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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Classical Public Engagement?
One of the things I have noticed in the past couple of years is that all kinds of interesting and unexpected invitations come my way. I think this is something arising from the award of the L’Oreal/UNESCO Laureate in 2009 … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science
Tagged Essential Classics, public engagement, Sarah Walker, UNESCO
3 Comments
From Invisibility to Power
What can be done to render women in science less invisible? A few women may stand out from the crowd, both historically and at the present time, but the list of women scientists most people – by which I mean … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture, Women in Science
Tagged Nature, Royal Society, SpotOn London, Woman's Hour
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Risk, Education and Politicians
As usual I’m a trifle behindhand in my reading, so only now am I catching up with the Darwin Lectures on Risk, a series of lectures given in 2010 and now available as a book or on your Kindle). This … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Education, Uncategorized
Tagged British Academy, David Spiegelhalter, mathematics, quantitative skills, risk, statistics
4 Comments
What You Don’t See at Conferences
Academics get to go to conferences in exotic places, there is no doubt about that. But that is not the same thing as getting to see the exotic places in which the conferences are held. In my experience, too often … Continue reading
Hypothesising about Interdisciplinarity
How often have I heard it said that ‘the policies are good but the implementation is shaky’? I could make that comment about many of the issues around women in science, where the best-intentioned policies are defeated by negativity, implicit … Continue reading
Posted in Biological Physics, Interdisciplinary Science
Tagged Doug Kell, grant proposal, hypotheses, referees, Research Council
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