Publications

Apr 20, 2026 es Practice Insight

Recreational science resources for addressing COVID-19.

by Nereida Martínez-Báez , Amelia Rodríguez-Pinedo , Elizabeth Ruiz-García , Miguel Garcia-Guerrero , Diogo Lopes-de Oliveira

Providing access to reliable and accessible information in the face of novel or uncertain scenarios is one of the greatest challenges for public communication of science. This becomes especially sensitive in the field of health, where decisions can literally have life-or-death consequences. Encouraging the public to move beyond confirmation bias and question their beliefs in order to base their opinions on scientific consensus is a major challenge. This article analyzes the process of conceptualizing, designing, and testing recreational science workshops created to address issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a disease that between March 2020 and August 2022 caused 590 million infections and 6.4 million deaths worldwide. The activities were tested with 211 students aged 8 to 12 in a primary school in Zacatecas, Mexico. Questionnaires were sent to all participants, and 117 responses were obtained. The results point to a greater understanding of and interest in topics related to the novel coronavirus, as well as contagion prevention, vaccines, and the problems associated with self-medication.

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Apr 07, 2026 es Article

“Maripensario”: A Bridge Between Science and Outreach. Interactive Science Museum (MIC), Quito, Ecuador.

by María Susana Robledo

The article documents the participatory design experience between the MIC and the Ikiam Regional Amazon University for the creation of the exhibition “Maripensario”, based on neurobiological research on Heliconiini butterflies. Through interviews and content analysis, it examines the process of translating scientific knowledge into an immersive, emotional, aesthetic, and educational proposal. The exhibition integrated art and science, proposing a situated and transformative model of science communication that strengthens the dialogue between academia and museums, and positions the MIC as a space for collective learning and critical reflection.

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Mar 02, 2026 es Review

An overview with roots: narrating science communication from Ibero-America

by Teresa Avila Alba

El libro Comunicar la ciencia en Iberoamérica: un sobrevuelo por la región ofrece una reconstrucción histórica inédita de la comunicación pública de la ciencia en 12 países iberoamericanos. Documenta la evolución del campo y reúne perspectivas nacionales y regionales, destacando la diversidad y los desafíos que enfrenta. Su enfoque colectivo y comparativo consolida una memoria común y abre una agenda crítica para pensar la comunicación de la ciencia en el futuro.

The book Communicating Science in Ibero-America: An Overview of the Region offers an unprecedented historical reconstruction of public science communication across 12 Ibero-American countries. It documents the evolution of the field and brings together both national and regional perspectives, highlighting its diversity as well as the challenges it faces. The book’s collective and comparative approach consolidates a shared memory and opens a critical agenda for reflecting on the future of science communication in the region.

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Feb 09, 2026 es Article

Institutionalization of public communication of science in Mexico: an exploratory study in research centers

by Ma. Luisa Montes Rojas , David Alonso Leija Roman , Felipe Caballero Briones

This study examines the degree of institutionalization of Public Communication of Science (PCS) in Mexico based on a sample of 83 research centers belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), and the Public Research Centers coordinated by the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (SECIHTI). Using a structured questionnaire grounded in the multilevel model proposed by Entradas and Bauer, the study identifies budgetary inequalities, the predominance of one-way activities, and partial progress in policies and professionalization. The findings place the Mexican case within a broader Latin American process of transition towards the consolidation of PCS as a strategic function of the scientific system.

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Jan 19, 2026 es Practice Insight

Science festival with beer: evaluation of the world’s austral most Pint of Science 2025 (Trelew, Chubut, Argentina)

by Juliana Sterli , María Mercedes Caldentey , Elisa Soledad Martínez Quiroga

The global science festival Pint of Science has been organized since 2013 and is characterized by being an event where the scientific community communicates its research in a pleasant language to a non-specialized public in a decontracted environment, such as bars. In 2025, it was organized from May 19th to May 21st in 251 cities from 27 countries. Trelew city (Chubut, Argentina) witnessed its first Pint of Science in 2025, being the world’s australmost city where this event was held. With the objective of having a demographic sample of the public that attended the event and their opinions, we designed a survey that was distributed among the audience. One hundred and twenty-seven people explicitly authorized to use their responses in a publication. The responses were analyzed, and the results were compared with other published events of Pint of Science (Brazil and Thailand). From the comparison, some common demographic characteristics emerge (e.g., gender proportions and mean age). However, we should be cautious given the historical, social, and economic differences among the audiences of the different events. The public of PoS Trelew 2025 qualified the event as good and excellent.

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Nov 19, 2025 pt Article

Environmental Communication in Brazil: a plural and diverse area

by Eloisa Beling Loose

This article maps the use of the term “Environmental Communication” in academic articles and postgraduate research within the context of Brazilian scholarship. While the circulation of environmental discourses has grown in professional settings, academic development in the field has not kept pace. There has been progress in epistemological debates surrounding environmental journalism, but this remains limited and needs to be expanded to other subfields. Concurrently, forms of communication employed by activists, social movements, traditional communities, and Indigenous peoples - who advocate for alternative relationships with nature - can be observed. Although these groups may not explicitly adopt the term 'environmental,' their communicative practices align with the principles of Latin American environmentalism.

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Nov 10, 2025 pt Article

Contributions of the relationship between arts and sciences to science communication in the current context: a literature mapping in Brazilian theses and dissertations on the theme

by Ana Lúcia P. N. Alvaro , Patrícia Figueiró Spinelli Dra. , Mônica Santos Dahmouche

In this article, we investigate the relationship between arts and sciences as presented in Brazilian theses and dissertations from 2018 to 2022, aiming to understand their contributions as current strategies for science communication. We conducted qualitative research using literature mapping, based on a search in the Theses and Dissertations Archive from the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education – CAPES. After analyzing 61 studies, we inferred their typologies and main ideas. The results point to six approach perspectives for using this relationship in science communication, demonstrating its potential to contribute to a viewpoint that deconstructs hegemonic ideas about science.

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Oct 27, 2025 es Review

19th RedPOP Congress “Living Science: Connecting minds and communities””

by Teresa Vernal Vilicic

The 19th Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Popularisation of Science and Technology (RedPOP) ‘Living Science: Connecting Minds and Communities’ was held from 9 to 13 September in the city of Puebla, Mexico. The review describes a chronology of the most relevant activities carried out during the meeting between professionals, communicators and researchers in the field of science communication in Latin America. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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Oct 13, 2025 es Article

Mathematics festival in southern Chile: assessment of its impact on attitudes towards mathematics

by Daniel Bravo , Javiera Constanza Esparza Chuñil , Claudio Enrique Opazo Arellano , Michel Parra Calderón

This study evaluates how a Mathematics Festival influences students’ attitudes toward the discipline in a secondary school in southern Chile. Using an adapted version of the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI), the research reveals a positive impact on students’ appreciation of mathematics. A novel finding was a motivational difference by gender, with an increase among male students and a decrease among female students. The results highlight the relevance of such festivals in strengthening positive perceptions of mathematics and the need for inclusive approaches..

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Sep 15, 2025 pt Practice Insight

Girls in science: scientific management and communication

by Maria Fernanda Marques Fernandes

The present study establishes connections between science communication (SC) and social project management. The case of a SC event on gender equity in science with adolescents and female researchers is studied. Representative of a group of similar SC initiatives, the event is divided into six phases of a social project's life cycle, each of which is analyzed according to good management practices, identifying points where failure to apply these practices led to missed opportunities. In conclusion, it is recommended that SC projects do not fail to record and document their processes.

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