Workshop One How should Science be Communicated and by whom

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Workshop OneHow should Science be Communicated
(and by whom) ?

• Moderator Mia Nybrant
• The Scientific Alliance

2
Who communicates scientific information, and how?

• Governments
• Industry
• Journalists and Scientific Press
• International Bodies
• NGOs
• Scientists, Academies and Academic Bodies

3

• How well have scientists communicated their
  information to non-specialists?
• What measures should be taken to alleviate the
  general publics fears when scientists openly
  disagree?

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• What are some mechanisms to communicate science
  to a wider public (success stories, bad
  experiences, lessons learnt) ?
• What new communication solutions do we need to
  develop to ensure it?

5

• In a multi-stakeholder environmental governance
  structure, how balanced is the communication of
  scientific information?

6

• Has the funding of research interfered with its
  communication?
• (Has the patent replaced the peer review?)