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- Vidas online: a (crescente) digitalização da vida social durante a pandemiaPublication . Delicado, Ana; Rowland, Jussara; Estevens, João; Truninger, Monica
- Comunicação de ciência em Portugal: a perspetiva dos cidadãos. Recomendações para decisores e comunicadores em PortugalPublication . Delicado, Ana; Rowland, Jussara; Estevens, João; Truninger, Monica; Falanga, Roberto; Schmidt, LuísaO CONCISE Papel da comunicação de ciência nas perceções e crenças dos cidadãos europeus sobre ciência é um projeto de investigação que procura compreender o papel que a comunicação de ciência desempenha na origem das crenças, perceções e conhecimento sobre questões científicas.
- Personal Epistemologies and Science Information: Exploring the Role of Scientific Evidence and Trust in Four Science-Related TopicsPublication . Rowland, Jussara; Estevens, João; Delicado, AnaThis chapter is based on a consultation on science communication organised in Portugal, in November 2019, in the context of the EU-funded project CONCISE (Communication Role on Perception and Beliefs of EU Citizens about Science). The main goal of the project was to provide qualitative knowledge through citizen consultation on the sources/channels by which EU citizens acquire their science-related knowledge and to understand how this knowledge influences their beliefs, opinions, and perceptions. The public consultation was held in Lisbon and had 102 citizens participating each in four rounds of group discussions, each revolving around a distinct science-related topic: climate change, vaccines, comple-mentary and alternative medicine,1 and GMOs (genetically modified organisms)2 . Using vignettes to illustrate individual positions, in this chapter, we examine these discussions through the lens of personal epis-temology theories (Hofer, 2008) and epistemic trust (Hendriks et al., 2016), focusing on the positions of selected participants throughout the four rounds of discussions of the Portuguese consultation. Our research question: how are personal epistemologies of science expressed when participants discuss different science-related topics? More specifically, by analysing the basis upon which participants justify their epistemic trust (or distrust) in science and expert knowledge, when assessing information on these subjects, we aim to reflect on the relation-ships individuals have with science in general and with specific scientific topics and how trust in scientific expertise is contextually interpreted.
- Plataforma Online PERSIST. Ferramenta de avaliação para atividades de envolvimento com a ciênciaPublication . Delicado, Ana; Vicente, Helena; Rowland, Jussara; Estevens, João; Truninger, Monica; Falanga, RobertoA plataforma digital PERSIST é um instrumento de avaliação da eficácia de uma atividade de envolvimento com a ciência. Foi desenvolvida no âmbito de um projeto Erasmus+. Está disponível em acesso aberto em https://persist.erasmus.site/pt/platform/.
- Public consultation held in Lisbon (Portugal)Publication . Delicado, Ana; Rowland, Jussara; Estevens, João
- Climate change and public perception. Citizens' proposals for better communication and involvementPublication . Mendoza-Poudereux, Isabel; Dziminska, Malgorzata; Pellegrini, Giuseppe; Rowland, JussaraThis paper explains how a participative approach was used to collect first-hand citizens’ suggestions on how to improve science communication regarding Climate Change. A public consultation involving citizens from 5 different European countries revealed various perspectives concerning their communication preferences on scientific topics. Five main themes emerged following citizens' proposals for better communication and involvement: producer of information, medium, message strategies, audiences and areas of action and engagement.
- 50 anos de construção de uma democracia participativa em matérias ambientaisPublication . Delicado, Ana; Rowland, Jussara
- Visual Representations of Science in a Pandemic: COVID-19 in ImagesPublication . Delicado, Ana; Rowland, JussaraThis article aims to contribute to the understanding of the social dimensions of the 2020 pandemic, with a particular emphasis on the visual practices of science communication in times of health emergency, by analyzing how the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is being visually represented. It seeks to identify the format and content of images used to illustrate online information about the pandemic, in particular, from websites of policy institutions, research promoters, and media in Portugal and Spain. By examining a sample containing 600 images, it aims to identify the messages being conveyed and the effects these images intend to provoke and to illuminate the differences in representations among the three sources of communication. Differences and similarities with visual images of previous pandemics (influenza, AIDS) are examined. This article ascertains that policy websites aim to be mostly prescriptive, relying on infographics to convey prevention and care instructions to its audiences. On the other hand, science websites rely mostly on stock photos and images from scientific articles to illustrate current research, while newspaper websites are the most diversified in terms of the images they use and the topics they cover. This study concludes that representations of science are still very much based on stereotypical imagery of labs and white coats, that representations of the medical side of the pandemic are focused on images of intensive care that aim to generate fear and stimulate responsible behavior, and that the social aspects of the pandemic are illustrated by images that focus either on pandemic prevention (e.g., washing hands) or on the impacts of the pandemic itself (e.g., empty streets during lockdown).
- Engaging the Public with CCUS: Reflection on a European Project ApproachPublication . Dütschke, Elisabeth; Alsheimer, Sven; Bohn Bertoldo, Raquel; Delicado, Ana; Duscha, Vicki; Germán, Silvia; Gonçalves, Lila; Kappler, Lena; López-Asensio, Sergi; Mays, Claire; Oltra, Christian; Poumadere, Marc; Prades, Ana; Preuß, Sabine; Rowland, Jussara; Schmidt, Luísa; M. L. Veloso, FernandaThe aim of this paper is to share our approach for a societal engagement and participation process that is implemented as part of two sequential research projects on CCUS. The two projects are both funded under the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 research program. The first one, STRATEGY CCUS (2019-2022), develops strategic development plans for eight regions in South-East Europe; the second, Pilot STRATEGY (2021-2026), partly builds on the first project; Pilot STRATEGY aims at enabling three of the eight regions to start developing their storage resources concretely and to support two further regions in continuing to explore CCUS as an option. Both projects were designed in a way that they integrate geological, technical and economic research with social sciences, with a focus on the regional level. The paper provides an overview on the concept, objectives and the methodologies for the engagement process. It further includes reflections identifying room for improvement and provides recommendations for other projects. Overall, we find that the situation is characterized by low levels of awareness regarding CCUS, but some openness to discuss it. Specific expectations vary and the societal view is not always in line with the current scientific knowledge and the technological development. Important recommendations include building strong interdisciplinary teams that also implement processes for self-reflection.
- Participatory tools for disaster risk management with children and young peoplePublication . Rowland, Jussara; Arenas, Miriam; Cordani, Flaminia; Grisi, Anna; Nikolaraizi, Magda; Papazafiri, Maria; Williams, Alison Lloyd; Goto, Aya; Bingley, AmandaThis chapter explores the tools and methods used to include children’s voices in disaster risk management (DRM) that we found to be effective during the different stages of the CUIDAR project. Examples include creative and artistic methods such as drawing, participatory mapping, photovoice, active thinking and planning, storytelling, and video and performance art. In working with these tools, our aim was to inform and foster communication and informal learning, and give more value to the local and grounded knowledges of children and young people, their families and communities, suggesting practical ways of promoting intergenerational learning. Policy-makers and practitioners can use these tools, methods and examples for inspiration, and to promote more child-centred disaster management and civil protection in Europe and beyond.