Amanda Webber
@doc-webber.bsky.social
Anthropologist in science communication. Senior Lecturer at UWE Science Communication Unit and Prog Lead for MSc. Wanting to be the best I can be. All views my own 🌿
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Amanda Webber
@doc-webber.bsky.social
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✨️ Interested in finding out more about our MSc Science Communication? Join me in Bristol on 22 March or online on 25 March (details below).
The MSc has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Find out what our graduates are up to now:
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
The MSc has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Find out what our graduates are up to now:
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
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Congratulations to Polly Doodson who successfully defended her PhD "Exploring Public Perceptions of ‘Meet & Greet’ Animal-Visitor Interactions in BIAZA Zoos" earlier this month.
Her supervisors were Professor Vicky Melfi, Dr Lucy Dumbell (Hartpury University) and @doc-webber.bsky.social (SCU).
Her supervisors were Professor Vicky Melfi, Dr Lucy Dumbell (Hartpury University) and @doc-webber.bsky.social (SCU).
March 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Congratulations to Polly Doodson who successfully defended her PhD "Exploring Public Perceptions of ‘Meet & Greet’ Animal-Visitor Interactions in BIAZA Zoos" earlier this month.
Her supervisors were Professor Vicky Melfi, Dr Lucy Dumbell (Hartpury University) and @doc-webber.bsky.social (SCU).
Her supervisors were Professor Vicky Melfi, Dr Lucy Dumbell (Hartpury University) and @doc-webber.bsky.social (SCU).
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We are very excited to be one of the exhibitors at the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF) 31 March to 2 April 2025!
@doc-webber.bsky.social will be representing the SCU on day 2 of the event.
mlsfutureforum.com/exhibition/e...
mlsfutureforum.com
@doc-webber.bsky.social will be representing the SCU on day 2 of the event.
mlsfutureforum.com/exhibition/e...
mlsfutureforum.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We are very excited to be one of the exhibitors at the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF) 31 March to 2 April 2025!
@doc-webber.bsky.social will be representing the SCU on day 2 of the event.
mlsfutureforum.com/exhibition/e...
mlsfutureforum.com
@doc-webber.bsky.social will be representing the SCU on day 2 of the event.
mlsfutureforum.com/exhibition/e...
mlsfutureforum.com
✨️ Interested in finding out more about our MSc Science Communication? Join me in Bristol on 22 March or online on 25 March (details below).
The MSc has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Find out what our graduates are up to now:
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
The MSc has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Find out what our graduates are up to now:
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
March 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
✨️ Interested in finding out more about our MSc Science Communication? Join me in Bristol on 22 March or online on 25 March (details below).
The MSc has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Find out what our graduates are up to now:
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
The MSc has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Find out what our graduates are up to now:
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
Fabulous day at BBC Cardiff yesterday - our MSc Science Communication students were doing their 'as live' radio broadcasts and then got a tour of all of the studios. Brilliant opportunity 🎙✨️
February 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fabulous day at BBC Cardiff yesterday - our MSc Science Communication students were doing their 'as live' radio broadcasts and then got a tour of all of the studios. Brilliant opportunity 🎙✨️
Come and find out more about our MSc Science Communication at our Open Day! I will be there to answer any questions you may have. Registration info 👇
@scicommsuwe.bsky.social @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
@scicommsuwe.bsky.social @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
📢Want to study #scicomm? Come along to our postgraduate open day on 22 March 2025, talk to Programme Leader
@doc-webber.bsky.social and find our more about our renowned #MSc Science Communication!
Booking required ⤵️
www.uwe.ac.uk/events/postg...
#sciencecommunication #publicengagement #postgrad
@doc-webber.bsky.social and find our more about our renowned #MSc Science Communication!
Booking required ⤵️
www.uwe.ac.uk/events/postg...
#sciencecommunication #publicengagement #postgrad
www.uwe.ac.uk
February 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Come and find out more about our MSc Science Communication at our Open Day! I will be there to answer any questions you may have. Registration info 👇
@scicommsuwe.bsky.social @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
@scicommsuwe.bsky.social @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
Interested in #scicomm? Then our online course Science Communication: Online and Media Writing CPD course might be just the thing for you!
