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is public engagement just a nightmare?
This is a guest post from Abel Polese. Abel is a researcher, trainer, writer, manager and fundraiser. He is the author of “The SCOPUS Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival a reflection on academic life, research careers and the … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, media, public conversation, social media
Tagged Abel Polese, media, public, public engagement
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broadcasting your research
This is a guest post by Earl Harper. Earl is currently in the final year of his doctorate at Bristol University. He is studying ecological gentrification in response to apocalyptic imaginaries of climate change and has previously worked as a … Continue reading
getting ourselves onto media – a case of “just do it”?
I see another one of those articles about hopeless academics is doing the rounds again. You know the ones – we academics live in la la land and wilfully speak in big words that no ordinary person can understand. We talk … Continue reading
academics all write badly… another response to a familiar critique
I often get asked why I left Australia to come to the UK. Apart from the obvious answers – (1) a job, (2) well it wasn’t the weather, and (3) it was a late career adventure – the question is … Continue reading
Posted in academic blogging, academic writing, impact, media, public engagement
Tagged academic writing, impact, media, Nicholas Kristoff, Pat Thomson, public engagement, Tressie McC
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giving background advice to mainstream media
There are multiple ways for researchers to engage with mainstream media. The roles we take can vary from giver of expert advice through to public commentator. But what we do might also vary according to the kind of media involved … Continue reading
Posted in advice, ethics, media, public engagement
Tagged ethics, media, media advice, Pat Thomson, pub lic engagement
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