科学传播的挑战：“欧洲研究区域”

本文通过2005年在欧洲32个国家进行的公众民意调查结果显示,反映了当今欧洲公民认知科学和技术的方法。文章还将此次调查与美国和中国近来开展的类似调查进行了比较。在此背景下,文章提出了当前欧洲科学传播面临的挑战和困难。文中还就欧洲委员会(EC)近期为了推进整体传播,以及科学传播所开展的活动进行了介绍。欧洲委员会研究理事会正积极参与到将欧洲委员会资助的研究项目成果传播给媒体和一般公众的活动当中。为了使得研究工作的目标和结果能够通过有效的信息流获得公开,研究项目协调人和团队领导人得到了各种支持和帮助。文中还提到了欧洲委员会用以加强对研究成果进行传播的具体措施,如在布鲁塞尔召开的“2005欧洲研究传播”会议。

The ''''European Research Area''''As a Challenge to Science Communication

The paper reviews the way European citizens perceive science and technology (S&T) today, as reflected by a public opinion survey conducted in 32 European countries in 2005. It also includes some comparison with similar surveys conducted recently in the US and in China. Against this background, the paper addresses the challenges and difficulties of science communication in Europe today. Recent initiatives have been taken by the European Commission (EC) in improving communication in general and science communication in particular. The EC's Directorate-General for Research is actively involved in communicating the results of EU-funded research to the media and the general public. Support and help are provided to assist project coordinators and team leaders to generate an effective flow of information and publicity about the objectives and results of their work. Concrete measures taken by the European Commission to improve communication, outreach and dissemination of research results, such as the recent 'Communicating European Research 2005' conference in Brussels, are also presented.