Communicating European Research 2005 Proceedings of the Conference,

The book contains a series of 40 articles written by forward-thinking speakers who presented their findings at the "Communicating European Research 2005" event which was organised by the European Commission in Brussels on 14-15 November 2005. This event w

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Communicating European Research 2005



Communicating European Research 2005

Communicating European Research 2005 Proceedings of the Conference, Brussels, 14–15 November 2005 Edited by Michel Claessens European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Original report © European Communities, 2007. The information and views set out in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN-10 1-4020-5357-6 (HB) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5357-3 (HB) ISBN-10 1-4020-5358-4 (e-book) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5358-0 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements List of authors

ix xi

INTRODUCTION Chapter 1

Why communicating European research? MICHEL CLAESSENS

1

BACKGROUND INFORMATION Chapter 2

Thinking science, talking science NICOLAS CHEVASSUS-AU-LOUIS

3

OPENING SPEECHES Chapter 3

Let’s make science the next headline JANEZ POTOCˇNIK

Chapter 4

Information and communication technology research and its impact on growth and job creation VIVIANE REDING

13

19

Chapter 5

The evolving context for science and society ALAN I. LESHNER

25

Chapter 6

Science communication on demand DONGHONG CHENG AND HE ZHU

31

SCIENTISTS AND COMMUNICATION Chapter 7

Bringing scientists to the people CAROLYN GALE

37

Chapter 8

“Science meets Parliament” TOSS GASCOIGNE

43

Chapter 9

The science-media interface: interactions of scientists and journalists HANS PETER PETERS

v

51

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Chapter 10

Science news on the net BRIAN TRENCH

Chapter 11

The changing paradigm of science communication: challenges for researchers MARIE-CLAUDE ROLAND

57

63

Chapter 12

Training scientists in communication skills MÓNICA BETTENCOURT-DIAS

69

Chapter 13

Communication of science, communication in science GIUSEPPE ROFFI, LUCIANO D’ANDREA, BERNIKE PASVEER, MILAN BUFON

77

Chapter 14

Advancing European protocols for science communication RODERICK HUNT

81

Chapter 15

Science goes local: local media matters ELENA CEVA, BERTA DUANE, ULLA ENGELMANN

85

COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING Chapter 16

Debate, communicate, educate RUTH KIKIN-GIL

Chapter 17

Media skills workshops: breaking down the barriers between scientists and journalists JENNI METCALFE AND TOSS GASCOIGNE

Chapter 18

Training for dialogue and debate STEVE MILLER

Chapter 19

Training science communication in a swift moving society GEMMA REVUELTA

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