Vital and vulnerable: science communication as a university subject

摘要: Over nearly three decades, science communication has become established as a subject of teaching and research in universities across the world. Its standing an academic discipline continues to be debated, but graduate degree programs doctoral field are increasing. Partly reflecting its inherent multi- interdisciplinary content, is embedded different institutions ways. These developments have been driven mainly by individual champions, some cases also institutional government policies. The diversity reflects part various histories affiliations programs. can seen sign subject’s vitality it condition vulnerability. Many given rise consultancies, applied research, publishing and, perhaps most notably, information from promoters indicates that particularly exposed rationalization affecting higher education many countries. Science communication’s position between disciplines departments may mean not always well equipped defend itself just when this need apparent.