SciComm ThinkLabs: Towards Strengthening Science and Society Connect in India
Year: 2024
Type: report
Abstract: SciComm ThinkLabs (2023–24) is a practitioner-led initiative convened by FAST India to strengthen the science communication ecosystem in India through collaborative enquiry, collective sensemaking, and co-created tools. Over six months, sixteen science communication practitioners worked across four themes, landscape of SciComm in India, institutional SciComm, capacity-building, and science–media interfaces, to analyse sectoral gaps and develop practical resources. The final report synthesises their findings, evidence, and recommendations, and presents three key outputs: a SciComm Readiness Tool for institutions, a modular training framework, and a Science Journalist Residency framework. The report provides a grounded, practitioner-driven perspective on the current state of science communication in India and outlines pathways for strengthening practice, capacity, and institutional support across the ecosystem.
Authors: Iqbal, Sarah Hyder, Karak, Somdatta, Paul, Debdutta, Datta, Sayantan, Kar, Banya, Kankaria, Siddharth, Chugh, Priyamvada, MITRA, SIULI, Borah, Suchibrata, Sundaresan, Shruti, Naidu, Shriya, Janet, Orlene, Rathore, Ankita, Thapliyal, Utsav, Champak, Suchitha, Ramanujam, Niruj Mohan, Varuni P, Chaterjee, Anusheela
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7127577858
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