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Max Boykoff was interviewed in the Winter 2013/2014 issue of Metode Magazine.
Excerpt: Climate change is one of the most important scientific challenges of our society today, ever-present in the pages and covers of newspapers. Its social and economic impact on our daily lives, as well as controversies like the so-called Climategate or related to contrarian or skeptic positions, make it a very compelling subject for the media. Consequently, this has been one of the most prosperous research areas within the field of science communication. Articles on the reception, media coverage or public discourse on climate change are already common in scientific journals such as Public Understanding of Science or Science Communication, as well as in other general communication journals. Professor Maxwell Boykoff is one of the most renowned researchers in this field. He is currently a professor at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research of the University of Colorado Boulder, in the U.S.A., and the author of numerous studies on the perception and communication of climate change. In 2011 he published the book Who Speaks for the Climate? Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change, where he collects more than ten years worth of work.
We met Professor Boykoff in Pamplona, where he was to open the International Conference on Communication, organized by the University of Navarra. In its latest edition, the conference was devoted to the communication of climate change and the environment. He came to Spain with his son, who stayed patiently with us throughout the interview. While the boy worked on his homework without paying much attention to his father, Maxwell Boykoff speaks in a slow, soft voice about climate change, media and the perception of science. Read more …
