The 40th Anniversary of the Society for Risk Analysis presents an apt time to step back and
review the field of risk communication. In this review, we first evaluate recent debates over …

This article analyses the conceptual framework of brokerage at the science–policy interface
as an important boundary function to support trusted and transparent government decision …

Concerns about public misinformation in the United States—ranging from politics to science—
are growing. Here, we provide an overview of how and why citizens become (and …

Uncertainty is inherent to our knowledge about the state of the world yet often not
communicated alongside scientific facts and numbers. In the “posttruth” era where facts are …

Automated vehicles (AVs) already navigate US highways and those of many other nations
around the world. Current questions about AVs do not now revolve around whether such …

Certain science‐related topics elicit persistent public controversy, such as routine childhood
vaccinations and anthropogenic climate change. Many people are misinformed about the …

Ecologists who specialize in translational ecology (TE) seek to link ecological knowledge to
decision making by integrating ecological science with the full complement of social …

As the reach of science content in traditional media declines, many institutions and scientists
are turning to YouTube as a powerful tool for communicating directly with non-expert …

Previous research indicated that corrective information can sometimes provoke a so-called
“backfire effect” in which respondents more strongly endorsed a misperception about a …

Communicating science and technology is a high priority of many research and policy
institutions, a concern of many other private and public bodies, and an established subject of …