We are pleased to announce that the first issue of JCOM for 2017 is now online.

 

Go to https://jcom.sissa.it/ to find all articles, available open access.

 

The new issue includes original research papers on how to engage and retain volunteers in citizen science projects, the potential of science cafés, a study on online videos on climate change produced for the internet and television, and a case study of deliberative democracy tools to address socio-scientific issues at school.

 

A set of five commentaries focuses on the public role of academics, coordinated by Dr Rob Lambert, Deputy Director of the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at the Australian National University. Multiple authors reflect on how and why they can become “public intellectuals”, engage in public discourse, and how can science communicators contribute to this process.

 

You can also subscribe to receive the table of contents from the JCOM website (https://jcom.sissa.it/subscribe-now-jcom-newsletter).

 

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