⭐10 week course
⭐Online only - study from anywhere in the world
⭐Starts 22 April
For more info & to apply: courses.uwe.ac.uk/USSKNP15M/
#sciwriting
⭐10 week course
⭐Online only - study from anywhere in the world
⭐Starts 22 April
For more info & to apply: courses.uwe.ac.uk/USSKNP15M/
#sciwriting
a cartoon sheep with big eyes is saying `` sounds like a plan !! ''
ALT: a cartoon sheep with big eyes is saying `` sounds like a plan !! ''
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February 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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🆕 Blog post
Read all about MSc Science Communication student Isabelle Baxter's MSc project exploring how visual storytelling can make complex #forensicscience more accessible in the courtroom! ⤵️
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication
Read all about MSc Science Communication student Isabelle Baxter's MSc project exploring how visual storytelling can make complex #forensicscience more accessible in the courtroom! ⤵️
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication
February 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🆕 Blog post
Read all about MSc Science Communication student Isabelle Baxter's MSc project exploring how visual storytelling can make complex #forensicscience more accessible in the courtroom! ⤵️
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication
Read all about MSc Science Communication student Isabelle Baxter's MSc project exploring how visual storytelling can make complex #forensicscience more accessible in the courtroom! ⤵️
blogs.uwe.ac.uk/science-comm...
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
✨️ It is TODAY✨️
Log in online and we can chat about all things MSc Science Communication and @scicommsuwe.bsky.social (all details below). Our programme has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Come and find out more....
#scicomm @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
Log in online and we can chat about all things MSc Science Communication and @scicommsuwe.bsky.social (all details below). Our programme has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Come and find out more....
#scicomm @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
✨ MSc Science Communication online open event this week!
Join our live webinar on Thurs 30 Jan 2025 7-8pm (BST) there will be the opportunity to meet the teaching team & ask questions about the course & unit.
www.uwe.ac.uk/events/msc-s...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
Join our live webinar on Thurs 30 Jan 2025 7-8pm (BST) there will be the opportunity to meet the teaching team & ask questions about the course & unit.
www.uwe.ac.uk/events/msc-s...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
January 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
✨️ It is TODAY✨️
Log in online and we can chat about all things MSc Science Communication and @scicommsuwe.bsky.social (all details below). Our programme has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Come and find out more....
#scicomm @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
Log in online and we can chat about all things MSc Science Communication and @scicommsuwe.bsky.social (all details below). Our programme has been running for 20 years and has a great international reputation. Come and find out more....
#scicomm @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social
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📣 *New science alert*
🌏Global trust in scientists project led by @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social is out today in Nature Human Behaviour: go.nature.com/40pox5P
🦘Some interesting Australia-specific results in our Conversation piece below, led by @mdmarques.com
🌏Global trust in scientists project led by @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social is out today in Nature Human Behaviour: go.nature.com/40pox5P
🦘Some interesting Australia-specific results in our Conversation piece below, led by @mdmarques.com
Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
A global new survey shows there’s no crisis of trust in scientists, as some might claim. But there are some nuances.
theconversation.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
📣 *New science alert*
🌏Global trust in scientists project led by @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social is out today in Nature Human Behaviour: go.nature.com/40pox5P
🦘Some interesting Australia-specific results in our Conversation piece below, led by @mdmarques.com
🌏Global trust in scientists project led by @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social is out today in Nature Human Behaviour: go.nature.com/40pox5P
🦘Some interesting Australia-specific results in our Conversation piece below, led by @mdmarques.com
Reposted by Amanda Webber
New #preprint! We surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries to find out: Where do they come across information about #science? How do they #communicate about it? We also tested country factors like #AcademicFreedom and #PressFreedom and identified interesting patterns 🔎
➡️ osf.io/preprints/os...
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➡️ osf.io/preprints/os...
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November 18, 2024 at 6:50 AM
New #preprint! We surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries to find out: Where do they come across information about #science? How do they #communicate about it? We also tested country factors like #AcademicFreedom and #PressFreedom and identified interesting patterns 🔎
➡️ osf.io/preprints/os...
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➡️ osf.io/preprints/os...
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If you are interested in an MSc in Science Communication join me on 30 January 7-8pm (uk time). Joining info below....
✨MSc Science Communication online open event✨
Thurs 30 Jan 2025 7-8pm
Join us for an overview of the MSc, the SCU & the opportunity to ask Programme Leader @doc-webber.bsky.social lots of questions!
www.uwe.ac.uk/events/msc-s...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
Thurs 30 Jan 2025 7-8pm
Join us for an overview of the MSc, the SCU & the opportunity to ask Programme Leader @doc-webber.bsky.social lots of questions!
www.uwe.ac.uk/events/msc-s...
#scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
uwe.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you are interested in an MSc in Science Communication join me on 30 January 7-8pm (uk time). Joining info below....
"Ultimately, if the goal is to include and enable more people to engage with and benefit from research... then to be truly inclusive and facilitate both human and non-human agency, we need to move beyond the term stakeholder".
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reimagining the language of engagement in a post-stakeholder world - Sustainability Science
Language matters in shaping perceptions and guiding behaviour. The term stakeholder is widely used, yet little attention is paid to the possibility that its use may inadvertently perpetuate colonial n...
link.springer.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:37 PM
"Ultimately, if the goal is to include and enable more people to engage with and benefit from research... then to be truly inclusive and facilitate both human and non-human agency, we need to move beyond the term stakeholder".
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"If we continue with the same old messages, the same old 'narrative frames', then we will keep losing the climate fight"
www.wearefuterra.com/thinks/stori...
www.wearefuterra.com/thinks/stori...
www.wearefuterra.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:33 PM
"If we continue with the same old messages, the same old 'narrative frames', then we will keep losing the climate fight"
www.wearefuterra.com/thinks/stori...
www.wearefuterra.com/thinks/stori...
Welcome @coalesceproject.eu ✨️
Hello world! Looks like the skies are blue.
We are the COALESCE Project, funded by @ec.europa.eu to establish the European Competence Centre for #ScienceCommunication!
Follow us for updates on #SciComm from around Europe and beyond.
Find us online at coalesceproject.eu
We are the COALESCE Project, funded by @ec.europa.eu to establish the European Competence Centre for #ScienceCommunication!
Follow us for updates on #SciComm from around Europe and beyond.
Find us online at coalesceproject.eu
Home Page
A virtual lab for the future European Competence Centre for Science Communication.
Funded by the European Commission, COALESCE is a four-year project (Apr ’23 – Mar ’27) to establish the European Co...
coalesceproject.eu
December 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Welcome @coalesceproject.eu ✨️
Very pleased to be part of this special issue with @clarewilk4.bsky.social looking at threshold concepts in #scicomm ✨️
Tiptoe-ing into bsky - my first post. Pure self-promotion. In 2022, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari and I published what IJSE-B editors called "definitive" article on #scicomm training. Now IJSE-B has published special issue with 9 commentaries and our response: an invitation to collaboration. bit.ly/4fhRm9D
How should we update and reorganize science communication training? An invitation to a collaborative action
In this response, we summarize the affirmations, extensions, and critiques of the framework for science communication training that we presented in Lewenstein and Baram-Tsabari (2022. How should we...
bit.ly
December 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Very pleased to be part of this special issue with @clarewilk4.bsky.social looking at threshold concepts in #scicomm ✨️
Reposted by Amanda Webber
#LoveLD - love #creativeHE - love that Issue 19 of the science, poetry, & art journal Consilience, has just been published!
www.consilience-journal.com/issue-19
The issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Insects’.
#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry #seda #LTHEchat
www.consilience-journal.com/issue-19
The issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Insects’.
#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry #seda #LTHEchat
Insects (Issue 19) — Consilience
Issue 19 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'insects'.
www.consilience-journal.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
#LoveLD - love #creativeHE - love that Issue 19 of the science, poetry, & art journal Consilience, has just been published!
www.consilience-journal.com/issue-19
The issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Insects’.
#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry #seda #LTHEchat
www.consilience-journal.com/issue-19
The issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Insects’.
#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry #seda #LTHEchat
Reposted by Amanda Webber
“Communication, to succeed, requires empathy. Empathy requires not just understanding what someone knows, but what drives them, and what connects them to you and the science you are presenting to them”
Read my piece on Geoscientist on the use of art for scicomm > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
Read my piece on Geoscientist on the use of art for scicomm > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
December 17, 2024 at 7:07 AM
“Communication, to succeed, requires empathy. Empathy requires not just understanding what someone knows, but what drives them, and what connects them to you and the science you are presenting to them”
Read my piece on Geoscientist on the use of art for scicomm > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
Read my piece on Geoscientist on the use of art for scicomm > geoscientist.online/sections/une...
New open access paper: uniting #teachingHE and #scicomm
Here @clarewilk4.bsky.social and myself worked with some of our MSc Science Communication students to consider threshold concepts. Great to reflect on our teaching and contribute to this important research field
doi.org/10.1080/2154...
Here @clarewilk4.bsky.social and myself worked with some of our MSc Science Communication students to consider threshold concepts. Great to reflect on our teaching and contribute to this important research field
doi.org/10.1080/2154...
‘It’s kind of placed a real challenge in my head’: threshold concepts and science communication education
‘Threshold concepts' have recently been identified as a key component for higher or university level teaching in science communication, concepts which can offer a ‘transformative' experience amongs...
doi.org
December 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
New open access paper: uniting #teachingHE and #scicomm
Here @clarewilk4.bsky.social and myself worked with some of our MSc Science Communication students to consider threshold concepts. Great to reflect on our teaching and contribute to this important research field
doi.org/10.1080/2154...
Here @clarewilk4.bsky.social and myself worked with some of our MSc Science Communication students to consider threshold concepts. Great to reflect on our teaching and contribute to this important research field
doi.org/10.1080/2154...
Join me at our January online open event for the @scicommsuwe.bsky.social MSc Science Communication - ask me ALL the questions ✨️
✨MSc Science Communication online open event✨
Thurs 30 Jan 2025 7-8pm (BST)
Join us for an overview of the MSc, the Science Communication Unit (SCU) & the opportunity to meet members of the teaching team & ask questions.
uwe.ac.uk/events/msc-s... #scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
Thurs 30 Jan 2025 7-8pm (BST)
Join us for an overview of the MSc, the Science Communication Unit (SCU) & the opportunity to meet members of the teaching team & ask questions.
uwe.ac.uk/events/msc-s... #scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
MSc Science Communication open event | UWE Bristol
Live webinar for an overview of the MSc Science Communication and Science Communication Unit.
uwe.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Join me at our January online open event for the @scicommsuwe.bsky.social MSc Science Communication - ask me ALL the questions ✨️
A new episode of 'SciComm Conversations' with @achintyarao.in: measuring trust in scientists #scicomm
For the latest episode of “SciComm Conversations”, @nielsmede.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of joining @achintyarao.in to talk about our global #TISP project and discuss key results and implications 🌍 🎙️ Have a listen 🎧 coalesceproject.eu/2024/12/11/s...
SciComm Conversations: “Measuring trust in scientists”
Listen to "Measuring trust in scientists. Guests: Dr Viktoria Cologna and Dr Niels Mede" on Spreaker.
Transcript
Achintya Rao : Hello and welcome to SciComm Conversations. My name is Achintya Rao. T...
coalesceproject.eu
December 16, 2024 at 4:46 PM
A new episode of 'SciComm Conversations' with @achintyarao.in: measuring trust in scientists #scicomm
Reposted by Amanda Webber
Hello #scicomm peeps, the Science Communication Unit here at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social are excited to be on Bluesky! 😀
Do give us a follow for all things #sciencecommunication research, teaching and practice!
Do give us a follow for all things #sciencecommunication research, teaching and practice!
a cartoon fox is waving its paw in the air and says hello .
ALT: a cartoon fox is waving its paw in the air and says hello .
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Hello #scicomm peeps, the Science Communication Unit here at @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social are excited to be on Bluesky! 😀
Do give us a follow for all things #sciencecommunication research, teaching and practice!
Do give us a follow for all things #sciencecommunication research, teaching and practice!
Reposted by Amanda Webber
🆕We're recruiting for an Assistant Editor & Network Developer to join our Science for Environment Policy
team at UWE Bristol!
⏰ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
Search for 'Editor & Network Developer' via the link below for more info & how to apply:
ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...
#scicomm
team at UWE Bristol!
⏰ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
Search for 'Editor & Network Developer' via the link below for more info & how to apply:
ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...
#scicomm
December 16, 2024 at 12:06 PM
🆕We're recruiting for an Assistant Editor & Network Developer to join our Science for Environment Policy
team at UWE Bristol!
⏰ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
Search for 'Editor & Network Developer' via the link below for more info & how to apply:
ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...
#scicomm
team at UWE Bristol!
⏰ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
Search for 'Editor & Network Developer' via the link below for more info & how to apply:
ce0164li.webitrent.com/ce0164li_web...
#scicomm
Reposted by Amanda Webber
Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A place for natural history in the 21st century
Natural history provides an important basis for observing interactions between organisms in their environments. Biotropica recently inaugurated a new paper category called “Natural History Field Note....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Quote: "It is very hard to interpret big data in ecology in meaningful ways if you do not know anything about who the organisms are and what they do in the environment."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....