Communicating science: some highlights from the BSA conference, part 1

I just spent 2 days at the British Science Association’s Science Communication Conference.  I haven’t been to this particular shindig in quite a few years; it’s quite a mixture of folk: academics, science popularisers, PR officers, evaluators, artists, you name it.  Five highlights: 1. Tackling obesity through an evidence-based campaign The ‘Behaviour and Choice’ plenary [...]

Learning to love the stacks

I’m just starting a new project that involves doing a literature search before getting stuck into interviewing. I spent untold years doing ad hoc research, in a cab-style ‘take the next project’ sort of way, and I can’t tell you what a complete pleasure it is to be allowed to go and look at the [...]

Hitting the wall: inevitable Twitter navel-gazing

I think I’ve hit a bit of a wall with Twitter.  The excitement of all the initial exploration and discovery has been overtaken by some feelings of hmmm, how can I put it?  Weary drudgery. Overload.  Disconnection. I do recognise this flat phase from other networking – eventually after a bit of wild expansion, you [...]