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What’s wrong with talking about the Scientific Revolution? Let me tell you…
Today I published in Minerva a review paper examining the reception of a classic 1993 history of science paper by Andrew Cunningham and Perry Williams that proposed a new big picture of the history of...
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First article for The Conversation: Doctor Who’s female scientists through time
Today marks a significant event in any academic’s life – my first article for The Conversation. Even more significant for a science communication academic who wants to practice what she preaches....
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And another
And my second post for The Conversation concerns similarities between this year’s federal election issues and the concerns of Sydney citizens writing into the Sydney Gazette in 1803 and 1804....
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Tips for effective #scicomm
Lindy Orthia and Rachel Morgain How do you get people to care about your science? Is anybody listening? Science communication is more than great charisma or fun writing. Context matters. So we produced...
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Lovely article on the origins of sci com in C18 France
Check out this lovely article in Smithsonian Mag by Lorraine Boissoneault, featuring interviews with me and Professor Michael Lynn.
View ArticleScience fiction as a potent policy tool
Like it or not, popular fiction shapes policy debates In 2017, Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel proposed all leaders be required to read science fiction to help them understand the past and...
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Doctor Who engages viewers with science, but not all the time and not...
Just published: my latest journal paper, in the Journal of Science Communication, reporting the first results of a survey of 575 Doctor Who fans about the show’s impact on their relationship to...
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Scicom is much older, bigger and more diverse than the recent West
My latest paper, “Strategies for including communication of non-Western and indigenous knowledges in science communication histories”, was published in the Journal of Science Communication on April...
View ArticleAnti-racist science communication starts with recognising its globally...
Science Communication is often presented as a unique response to and offshoot of the prevalence of western science in modern societies. Lindy Orthia and Elizabeth Rasekoala argue against this notion,...
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Lindy’s recent publications
Want to know what I’ve published lately? Here are my publications from the past two years – papers, chapters, commentaries, blog posts, interviews, a book and a webinar, all in one convenient lump....
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