[Commlist] Call for papers: Reinventing science communication? Challenges for the post-truth era

Call for papers

*REINVENTING SCIENCE COMMUNICATION? CHALLENGES FOR THE POST-TRUTH ERA*

*An international conference*

Ljubljana, 13-14. 10. 2022

Submission of Abstracts:*30 April 2022*

**

Science communication has witnessed an unprecedented yet regionally 
uneven growth in the last two decades. But although the formats and 
actors of science communication are diversifying, the 
professionalisation of science communication through trainingand 
qualifications and its institutionalisation in research centres, higher 
educationinstitutions and state agencies tend to support more or less 
standardised strategies (cf. Bucchi and Trench, 2021).

Have recent and not so recent public crisis, most notably the pandemic 
and the climate crisis, shown the inefficiency of these strategies; or 
are they just calls for wider public engagement of science? Has science 
communication successfully responded to the opportunities and challenges 
of digital environments? How are recent practices of science 
communication related to the rise of promotional culture, branding, 
entrepreneurial university, and wider transformations in the role of 
science and knowledge production in societies (cf. Väliverronen, 2021)? 
How to respond to populist demands towards science and science-related 
populism (cf. Mede and Schäfer, 2020)? In other words, does science 
communication need reinventing in the post-truth era?

The conference,organized by the University of Ljubljana, 
Alternator(www.alternator.science <http://www.alternator.science>)and 
the Museums and Galeries of Ljubljana aims to bring together experts 
active in science communication research, practice, training or 
education. The conference organizers invite conference papers based on 
either theoretical research or on case studies to address, among others, 
thefollowingthemes:

·Science communication, crisis communication, and trust in science

·Conceptualizing science communication: between research and practice

·Trends in public communication of science and technology

·Science communication and the pandemic

·Science communication and the climate crisis

·Communicating sciences of the future (artificial intelligence, 
biotechnology…)

·Digital humanities and the role of communication of humanities

·Science communication and/withinthe academic field: structural cha(lle)nges

·Science communication and inclusivity: from class to gender

Participantsare welcome to submit a proposal outside of this list if the 
topic broadly fits the conference theme. *Graduate students*are also 
encouraged to contribute to a *special students session* on the 
conference theme.

Please submit your proposal of a paper or a session (300-500 words), 
together with a short biography (maximum 100 words) and affiliation 
information to the organizing comitee*via 
email****(science.communication /at/ uni-lj.si)* 
<mailto:(science.communication /at/ uni-lj.si)>*by 30 April 2022.***

The official language of the conference is English: all the proposals 
should be submitted in English. The presentations will also be in 
English.There will be no conferene fee, a book of abstracts will be 
published by the time of the conference and oppurtunities for the 
publication of an edited volume of selected papers after the conference 
will be sought.

*Confirmed keynote speakers*:

Prof. *Sarah R. Davies *is Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, & 
Digital Cultures at the Department of Science and Technology Studies, 
University of Vienna. Her work explores the relationship between science 
and society, and how this is mediated through digital spaces and 
practices. She has published a number of books, including Hackerspaces 
(2017, Polity), Science Communication (2016, Palgrave, with Maja Horst), 
and Exploring Science Communication (2020, SAGE, with Ulrike Felt).

*Mićo Tatalović*is a news editor, Research Fortnight. He has worked as a 
science news editor at Nature, New Scientist and SciDev.Net 
<http://SciDev.Net>. He completed the Knight Science Journalism 
fellowship at MIT, in Cambridge, US in 2018-2019. He is originally from 
Rijeka, Croatia, and is still actively involved in promoting science 
journalism in the region, through initiatives such as the Balkan School 
of Science Journalism and Balkan Science Beat.

*Marianne Achiam*is an associate professor at the Department of Science 
Education, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where she leads the 
research group on science communication. Her research and teaching focus 
on how to employ interdisciplinary methods to create effective science 
communication for sustainability. She has participated in a number of 
national and international research projects about inclusive science 
communication, including Hypatia, CRSC, and Our Museum.

*Nico Pitrelli *is the director of the Master's Course in Science 
Communication “Franco Prattico” at SISSA, Trieste, Italy and Head//of 
the Communications Office in the same institution. He has acted as 
Communication Manager of the EuroScience Open Forum - ESOF2020 Trieste. 
His last book is /Il giornalismo scientifico/ (Carocci, Rome).

---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------