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SPECIAL GUEST: Isabelle Kingsley (UNSW)
From school teacher, to science communicator, to events producer, and now researcher, Isabelle Kingsley has spent her career spanning widely different areas of science education and outreach. She founded the Sydney Science Festival in 2015 which has grown into an annual festival attended by over 80,000 people. While she was running the Sydney Science Festival she began to wonder what sort of educational impact public science events actually have.
This inspired her to undertake her PhD at the University of New South Wales where she is developing methods to quantify what people actually learn from public science events. Despite the proliferation of science communication and outreach across the world we actually don’t know how effective these initiatives are at increasing science literacy and comprehension. Isabelle’s work will help improve the efforts of science communicators and educators and help make science engagement more effective into the future.
Visit Isabelle’s website to find out more or follow her research and outreach journey on Twitter and Instagram @isabellekingsley
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Ep 23. Sneaky skinks and things that are pink with Julia Riley
Ep 22. Slime moulds, robot swarms, and renaissance men with Chris Reid
Ep 21. Analytics, Academia and Alternative Careers with Mezo
Ep 20. Global Astronomy Month with Christie McMonigal
Ep 19. Program or be programmed with Kelly Tagalan
Ep 18. Space, Startups and Saucepans with Solange Cunin
Ep 17. Orchid hunting, bird spotting and book writing with Julia Cooke
Ep 16. Exploration, Entrepreneurs and Abyss Solutions with Dr Nasir Ahsan
Ep 15. Knödel, computing and tin foil hat stuff with Tim Kahlke
Ep 14. Rage lizards, snake probes and turtle tunnels with James Baxter Gilbert
Ep 13. Red light spider fights and scientific storytelling with Leilani Walker
Ep 12. Ants, ants and more ants with Ravindra Palavalli Nettimi
Ep 11. Faecal transplants, biological warfare and phage hunting with Heather Hendrickson
Ep 10. Plants, Panama disease and fishing for mould with Ed Liew
Ep 9. Oztronauts, outreach and evidence based policy with Tom Gordon
Ep 8. Airborne contraceptives, police ants and mediocre pool shots with Luke Holman
Ep 7. Weevils, weaponry and terrible puns with Chrissie Painting
Ep 6. Perfumery, persistence and parenthood with Anne Gaskett
Ep 5. Banana bread, grasshoppers and the colour of Tuesday with Kate Umbers
Ep 4. Debris disks, astronauts and STEMpunk with Shane Hengst
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