Articles on Public engagement
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A study of over 6,000 posts by European football associations demonstrates that communities react very differently, depending on the type of diversity up for debate.
There’s low public awareness of how research is funded.
Parliaments can rescue democracy by encouraging engagement and genuine public participation.
Students learned not just a practical outdoor skill, but how to explain what they were learning to curious observers.
Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public sphere.
Failing to understand what communities consider important greatly diminishes the responsiveness of policies to the actual needs of individuals.
As negotiations for an international pandemic treaty get underway, public engagement is in the best interests of Canadians. Here is how the federal government is consulting affected populations.
Problems with party politics abound, largely driven by the fusion of executive and legislative powers that enforces party discipline. Here’s how to get the public more involved.
A new report suggests the government has less to fear from promoting sustainable lifestyles than it expects.
While policy organizations publicly claim that they want input from racialized and other marginalized communities, many fail to listen to, accept or integrate what those communities have to say.
Scientists enjoyed informing, exciting and inspiring the public.
A survey of over a thousand scientists reveals that their goal when communicating about their work is to help the rest of us make evidence-based decisions that draw on scientific findings.
Ten years on from the MPs expenses scandal, there remains in Westminster a lingering culture of elitism and a ‘we know best attitude’.
We’re running out of time – so we can’t leave it all to Greta Thunburg and David Attenborough.
Connecting with an audience in a productive way can mean first figuring out what they think, feel and believe before you start sharing your message.
The new White Paper can help scientists understand better why public engagement is crucial.
Maps can show “the big picture” to lots and lots of people in an engaging and colourful way.
Under 10 percent of new Citi Bike and Divvy bike docks are sited where residents suggested using interactive online maps, a new study shows. But that doesn’t mean city officials weren’t listening.
From the curious to the serious – a bird’s eye view of the unique ways in which The Conversation covers the world.
Scientific ideas can get lost in forests of words that lack structure and overuse complex language. Just like Sleeping Beauty, they need rescuing.















