Don't miss the new CILAC virtual event on February 24 at 5 p.m. (URU, ARG, BRA)
Addressing the problems of the current context require the responsible and informed participation of citizens. Public and private research institutions
and innovation need to increasingly inform the population about the knowledge they produce, its applications and implications. Scientists need to communicate their research, not only to their academic colleagues, but also to policy makers, funders, interest groups, social movements and the general public. In some cases, they also need to learn and engage in public debates about political controversies involving science and technology issues.
Communicating science with non-specialist citizens is a central policy issue around the world and a key issue for funding plans, programs and research calls. For effective public communication of science, training of the actors involved, research and indicators that help evaluate public perception and reception, and specific policies for the different territories of the field of practice are necessary.
How to strengthen science communication in the region?
Yurij Castelfranchi (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) will moderate the next CILAC virtual meeting, in which Ildeu Moreira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Tania Arboleda ("Place to science"), Margoth Mena Young (University of Costa Rica) and Maria Eugenia Fazio (National University of Quilmes) will address this topic. During the event, the policy paper by María Eugenia Fazio and Yurij Castelfranchi.