Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationGun Control: should Science Communication get Involved?I live in New Zealand, where two items on the national news over this last week really caught my attention.Jun 2, 2018Jun 2, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationScience Communication should wear its Heart more on its SleeveWhat a twat I was! Irrespective of any argument about measuring effectiveness, science communication is rarely worth doing unless we can…May 17, 2018May 17, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationCitizen Science is not all it is cracked up to beWilliam Shakespeare wrote the play As You Like It over 400 years ago. It contains a famous monologue, often referred to as the Seven Ages…May 1, 2018May 1, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationStorytelling: the importance of truth and a good endingLast night I watched a film called The Factory, which was released on DVD in 2013, fully five years after the completion of filming and…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationThe Public Communication of Science and TechnologyThe premiere conference for science communicators is the biennial PCST Conference, which this year was held in Dunedin, New Zealand, from…Apr 17, 2018Apr 17, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationIs Writing Becoming an Irrelevant form of Communication?It takes a lot of confidence to call yourself a writer. I had published several books and won a handful of awards before I dared to put my…Feb 11, 2018Feb 11, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationCome to Middle Earth for PCST 2018For my sins, I am the Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) Conference…Jan 29, 2018Jan 29, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationLet’s Communicate Science with FootballToday I watched the magnificent Tom Brady lead the Patriots to a win in the American Football Conference Finals over the Jaguars and gain…Jan 22, 20181Jan 22, 20181
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationNarrative and Video: untapped possibilities for science communicationThe way we communicate or, rather, consume media has changed drastically in just the last few years. Online video on-demand is where things…Jan 14, 2018Jan 14, 2018
Lloyd Spencer DavisinScienceCommunicationGrand CanyonThe Grand Canyon: natural wonder of the world. I’ve been there a few times now and the sight of it never fails to stop me. Stop me dead in…Jan 5, 2018Jan 5, 2018