Why is it important to communicate your results to the public and policy-makers?

Nancy Baron. (2010). Stand up for science. Nature, 468(7327), 1032–1033. Alan Leshner. (2007). Outreach training needed. Science, 315, 161. Carl Safina. (2012). Why communicate science? APS News 21 (9), 8.

Communication: How-to

• AAAS Communicating Science website,
• AGU website on Communicating with the Media, Nancy Baron. (2010).
• Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter. Washington, DC:  Island Press. Randy Olson. (2009).
• Don’t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style. Washington, DC: Island Press.  Dennis Meredith. (2010).
• Explaining Research: How to Reach Key Audiences to Advance Your Work. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Where to go for more training

• The Leopold Leadership Program, Stanford University
• The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
• improvscience workshops

Scientists write about communicating on controversial issues

• David Blockstein. (2002). How to lose your political virginity while keeping your scientific credibility. BioScience, 52(1), 91–96.
• Thomas Mills & Roger Clark. (2001). Roles of Research Scientists in Natural Resource Decision-Making. Forest Ecology and Management, 153, 189–198.
• Michael Oppenheimer. (2011). What roles can scientists play in public discourse? Eos, 92(16), 133–140.
• Roger Pielke, Jr. (2008). Science and Politics: Accepting a Dysfunctional Union. Harvard International Review, (Summer), 36–41.