Public Communication of Research Universities

Marta Entradas is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology at Iscte-Lisbon University Institute and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is a former Marie Curie Fellow at LSE (2016–18), and Fulbright Scholar at Cornell University (2015–16). In a current FCT-funded project (grant PTDC/COM-OUT/30022/2017), she is leading a cross-national study examining public communication at central communication offices at research universities. She received her Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from UCL in 2011. She is the 'European Young Researcher (EYRA) Award' 2016 winner (Euroscience).Martin W. Bauer read Psychology and Economic History (Bern, Zurich and London) and joined London School of Economics and Political Science LSE in the mid-1990s, after a post-doctoral fellowship at the Science Museum London. Professor of Social Psychology and a former Head of the LSE Methodology Department (2008–2010), he currently directs the Msc Social & Public Communication. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Public Understanding of Science (2009–2016) and a regular academic visitor in Brazil (Porto Alegre, Campinas and Rio) and recently also to China, where he co-directs the Centre for Study of Science Cultures, an LSE-NAIS-Tsinghua University venture in Beijing.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW1. Public Communication Activities of Research Institutes: Setting the Stage with the Decentralisation Hypothesis2. Why and How to Sample Research Institutes: Methodological ChallengesPART II: CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS 3. Professionalizing the Communication of Research Institutes4. Public Duty or Self-Interest? Public Communication of University-Based Research Institutes after an Era of Governance Reforms in Europe5. Perceived Successfulness of Public Engagement at Research Institutes6. An Emerging "Arms Race": Resourcing the Public Communication Effort 7. Public Engagement Profiles and Types of Research InstitutesPART III: NATIONAL SITUATION AND PROFILES 8. The Communication of Research in Italy: The Efforts of Academia and Research Institutes9. Public Engagement at Research Institutes in the Netherlands: Fertile Territory or Terra Nullius?10. US American Scholars are Finding Paths to Engagement through their Research Institutes and Centers11. Public Communication in Japanese Research Institutes: Still Dark or Sunrise? 12. Communicative Dispositions of British Research Institutes13. Public Engagement Activities of German Research Institutes: A Tale of Two Worlds14. ‘Research Excellence’ and Public Communication in Portugal PART IV: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS15. Studying Public Communication of Research Institutes: Sample Design and Data Collection 16. Framework and Indicators of Public Communication of Research Institutes