This hybrid workshop will explore the roles and responsibilities of chemical scientists in communicating climate change with different groups. We will consider how emotions like anxiety, frustration, hope, and guilt complicate this task – both for scientists and the public – and how we might navigate them. Participants will work together to develop actionable engagement plans for a range of experts involved in climate-related research and communication.
About Stephen:
Stephen Hughes is a lecturer in Science, Technology, and Society at UCL. His research explores difficult and uncomfortable forms of public engagement, such as conspiracy theories, vaccine hesitancy, and climate change denial. He is interested in novel and experimental forms of communication that foreground the emotional aspects of public engagement with science.
Date: May 26th
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Location: online and in-person at Burlington House
About Stephen:
Stephen Hughes is a lecturer in Science, Technology, and Society at UCL. His research explores difficult and uncomfortable forms of public engagement, such as conspiracy theories, vaccine hesitancy, and climate change denial. He is interested in novel and experimental forms of communication that foreground the emotional aspects of public engagement with science.
Date: May 26th
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Location: online and in-person at Burlington House