In this episode, we discuss the ever-growing interest in pre-prints. What are they, why do they exist, who uses them and for what. We are joined by a guest - the author of the paper we discuss in the podcast and the Twitter chat (https://twitter.com/i/events/1402484698169765888?s=20) - Johnny Coats. You can read the paper he and his collaborators w…

In this episode, we speak about problematic terminology in science and science publishing. In a number of fields, certain terminology promotes exclusion or carry a degrading context. What can be done to move away from these inherent issues and how can we individually improve our communication to remove biases? It's all in this episode. The Moments …

In this episode we are joined by the winner of second place of our 2021 State Your Mission Statement Challenge - a group of students who work to promote science communication among teens. You can follow them on Twitter @Sci4Teens. Find the Twitter moments from the chat with their participation here. Follow us on Twitter @SciComm_JC and on Instagram…

In this episode we are joined by the 1st place winner of the State Your Mission Challenge 2021 - Rashmi Sheoran also known as @astro_roxy. You can find the moments of the Twitter chat Rashmi and Nevena hosted here and the peer-reviewed paper we discussed - here. Subscribe to our revived newsletter by visiting our website www.scicommjc.org. You will…

In this episode, we share tips on how to approach an audience based on shared values. We cover also some experiences from a workshop we hosted at the AAAS Annual Meeting 2021 on the same topic. You can find the moments of the Twitter chat we organised post-workshop here. If you want to receive the handout with guided exercises in value-based commun…

In this episode, we welcome a guest, who is a poet (the BBC said so!) and a scientist - Dr Sam Illingworth. We talk about how powerful poetry is as a conversation starter, as an expression, as a bonding and outreach mechanism for science. We covered (half) of his paper Creative communication – using poetry and games to generate dialogue between sci…

In this episode we speak about the necessity to report, cover and communicate about scientific discoveries in languages different than English. We start our discussion based on a Twitter chat (moments for it are here: https://twitter.com/i/events/1295024902672715779) where we discuss a publication (here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389…

In this episode, we talk with Mariya (@mariyav_phd) about some ground rules and key points to remember when communicating in times of crisis. Find the Twitter chat moments here - link. Find the CDC manual here - link. Link to the COVID-19 Public Opinion Survey Mariya spoke about and more info about it - here. Follow us at @SciComm_JC on Twitter and…

In this episode we explore the potential of social platforms for science communication and how we can apply the scientific method to study the true impact of different types of messages. The basis for our talk with Dr Lisa Lundgren is the publication "Scientific Twitter: The flow of paleontological communication across a topic network". Lisa hersel…

In this episode, we are joined by Alex Martin - a recent guest on our Twitter chats. We talk a bit about this publication The enduring effect of scientific interest on trust in climate scientists in the United States. But more importantly, we speak about the experiences, lessons and ideas, Alex has from his ultra-cool initiative - Sidewalk Science …

In this episode we recap our participation and some highlights from the Congress of the European Ecological Federation 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. We talk about the talk we gave (slides can be viewed here) and the book on which we based our presentation (and which our Sherry wrote) can be purchased here - Social Solutions for Climate Change. + Link t…

In this episode we speak about inclusivity in STEAM with a special guest Tia Martineau (@tia_martineau and http://www.tiamartineau.science/) Get in touch with the Science Communication Journal Club Team on Twitter @scicomm_jc and our contact form https://scicommjc.wufoo.com/forms/z1cr4sug1cpyonq/ Please do rate our show wherever you listen to it an…

In episode 10 of the Science Communication Journal Club Podcast we talk with Dr Carla Brawn (@Sci_Game_Girl) about gamifying education. Check out her website at http://www.gamedoctor.co.uk/. Find the moments of the corresponding twitter chat here. Read the first book summary on our website https://scicommjc.org/framework-sticky-content/. Find more …

In this episode we talk about our recent Twitter chat topic on predatory scientific journals and how to learn to recognize them. We cover this article to start the discussion. Mentioned tools you can use to assess the legitimacy of scientific journals are: https://thinkchecksubmit.org/ Journal Evaluation Tool Visit www.scicommjc.org to learn more a…

The article which our guest chose for the twitter chat can be read here - Our House Is Burning: Discrepancy in Climate Change vs. Biodiversity Coverage in the Media as Compared to Scientific Literature; The moments from the chat itself can be found here - twitter moments link @SciComm_JC; The other article Ruben mentioned in the conversation can be…

What are the moral grounds based on which some people experience various level of hesitancy related to vaccination? How can science communicators explore these values, understand them and use them as a background for more effective communication and outreach? All in this episode! Useful links mentioned in this episode: scicommjc.org for summaries o…

Useful links mentioned in the episode: David S Anderson's twitter - https://twitter.com/DSAArchaeology The curly haired mafia page - https://curlyhairmafia.com/ The Chapman University survey on American fears - https://blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2018/10/16/paranormal-america-2018/ The first SciComm_JC twitter chat summary on Facebook for scicomm -…

In this episode we use for basis of our discussion the article "Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention" by Centola et al., published in the journal Science on 08 Jun 2018.We talk about how many people and how much efforts it would take to change the social opinions. Why is the critical mass for controversial topics so high an…

In this episode we talk with Nico and Andrea from our honorable "State your mission challenge" mentions about the importance of diversity in science. Find them of Twitter at @latinolabs ‏and don't forget to follow our own account at @Scicomm_JC. Music was written by MusicalKoktail.

In episode 3 we talk about the importance of depoliticizing and culturalising scicomm messages with our honorable mention from the State Your Mission Challenge - Mark Smith. You can connect with him @MS71541719 on twitter. We also geek a tiny bit on the amazing communicator Dr Kevin Folta is and how his talks and discussions can make few science sk…

This episode features an interview with the winner of the Mission statement challenge of SciCommJC - PaleoParadox. Hear about the science cosplay activities of the CosplayForScience team and more!