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The Center for Science Communication Research (SCR) is the academic home of many of the field’s foremost and emerging science communication researchers. We provide evidence-based expert commentary and information for local, national, and international media outlets.
Looking for an expert source about the science of science communication? Reach out to Andra Brichacek, SOJC Communication Director, with your media inquiry.
SOJC science communication researchers John Sutter, Alex Segrè Cohen, and Ben Bunquin take an interdisciplinary approach to connect science and society and help us build better connections to the natural world.
Ellen Peters, director of the Center for Science Communication Research, tells the Yakima Herald-Republic that people prefer numerical data when making decisions. Peters wrote a book about numeracy.
Using too much data when writing about problems like climate change can spark anxiety, writes Ellen Peters, director of the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
When it comes to warning people about smoke hazards, offering too little or too much info are both risky, says Cathy Slavik, a postdoc fellow at the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
SOJC findings on protecting children from the risks of smoke is highlighted in a multimedia package focused on how UO scientists and researchers are working to understand and mitigate wildfires.
Scientists may be overlooking an effective way to educate the public about climate change, according to a study led by Ellen Peters, director of the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
SOJC researchers from the Center for Science Communication Research talk to Jefferson Public Radio about their efforts to design new infographics that better communicate increased wildfire smoke risks to kids.
Revising air pollution infographics used by U.S. government agencies may better help protect children from health risks posed by wildfire smoke, according to a paper by SOJC researcher Catherine Slavik.
