Photo credits: Therese Iacono for SCIP
By Iasmim Amiden dos Santos
The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism and the Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island (URI) organized a workshop on inclusive and culturally responsive science communication for the third and final cohort of fellows in the SciComm Identities Project (SCIP). Held from January 6 to 10 at the University of Rhode Island’s main campus in South Kingstown, the workshop trained 14 fellows from diverse cultural and disciplinary backgrounds who share a strong commitment to science communication and inclusive community engagement.
“The problem is not that elected politicians are unresponsive to voters, but that changes in electoral competition and the information environment have made politicians more responsive to the most negatively partisan voters, who in turn drive public (mis)understanding of the clean energy transition as a political challenge,” Spence says.
