Explosion of blog posts following our science-politics conference

In May 2014, the Science, Technology and Society Priority Group hosted a major, interdisciplinary conference at the University of Nottingham.

The conference, titled ‘Circling the Square’, explored the role of knowledge in policymaking and brought together scholars in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as practitioners from the media and politics.

The conferences sparked lively debates about objectivity, activism and the media reporting of science:

In the blogosphere

On social media

Over the coming months, footage from the event and blogposts will be compiled on the conference website here