Abstract

CORTASSA, Carina; WURSTEN, Andrés; ANDRES, Gonzalo  and  LEGARIA, Juan Ignacio. Comunicar las ciencias desde las instituciones: dos modelos de análisis aplicados al caso UNER. Cienc. docencia tecnol. [online]. 2020, n.61, pp.1-35. ISSN 1851-1716.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.33255/3161/783.

The aim of the article is to put forward two analytical models to address how Research & Development institutions perform their functions regarding public science communication, and to explore their validity and fruitfulness when applied to a case study focused on the National University of Entre Ríos (UNER, Argentina). It will be argued that those kind of practices may be stimulated both by organization-led strategies and initiatives and/or by the scientific community’s perceptions and attitudes related with the issue. The discussion of empirical evidence shows that, jointly, those dimensions make up more or less favourable settings for public science communication advancement and expansion in the contexts at hands. The results overall provide relevant inputs to influence the design of institutional policies devoted to strengthen the role of universities in social appropriation of scientific and technological knowledge processes.

Keywords : Sciences; Public communication; Institutions; Models; Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos.