Communicating Science Clearly

This unique self-help guide equips undergraduates, postgraduate students, and early career researchers within the sciences with transferrable communication skills that they can adapt and refer back to as they progress through their careers.

It provides practical guidance on how to best communicate science in a range of different settings. This book facilitates clear and concise communication in both academic scenarios and the workplace. It covers settings ranging from job interviews, through conference presentations, to explaining your research to the general public.

It is illustrated with first-hand experiences, top tips, and "dos and don?ts" to demonstrate best practices. It will also be a valuable guide for established academics who would like a refresher or a guide to new avenues of science communication, such as podcasts.

Key Features:

• Written by an award-winning professional science journalist and broadcaster with 25 years? experience, including writing for national newspapers, devising and presenting programmes for BBC Radio 4, and being interviewed on radio, TV, video, and podcasts


• Covers science communication in a broad range of settings including peer-to-peer, to your manager, at job interviews, and during media appearances


• Includes advice from a range of experts who communicate professionally, including a radio producer, a TV presenter, actors and entertainers, and scientists

Additional video material to accompany this book can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLUWyRwmgFlW7_NrNupeuiJ86OxIWHZ6I.

Science communication is an integral part of any scientist?s career. Sharon Ann Holgate provides a concise, clear foundation for science students and researchers who want to develop their communication skills. Based on years of practical experience as a science writer and broadcaster, Holgate provides tips for a wide range of communication skills needed in a modern scientific career, including consideration of audience and keeping explanations concise and on message. Holgate notes that ?by the summer of 2020, most of us had experienced a sea change in how we communicated,? and provides guidance about using remote technologies. Practical sections ranging from conference presentations to writing and broadcasting online are relevant for those who use diverse methods for communicating about their science. With massive and rapid changes in technologies, media and work practices, there is always room for reflexivity about communication and practice to improve skills.

-Reviewed by Nancy Longnecker; Professor of Science Communication; University of Otago, New Zealand.