Never has ‘information’ been more accessible.
Jump onto an internet search engine, type in any scientific topic, and in the flash of a computer screen literally millions of results appear.
But what in all that information is fact and what is fake? How can scientists make their voices heard, particularly when it comes to ‘hot-button’ issues such as vaccination and climate change?
The interdisciplinary Science, misinformation and alternative facts workshop provides a forum for researchers and science communicators to discuss the representation of scientific evidence in the public domain.
Experts in psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, and education will join application domain experts in vaccination, climate science, education, and health behaviours to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for closing the gaps between what the evidence says and what the public believes.
Coordinated by the Macquarie Research Enrichment Program and co-sponsored by the Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, sessions will include:
- Communicating psychological science in the ‘post-truth’ world
- Challenges in science communication and translation
- Science communicators’ panel
- The science of science communication
- Outreach and interdisciplinary research
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Details:
Date: Thursday 1 June
Time: 10.30 – 4.30
Location: The Australian Hearing Hub, Level 1 Lecture Theatre, 16 University Avenue
Registration is free. Macquarie staff and students should register online.
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