What is the science of science communication? And how can it help public health?

In the last decade, the "science of science communication" has emerged to provide evidence about key factors in public communication of science and technology. 

This talk will provide an introduction to central findings of the science of science communication, and to ongoing research needs.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

12:00- 13:30

Lecture will be held on Zoom

Prof. Bruce V. Lewenstein

Bruce V. Lewenstein is Professor of Science Communication and former chair of the
Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. In 2022, he began
serving as Cornell's University Ombuds. Trained as a historian of science, he works
across the field of public communication of science and technology, including
informal science education, citizen science, and communication training for
scientists. He is a former editor of the journal Public Understanding of Science (1998-
2003), and co-chair of a US National Academies report Learning Science in Informal
Environments (2009). He has served as chair of two sections of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), on Societal Implications of
Science & Engineering (2011) and on General Interest in Science & Engineering (2017).
He received his AB from University of Chicago (1980) and his PhD in History &
Sociology of Science and in Science & Technology Policy from the University of
Pennsylvania (1987).

Please register for the Forum by sending email to: ravidr@mail.tau.ac.il

This forum is sponsored by the Dept. of Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University