Science communication : taking a step back to move forward

Martin W Bauer is a professor of social psychology and research methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the relationship between science and society, including public controversies of science and technology, and how society and social processes resist science and scientific advice.
Bernard Schiele is a professor of communications in the Faculty of Communication at the University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada. He teaches and lectures frequently in North America, Europe and Asia, and has been working for a number of years on the socio-dissemination of science and technology. He is a member of several national and international committees and is a regular consultant on scientific culture matters to government bodies and public organizations.