FULL PROGRAMME SCIENCE, STORIES AND SOCIETY THE SOUL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION 1 INTRODUCTION SPONSORS STUART RESIDENCE HALLS COUNCIL 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Committees 4 Welcome 7 Map of Dunedin 11 Map of Conference Venue 12 Keynote Speakers 14 Plenary Panels 31 Plenary Moderators and Interviewers 40 Programme Outline 46 Abstracts 82 Survey 440 Programme book designed and produced by Lloyd Spencer Davis and Anna Mills of Conference Innovators 3 COMMITTEES PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Jenni Metcalfe, Australia (Chair) Martin Bauer, United Kingdom Massimiano Bucchi, Italy Lloyd Spencer Davis, New Zealand Luisa Massarani, Brazil Brian Trench, Ireland MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 2016-2018 President: Brian Trench – Europe Vice-president: Lloyd Davis – Asia, Australasia Secretary: Michelle Riedlinger – Africa and the Americas Treasurer: Toss Gascoigne – Asia, Australasia Chair, Documentation Committee: Hans Peter Peters – Europe Chair, Program Committee: Jenni Metcalfe – Asia, Australasia Chair, Web and Social Media Committee: Sarah Davies – Under 35 Ayelet Baram-Tsabari – Asia, Australasia 4 Martin W Bauer – Europe Massimiano Bucchi – Europe Karen Bultitude – Europe Gultekin Cakmakci – Asia, Australasia Donghong Cheng – Asia, Australasia Sook-kyoung Cho – Asia, Australasia Birte Fähnrich – Under 35 Alexander Gerber – Europe Marina Joubert – Africa and the Americas Xuan Liu – Under 35 Luisa Massarani – Africa and the Americas Ana Claudia Nepote – Africa and the Americas Luz Helena Oviedo – Africa and the Americas Andrew Pleasant – Africa and the Americas Jan Riise – Europe Dietram Scheufele – Africa and the Americas Bernard Schiele – Africa and the Americas Melanie Smallman – Europe Masataka Watanabe – Asia, Australasia Sara Yeo – Under 35 LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE Lloyd Spencer Davis, University of Otago (Chair) Jesse Bering, University of Otago Wiebke Finkler, University of Otago 5 Sue Harvey, University of Otago Manon Knapen, University of Otago Nancy Longnecker, University of Otago Fabien Medvecky, SCANZ and University of Otago 6 WELCOME SHARE YOUR STORIES The theme of PCST 2018, Science, Stories and Society takes us to the core of the worldwide science communication endeavour. Stories are one of the principal means by which science is situated in society. Stories represent science in many different ways, reflecting diverse contributors and contexts. As members of society, we receive and perceive science through the stories told by scientists, teachers, popular science authors, journalists, museums and science centres, and so many more. As members of society, scientists also constitute audiences for stories told about other parts of science, as well as being storytellers about their own science. Not so long ago, such propositions might have caused anxiety, or antagonism, in scientific communities. "We don't make up stories," it could have been said. "We tell nature as it is". Telling stories carried the connotation of making things up, of fiction, and this was contrasted with exposition or explanation as fact-telling. It is one of the notable achievements of the science communication movement of the past two decades to have stimulated awareness that there are many and increasing ways of communicating science with various audiences. Part of that awareness is breaking down the supposed hard border between presenting facts and telling stories. Facts need to be selected, dressed and put into order for them to be communicated; they need, in other words, to be arranged into stories. Informal storytelling is part of all of our daily lives and formats like science cafés try to reproduce that. Formal storytelling is the professional work of explainers, mediators, publicists, broadcasters and others. Science communication as a field of practice and of research covers both of these domains. As practice, it is increasingly 7 professionalised, but it is not limited to the work of professionals. As research, it considers how society talks about science or, if you like, the stories society tells about science. In the science communication community we have developed our own stories about our own evolution. According to one of our guiding stories, science used to be told top-down to society but now we understand that talk about science takes place in and with society. That shift is only part of the story, an important part, but still only part. Through reflection and research, through international collaborations and conferences like ours, we are developing more sophisticated stories about who we are and where we are heading. In a global perspective, which uniquely the PCST conferences offer, we see the co-existence and co-evolution of diverse and apparently contradictory forms of communication. At PCST 2018 in Dunedin, thousands of stories will be told and heard. Thank you for coming and sharing your stories. Brian Trench President PCST Network SCIENCE, STORIES AND SOCIETY...THE SOUL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION