Katrine Kergrohen Donois

Katrine is a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at ARU, looking at the ways in which science is communicated.

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Research interests

Thesis title:

Science, Society, and the Media: Bridging the Communication Divide.

Supervisory team

Dr Lewis Goodings
Prof Mick Finlay
Dr Nicola Gibson

Summary of research

Katrine's research concerns the multiple ways in which 'science' is communicated or understood and examines the processes that impact the effective communication of science.

The main focus of her PhD is on investigating how non-experts perceive scientists (or experts) in order to gain a deeper understanding of likely reactions from non-experts in regard to acceptance of science and expert knowledge or advice.

In addition, the project seeks to explore how scientists actually 'go about' communicating contested science (such as routine vaccinations, anthropogenic climate change, and genetically modified organisms).

Finally, Katrine's project seeks to consider possible steps to improve science communication.