Science communication, science in media, public engagement with science and technology, science policy
Twenty years ago, science communication in Ireland was barely a
recognisable phenomenon. That began to change in the mid-1990s
and science communication is now a well-recognised field of
professional practice and of voluntary effort, involving state
agencies, government departments, academic societies, higher
education institutions and many more. A broadly similar process
has been under way across scores of countries in all continents.
The analyses and reflections collected here are elements of a case
study of science communication’s rapid evolution in one country
among many.