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  • Communication and learning structures that facilitate transfer of knowledge at innovation transition points
    Date: 12/09/2011
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Innovation processes are rarely smooth and disruptions often occur at transition points were one knowledge domain passes the technology on to another domain. At these transition points communication is a key component in assisting the smooth hand over of technologies. However for smooth transitions to occur we argue that appropriate structures ... »
  • Embedding science in society: a European perspective
    Date: 12/18/2009
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Within the research framework programmes, the European Commission's interest in societal issues pertaining to science and technology has been increasing over time. An important step in this direction has been taken with the establishment during the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) of the theme "Science in Society" (SiS) in the Specific ... »
  • Reflection on the collectivization of science through research groups
    Date: 12/18/2009
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Twenty five years after the introduction of the concept of “collectivization of science” by Ziman, the importance of the research team continues to suffer of a narrow space, both in scientific literature and in the definition of academic policy. The debate ranges from a macro level, represented by changes in scientific and technological research ... »
  • Technoscience, technological cultures and socialisation
    Date: 09/21/2009
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Technoscience is deeply linked to national cultures across terrains as diverse as medicine, agricultural biotechnologies, ICTs, energy technologies, etc. Understanding the cultural dimension of technoscience is vital for the project of socialisation. This project should be embedded in technological and political cultures, taking variation in ... »
  • Social technologies and socialization of research
    Date: 09/21/2009
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Whether we like it or not, and how many difficulties this may pose, scientific research and technology are becoming the “property” of everybody and increasingly will become subject of public guidance and political decision making. Socialization happens because what people think, want and do has become central to the development of science and ... »
  • Master in science communication: an overview
    Date: 03/20/2009
    Resource Category!: Mass Media Article
    Science, politics, industry, media, state-run and private organisations, private citizens: everyone has their own demands, their own heritage of knowledge, thoughts, opinions, aspirations, needs. Different worlds that interact, question one another, discuss; in one word: they communicate. It is a complicated process that requires professionals « ... »
  • Using communication research to gather stakeholder preferences to improve groundwater management models: a South Texas case study
    Date: 02/24/2009
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    There is a compelling need to ensure that the points of view and preferences of stakeholders are fully considered and incorporated into natural resources management strategies. Stakeholders include a diverse group of individuals in several sectors that have an interest in how natural resources are managed. Typically, stakeholders with an interest ... »