Various talks that I’ve given are available online in video or audio format. They include:
2007, October: “Science in Books after World War II,” delivered at Trust in Science workshop (Toronto, Canada), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfVLO7z4ICg
2007, November: “Imagination and Science,” delivered at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptwj94AOG-E.
2009, Spring: Communication in the Life Sciences, class session at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmH6Pjy010.
2011, June: “Why YOU should care about public understanding of science,” delivered at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4C7aN4qxro.
2011, October: “Talking about Complex Issues” (a talk-show with my Cornell colleague Poppy McLeod on public radio station WSKG in upstate New York), http://www.wskg.org/episode/talking-about-complex-issues.
2012, April: “Four Questions about Scientific Communication” (I’m one of four people interviewed during the International Conference on Public Communication of Science & Technology, Florence, Italy), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_bK7HgDcic.
2012, April: “Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy panel discussion” at Villanova University (I’m part of a panel talking with science filmmaker Randy Olson about his use of film to communicate science), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIVtxisPzvY.
2013, May: “Recreation and PCST,” keynote address at 13th Conference of Network on Popularization of Science & Technology in Latin America & the Caribbean (RedPOP), in Zacatecas, Mexico, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UmecCPZgt4.
2013, May: “Communicating Science Today,” interview by Edith Escalon, University of Veracruz, Mexico (this is part of a series of interviews taped at the RedPOP meeting in Zacatecas, Mexico), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY0xjCCtOAo.
2013, August, “The ‘problem’ of public understanding of science: Public knowledge of, attitudes towards, and interest in science,” audio and slides from presentation to US National Academy of Sciences Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences (Washington, DC), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD847XRuOlE.
2013, October, “Science communication in the media,” audio only from a talk at the International Seminar on Science and Innovation Cultures, Ramon Areces Foundation, Madrid, Spain (link) (slides from the talk).
2013, December, “Frictions and momentum” (or, if you prefer, “challenges and opportunities”), introductory remarks to panel at National Academy of Science Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences workshop on “Sustainable Infrastructures for Life Science Communication,” Washington, DC, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9iPA_PgNI.
2014, January, “Issues in public interfaces” (summary of 1st day of workshop on “Sustainable Infrastructures for Life Science Communication”), with Rick Borchelt, Washington, DC, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnCH2GxIua0.
2014, June, “Deficits, Dialogues, and Deniers,” keynote address at the 2nd Science Communication Conference of Portugal, held in Porto, Portugal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8yOrRQMmIo
2014, June, interviewed by Ricardo Braga on TVU (the TV station of the University of Porto, Portugal) in advance of my presentation at the 2nd Science Communication Conference of Portugal, http://tv.up.pt/videos/7GDG8k9D.
2014, July, interviewed by Luis Azevedo Rodrigues for his “Ciência Viva à Conversa” podcast, during the 2nd Science Communication Conference of Portugal in June 2015 (questions are in Portuguese, my responses in English), http://bit.ly/1qxGh9T (2 July 2014) and http://bit.ly/1PuYhhU (9 July 2014)
2016, February, talk on the politics of public engagement models, presented to a U.S. National Academy of Sciences committee on “Committee on Human Gene Editing: Scientific, Medical and Ethical Considerations,” https://vimeo.com/album/3827746/video/157341569 (11 February 2016).
2016, April, “Expertise, democracy, and science communication,” plenary lecture at International Network on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) conference in Istanbul, Turkey. (Delivered via pre-recorded video, which can be downloaded here. Full text available here.)
2018, August, pre-recorded lecture on “Research challenges in science communication,” prepared for master’s course on science communication research at Fiocruz/Museu da Vida in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Following the pre-recorded lecture, I answered questions via Skype, but that’s not on the video. https://vimeo.com/283587469 (6 August 2018)
2018, Fall, podcast “Can Scientific Facts Change Minds?” episode 2 of podcast When Science Speaks (produced by Mark Bayer of Bayer Strategic Consulting, which focuses on science policy issues)
2019, March, podcast “Should all scientists be visible on social media?” episode 1 of podcast Sharing Science (produced by Aviv Sharon and Yael Barel Ben-David of the Technion/Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Education in Science and Technology) (recorded in June 2017, released 2 March 2019).
2019, April, video on definitions of public engagement, produced by Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) as part of series on “What is STEM Engagement?”
2019, September, podcast “Communities have knowledge,” interviewed by Cornell sociologist Chris Wildeman for episode 34 of Doing Translational Research (produced by Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research).
2020, May, podcast “PCST 2020: The Conference That Wasn’t,” interviewed by Mark Sarvary for episode 87 of Locally Sourced Science (featuring science from the Finger Lakes region of New York State); this episode consisted of interviews conducted at the 2018 PCST conference in Dunedin, New Zealand. Produced in lieu of the 2020 PCST conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, which was postponed to 2021 because of COVID-19.
2020, September, “Public engagement, power, and communities,” keynote address delivered at closing of “Public Engagement with Science” (PEWS2020) virtual conference sponsored by Michigan State University. (12 September 2020).
2021, January, commentary on “Science Communication Research: An Empirical Field Analysis,” a report published in 2020 from the Institute for Science and Innovation Communication. The 18 January 2021 webinar begins with Prof. Alex Gerber summarizing the report. My comments begin at about minute 23:40, and are followed by comments from my colleagues Emily Dawson (University College London) and Ayelet Baram-Tsabari (Technion–Israel Insitute of Technology).
2021, May, “Defining Inclusive Science Communication,” keynote address delivered at virtual workshop on “Religion and Inclusive Science Communication,” organized by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and University of Haifa. My remarks begin at about minute 6:30. (The sound is a bit low — you may have to turn up your volume.)
2021, July, “Why public engagement is…and always has been and always will be…critical for science,” keynote address delivered to 1st Science Advocacy Institute Symposium (virtual). (The link goes directly to my talk, which is at about minute 88:00 in overall symposium.) [I gave a very slightly different version of this talk a month later, in August 2021, to a science communication symposium in Peru; the primary difference is a few references to Latin America and Peru. The link directly to the introduction to my talk is here, at about minute 4:38 in the video.]
2021, July, “Defining public engagement,” keynote address delivered at virtual conference on “Communicating the Future: Engaging the Public in Basic Science,” organized by Kavli-DOE Science Public Engagement Partnership (SciPEP). (Sound is low — you may have to turn up your volume.)
2023, May, “Como devemos organizar capacitações em divulgação científica?” [How should we organize science communication training?], a short video prepared by the Brazilian National Institute for Science Communication interviewing me and Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari regarding our 2022 paper on the topic. (Video is in English, subtitles in Portuguese.)