Making research matter : a psychologist's guide to public engagement /
edited by Linda R. Tropp.
- 1 volume
This volume gathers a wide range of well known experts to discuss how researchers can impact a broader audience, by lending their scientific expertise to pressing social issues, current events, and public debates. With pointers on talking to the media, testifying as an expert witness, dealing with governmental organisations, working with schools and students, and influencing public policy, it helps social scientists forge the vital link between scholarship and social engagement. Contributors include prominent experts from a wide range of specialties, such as academic psychologists, business school professors, directors of organisations, and government officials.