Prof. Eric Jensen
CEO and Research Director
Prof. Eric Jensen
CEO and Research Director
Books
Articles
Chapters
Reports
Publications
Books (selected)
Doing research in the real world: 5th Edition
From first planning to writing up your research, this complete guide will help you push your project forward. Walking you through every step you need…
Science communication: An introduction
A concise, coherent and easily readable textbook about the field of science communication, connecting the practice of science communicators with theory. In the book, recent…
Doing real research: A practical guide to social research
Challenging the formality and idealized settings of conventional methods teaching and opting instead for a real world approach to social research, this book offers frank,…
Culture and Social Change: Transforming society through the power of ideas.
This book brings together social sciencists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process. Culture is as much…
Articles in International Peer-reviewed Journals
Investigating diversity in European audiences for public engagement with research: Who attends European Researchers’ Night in Ireland, the UK and Malta?
European Researchers’ Night is an annual pan-European synchronized event devoted to public engagement with research. It was first held in 2005 and now occurs in…
Perceptions of the European Space Sector: Youth Engagement with Space Education Events
Space education not only plays a key role in helping young people understand the natural world and their impact on the planet but is also…
A place for space: The shift to online space education during a global pandemic
The COVID-19 global pandemic has transformed the relationship between science and society. The ensuing public health crisis has placed aspects of this relationship in harsh…
Evaluating researcher and stakeholder perspectives on socially responsible research and innovation practices in research performing organisations
The European Commission-funded GRRIP (Grounding RRI Practices) project aims to embed sustainable Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) practices in five research performing organisations (RPOs), focusing…
Trajectories of Experience through the Pandemic: A Qualitative Longitudinal Dataset
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a radical rupture into the lives of people around the world. Overnight society slowed to a standstill, strict rules were…
What drives belief in vaccination conspiracy theories in Germany?
In the midst of a pandemic, the efficacy of official measures to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis largely depends on public attitudes towards them, where conspiracy…
Why scientists agree to participate in science festivals: evidence from South Africa
Scientists are key actors in public engagement activities, such as science festivals. This study sought to explore factors that encouraged and/or deterred scientists’ participation in…
Pandemic: public feeling more positive about science
Research into people’s attitudes points to a pleasing shift: science and scientists in several countries are viewed more positively now than before the pandemic. This…
Evaluating the effectiveness of live animal shows at delivering information to zoo audiences
Live animal shows, which combine animal facts with trained behaviours, are commonly used to engage zoo visitors globally. However, such shows have been criticised for…
A Repeated Measures Dataset on Public Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Norms, Attitudes, Behaviors, Conspiracy Thinking, and (Mis)Information
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted social and cultural issues relevant to public health and the fundamental relationship between science and society. The pandemic has necessitated…
Chapters in Edited Books
Microgenetic evaluation: Studying learning in motion
Reflexivity is a category that is too appealing not to arouse interest. It is a concept largely diffused in several psychological domains, as well as…
Quantification
Counting has long been a major tool in social science research methodology. In many fields, to understand a phenomenon is to quantify it, to represent…
Developing idiographic research methodology: Extending the Trajectory Equifinality Model and Historically Situated Sampling
Cultural Psychology is a radical new look in psychology that studies how persons and social-cultural worlds mutually constitute one another. With the increase of globalization…
Scientific controversies and the struggle for symbolic power
This book brings together social sciencists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process. Culture is as much…
Mediating social change: Irony, hybridity and corporate censorship
This book brings together social scientists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process. Culture is as much…
Introduction: Theorizing culture and social change
This book brings together social scientists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process. Culture is as much…
Conclusion: Cycles of social change
This book brings together social scientists to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of social change as a cultural process. Culture is as much…
Investigating science communication in the information age: Implications for public engagement and popular media
How are recent policy changes affecting how scientists engage with publics? How are digital technologies influencing how scientists disseminate their work and knowledge? How are…
(In)authentic science and (im)partial publics: (Re)constructing the science outreach and public engagement agenda
This chapter describes how focus group interviews were used to investigate scientists expressions of commitment to first (deficit), second (dialogic) and third (contextual) orders of…
Government Reports (selected)
Stakeholder Focus Research: Quantitative findings
As a public body, the Arts Council England aims to maintain effective relationships with both individuals and organisations in the arts and culture sector across…
Stakeholder Focus Research: Qualitative findings
This research investigates stakeholders’ views about the Arts Council as part of a periodic evaluation of attitudes about the Arts Council’s priorities, work, relationships, communication,…
Household Food Security in the UK: A Review of Food Aid Final Report
This report presents findings from a Rapid Evidence Assessment undertaken from February and March 2013. The aim of the research was to arrive at a…
Role of social media-based public dialogue
As social media expand, policymakers and practitioners are increasingly considering what the role of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook should be in informing public…
Upstream public engagement at the zoo
This report describes key findings from a series of concurrent focus groups comprising the Durrell Wildlife Park - Public Participation Meeting (PPM). This PPM is…
Professional Publications (selected)
Linking policy and practice in monitoring socially responsible research and innovation (RRI): A conceptual framework to evaluate progress through the UNESCO-led Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers
This paper sets out a high-level conceptual framework for monitoring the development of socially responsible research and innovation (RRI) systems linked to the global policy…
Introducing cinematic scientific visualization: A new frontier in science communication
With rapid advances in science, data processing, and computer graphics technologies, the line between representations of “real science” and “Hollywood science” is blurring. The film…
South African scientists explain why they make time for science festivals
Science festivals across the world attract millions of visitors every year. They are typically busy, buzzing events: visitors stroll through interactive displays, enjoy science-themed shows…
Has the pandemic changed public attitudes about science?
The article explores how public attitudes toward science and scientists have evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic, as experts and evidence-based approaches took center stage in…
Science in Ireland Barometer 2020 National Survey of Public Attitudes about Science
In 2019, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) commissioned Qualia Analytics to run the 2020 wave of its public science attitudes survey, the SFI Science in Ireland…
State of the Art of RRI in the Five UNESCO World Regions
The overall project aim is to bring RRI into the linked up global world to promote mutual learning and collaboration in RRI. This will be…
Supporting UNESCO Member States in Evidencing 10 Key Priority Areas – Measures and Indicators for Lithuania, Serbia and South Africa
The UNESCO Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers (RSSR) sets out a number of globally agreed expectations for national systems of science to anticipate and…
The UNESCO Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers will transform working conditions, rights and responsibilities of researchers globally
While national science and innovation public policy is often in flux, truly global science policy initiatives are rare. Such a global initiative gained acceptance in…
For science communication to be effective it should be evidence based
At its best, science communication can empower research and innovation systems to address global challenges. It does this by improving the relationships with stakeholders in…
Mapping of funding for digital projects and skills
Jensen, A. M., Jensen, E. A. & Romain, S. (2017). Mapping of funding for digital projects and skills. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS):…
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