike Hulme gave a keynote talk on “Scientists speaking with one voice: panacea or pathology?”, discussing issues around the consensus debate on climate …
Miles Parker on ‘science advice’ (speaking notes, panel 1)
Topic Scientific Advice (Miles Parker speaking notes) Date 22 June 2015; Venue Highfield House, University Park Nottingham The topic is about advice. I’m speaking not as an academic but as a practitioner, having been involved in providing scientific advice for policy making throughout a 40 year career as a scientific civil servant, from which I’m …
Jurassic World: Frankenstein for the 21st Century? (Jack Stilgoe)
June 25, 2015
I was speaking yesterday at the Circling the Square conference in Nottingham and asked to say something about responsible innovation. Here’s the gist of what I said. I’ve been told to issue a SPOILER ALERT!, although I don’t think I’m giving away much of Jurassic World in harvesting its narrative. …
Consensus in science (Brigitte Nerlich)
At the Circling the Square 2 conference there was a lot of talk about ‘consensus’ and Mike Hulme gave an inspiring key note lecture about the concept from a philosophical and sociological perspective. All this made me think a bit more about the meaning of consensus. It seems to me that the word has (at …
Circling the Square (by Paul Matthews)
I’ve been attending a two-day meeting at Nottingham, Circling the Square, organised by Reiner Grundmann and colleagues from the Institute for Science and Society at Nottingham. This follows a successful similar meeting last year. The conference has its own blog, where video, audio and text from the meeting are gradually being uploaded. The themes of …
Panels from Day 1: science advice; science, uncertainty and science advocacy; science and the media (audio)
From the first day of our conference Circling the Square 2 ——————- Panel 1: Science advice Panellists: Miles Parker (Cambridge), Louise Shaxson (ODI), Gerry Stoker (Soton), Hans von Storch (HZG). Chair: Ian Gibson Listen to audio ——————- Panel 2: Science, uncertainty and science advocacy Panellists: Conrad Brunk (Victoria), Judith Curry (Georgia Tech), Andrew Peters (SRUC), Dan Sarewitz (Arizona). Chair: Sarah Metcalfe …
Mike Hulme: Scientists speaking with one voice – panacea or pathology? (video)
June 24, 2015
Our second keynote speaker at Circling the Square 2 was Professor Mike Hulme, Professor of Climate and Culture at King’s College London and author of Why We Disagree About Climate Change. ps. Mike’s presentation begins at 7min01secs pps. If you are having difficulty viewing the video and/or slides, please ensure Flash …
Climate change consensus ‘needs more work’ (Adam Smith @CirclingTheSquare2)
Researchers’ claims that there is a scientific consensus on the view that humans are causing climate change is not the simple issue that it may seem, according to one leading scholar. Mike Hulme is professor of climate and culture at King’s College London and published the popular book Why We Disagree About Climate Change in 2009. Hulme …
Journalist tells scientists to take control of PR (Adam Smith @CirclingTheSquare2)
Researchers should not allow their colleagues in the university press office to dictate the terms of how their institution engages with the media, according to a former Guardian journalist. Leo Hickman, the newspaper’s former environment reporter, said he is surprised by how often scientists don’t see the final version of a press release about their …
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