ArticlePublic understanding of science (Bristol, England)2025
Science communication, politics and power: Social justice perspectives.
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- Science communication in the wild.Public understanding of science (Bristol, England) · 2026Article
- Getting Serious about Useful Chemistry Learning: A Case for Attending to Epistemological Messaging.Journal of chemical education · 2026Review
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Abstract
Concerns about social justice are long standing across many fields. In this article, we outline key social justice concepts in relation to science communication, before examining the politics of science and science communication in more detail. We argue more focus is needed on how certain forms of politics and power travel through science and science communication in ways that have created, reinforced and/or ameliorated structural inequities. We argue that foregrounding social justice perspectives helps make explicit the power dynamics involved in creating and communicating knowledge. For us, this is a purposeful move that resists the urge to tidy away, 'naturalise' or otherwise hide politics and power. We invite readers to collectively interrogate our existing science communication theories and practices with a view to transforming them to be more just and meaningfully improve people's lives and ecosystems.
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