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‘Why is it so?’

Is evaluation to science communication as peer review is to science?

What counts in science communication?

Rob Morrison poses a serious question to the ASC membership and invites your comment

Engagement: A Buzzword with Energy

Why Stuart Waters finds himself engaged…

How I became a science communicator

Teresa Belcher outlines her career path to date

From the President, June 2010: Inspiring Australia; national workshops; theatre; and ‘What is science?’

National President Jesse Shore updates the membership on the latest news

Adelaide event Mon 19 April

ASCSA Monthly: Inspiring Australia – communicating science to the nation Monday 19 April, 6.30-8.30pm, The Science Exchange. Book at http://ascainspiring.eventbrite.com/ In February, The Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator The Hon, Kim Carr, launched Inspiring Australia; A national strategy for engagement with the sciences. This long-awaited report sets out a plan [...]

Canberra drinks – all invited (post-conference)

[ 10 February 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] if you’re interested in anything to do with communicating and science, come along for a social drink at University House

Bushfire science and journalism: Communicating when emotions run high

[ 7 February 2010 7:00 pm to 10 February 2010 10:00 pm. ] ASC presents a panel discussion about how bushfires have been communicated and reported. Featuring a bushfire scientist, a Walkley-award winning journalist, a radio journalist and a media manager, this event will explore reflections on the connections or conflicts between high emotions and the logic of science during bushfires