Public Understanding of Science: CALL FOR PAPERS
Public Understanding of Science (http://pus.sagepub.com) is inviting papers
on "Publics and Science: New Understandings". In the last decade, there has
been considerable attention paid to publics and their views on and
understandings of science. A major starting point was the challenge to
traditional views of “the public”, how they came about their understandings,
and the social constructions of “science”. This debate has been labeled as
the deficit model versus a more interactive view of publics and science. We
have made important strides since these early discussions and it is timely
that we attempt to synthesize where this field has gone since those early years.
The journal is inviting essays and research studies that demonstrate new
theoretical directions, policy considerations or practical perspectives that
will illustrate how our thinking has evolved in these three domains. A
special issue will be devoted to the topic. Questions about potential
submissions will be entertained.
Please send your manuscripts (6,000 words for research notes, 10,000 words
for theoretical essays and empirical studies) in APA style by January 15,
2006 to [log in to unmask]
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