Tēnā koutou katoa (Greetings to you all). It is my great pleasure, on behalf of the Organising Committee, to welcome you all to Dunedin, New Zealand – or Middle Earth as it is known around here – for PCST 2018. We have done everything within our hobbit-like powers to make this the most stimulating, thought-provoking, entertaining and enjoyable conference you will have ever experienced. The Environs This starts with the setting: Dunedin lies at the base of the beautiful Otago Harbour with its associated Otago Peninsula. Within the city's boundaries can be found the world's only mainland colony of albatross (and they are not just any albatross, but Royal Albatross, the largest in the world); the world's rarest sea lion; and two species of penguins, including the world's rarest, the Yellow-eyed Penguin. A large green belt of native bush and forest runs through the city containing a plethora of 8 New Zealand native birds, glow-worm grottos and Peripatus (velvet worms), living fossils that have changed little in 500 million years. You get the picture: we inhabitants of Dunedin are a little unusual, but not just because of our hairy feet. And, we hope that during your stay here, you will take the time to get to know some of us. The University of Otago, where the conference is being held, is New Zealand's oldest university and arguably its most picturesque. Founded in 1869, it sits on the banks of the Leith River and contains a mixture of old stone buildings and strikingly modern ones. The St David Lecture Theatre complex – the main venue for PCST 2018 – is one of the latter, with first-class audio-visual facilities, break-out rooms and casual spaces. Importantly, it incorporates a café and we trust you will avail yourselves of the places to lounge and network with other conference goers – or step outside and enjoy sitting on the lawns or sculptured steps beside the calming waters of the Leith. Themes PCST 2018 is opening with a gala evening on Tuesday 3 April and, then, each of the three main days is highlighting a different theme: Science, Stories and Society – the three elements that really are the heart and soul of science communication. PCST 2018 will explore that nexus between science, stories and society, that place where science communication lives. Keynotes We have an exciting line-up of Keynote Speakers and Plenary Panelists for you. We have taken a great deal of care to ensure that our Keynote and Plenary speakers are gifted orators and have stimulating and, even, provocative things to say about science communication. We are also bringing a range of different formats to our keynote slots: in addition to the normal single-presenter keynotes, we are having plenary panel discussions and interviews. You should not miss our keynotes and plenary sessions. Parallel Sessions Try as we might, we were simply unable to reduce the number of parallel sessions below 10 and still accommodate all the excellent proposals we received. We have taken care to curate the parallel sessions so that they represent the major themes of the conference each day with a variety of formats. At any one time, there will be individual paper sessions, grouped papers, roundtables, ideas in progress, show tell and talk, and workshops. In other words, we hope there will always to be something to interest you. 9 Poster Sessions We have worked hard to elevate the role of poster presentations at PCST 2018; to make them a jewel in the conference's crown. This includes giving special prominence to posters in the foyer of the conference venue, having dedicated poster sessions with associated social activities, and theme-based tours of posters that turn them into “visual talks” – all ways of ensuring that authors of posters get valuable opportunities to discuss their work. We want to show that posters need not be the booby prize but, instead, the most rewarding way of all at PCST conferences to exchange ideas and get feedback about your research and reflections regarding science communication. Social Interactions and Networking Of course, so many of us say that the best part of PCST conferences is the networking and we certainly want to facilitate that. In addition to the social functions associated with the posters, we are having the conference dinner at New Zealand's only castle; a gala opening-cum-reception at the Regent Theatre; and a social function in the new science centre of the Otago Museum. Plus, Dunedin is littered with bars, pubs and fine places to eat if you want to take yourself away from the throngs for a catch-up with friends and colleagues. The café culture in Dunedin is really vibrant too, with excellent coffee available everywhere. The hub of Dunedin's nightlife is in the Octagon, the city centre, which is an easy walk from the conference venue. Middle Earth While we hope that PCST 2018 alone proves so attractive, insightful and enjoyable that you will be thankful you came for that alone, we hope that you will also take time to enjoy some of our unique wildlife (some of which is featured in this programme) and stunning scenery.