Fighting Science Misinformation

When the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held their first Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on “The Science of Science Communication” in 2012, the resulting series of papers recognized and addressed the growing concern that relevant science was increasingly not informing public action and policy. At the time of that first colloquium, the focus was often on individual practice and messaging–for example, how to talk about climate change with a particular audience. These colloquiums have concluded that a systems-based approach will require ongoing research partnerships as part of the solution.