Vetenskaplig kommunikation och metakognition: Att tänka utanför rutan
Forskningsprojekt, 2020 – 2022

This project aims to examine how scientists engage in communication of science beyond academia, and how metacognition—humans’ ability to reflect on and control our knowledge and cognition—facilitates the adaptation of their writing to different readers, contexts, and purposes. Modern universities face a pressing need to disseminate scientific knowledge outside of academia—to the public, the industry, and governmental bodies. However, communication abilities are often undervalued in the training of future scientists. Thus, the project aims to investigate 1) what kinds of writing scientists do, beyond article publication; and 2) how they think around these writing tasks. The project will first analyze the types of non-academic genres that scientists produce in broad rhetorical terms (topic, audience and purpose). In a second phase, the project will examine how scientists use metacognitive thinking to plan, monitor and revise writing tasks that have as primary target the communication of science beyond academic circles. This phase entails a qualitative analysis of the writing practices of specific researchers—case studies—particularly engaged in dissemination of science. The study will illuminate how scientific writing expertise can be promoted, a critical dimension in training future scientists to disseminate their knowledge clearly, effectively, and creatively.

Deltagare

Raffaella Negretti (kontakt)

Chalmers, Vetenskapens kommunikation och lärande, Fackspråk och kommunikation

Maria Cervin-Ellqvist

Chalmers, Vetenskapens kommunikation och lärande, Fackspråk och kommunikation

Stina Johansson

Chalmers, Vetenskapens kommunikation och lärande, Forskarstöd, bibliometri och rankning

Maria Persson

Chalmers, Vetenskapens kommunikation och lärande, Fackspråk och kommunikation

Carina Sjöberg Hawke

Chalmers, Vetenskapens kommunikation och lärande, Fackspråk och kommunikation

Finansiering

GENIE, Chalmers jämställdhet för excellens

Finansierar Chalmers deltagande under 2020–2022

Birgit och Gad Rausing Stiftelse för humanistisk forskning

Projekt-id: Scholarship2019
Finansierar Chalmers deltagande under 2020–2021

Stiftelsen Chalmers tekniska högskola

Finansierar Chalmers deltagande under 2020–2022

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2023-03-08