Category Archives: Announcements

Just Released: Creative (Climate) Communications

Posted on July 10, 2019 by prometheus

Creative (Climate) Communications: Productive Pathways for Science, Policy and Societyby Maxwell Boykoff Cambridge University Press, 2019 Conversations about climate change at the science-policy interface and in our lives have been stuck for some time. This handbook integrates lessons from the … Continue reading →

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Communicating Climate Change Effectively and Creatively

Posted on July 5, 2019 by prometheus

fifteeneightyfour, Academic Perspective from Cambridge University Pressby Max Boykoff Lately, climate change has been unmistakably present in the public sphere. An evident swirl of extreme events linked to changes in the climate, new scientific research on climate change, Youth Climate … Continue reading →

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CSTPR 2018 Annual Report

Posted on June 28, 2019 by prometheus

January 1 – December 31, 2018Full Annual Report [pdf] The Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR) was initiated within the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado-Boulder in the summer of 2001 … Continue reading →

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New International Research Project to Explore Climate Change Communication Through Social Media

Posted on May 28, 2019 by prometheus

CSTPR Director, Max Boykoff, is collaborating on a new project funded from the Spanish Ministry of Science. The project “Communicating climate change through social media: Strategies, emotions and images” (CLIMAenREDES) will be conducted, from June 2019 to December 2021, by … Continue reading →

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Former Fulbright Scholar, Anna Kukkonen, Earns her PhD

Posted on May 22, 2019 by prometheus

In 2018, Anna Kukkonen (second from the left in the picture above) was part of CSTPR as a visiting Fulbright Scholar from the University of Helsinki, Finland. She recently defended her thesis entitled “Discourse Networks and Justifications of Climate Change … Continue reading →

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Inside the Greenhouse Newsletter, Issue 13

Posted on May 9, 2019 by prometheus

Issue 13 | May 2019Subscribe to ITG Newsletters We are excited to share with you another update regarding our ongoing efforts in the spaces of research, teaching and engagement in the public sphere. In newsletter #13, we share a sampling … Continue reading →

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Ogmius, Issue #52 is Now Out

Posted on May 1, 2019 by prometheus

Issue #52, Spring 2019 Ogmius Exchange Should We Hope for Power to Declare a National Climate Emergency? by Steve Vanderheiden Faculty Affiliate Forum Can Genetic Engineering Save Disappearing Forests? by Jason Delborne Unprecedented Sea-ice Conditions in the Bering Sea by … Continue reading →

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Winners Announced – ITG Comedy & Climate Change Video Competition

Posted on April 25, 2019 by prometheus

Humor is a tool underutilized, and comedy has the power to effectively connect with people about climate change issues. Inside the Greenhouse held a competition to harness the powers of climate comedy through compelling, resonant and meaningful videos. The videos … Continue reading →

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Ryan Vachon and Dan Zietlow Nominated for Emmy Award

Posted on April 24, 2019 by prometheus

Ryan Vachon and Dan Zietlow are CSTPR Research Affiliates and creators of Provare Media. Their episode of Adventures in Science has been nominated for a 2019 Emmy Award. The winners will be announced in June. Adventures in Science is an … Continue reading →

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Reflections from the 2019 AAAS “CASE” Workshop

Posted on April 17, 2019 by prometheus

Each year, with support from the Graduate School and the Center for STEM Learning at CU Boulder, CSTPR hosts a competition to send CU Boulder students to Washington, DC to attend the AAAS “Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering” (CASE) … Continue reading →

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