Gema RevueltaUniversity Pompeu Fabra | UPF · Department of Medicine and Life Sciences
Gema Revuelta
MD PhD
Director of the Science, Environmental and Health Communication Master Degree (UPF - Barcelona School of Management)
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July 2014 - April 2020
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Position
- Managing Director
Description
- The Studies Center on Science, Communication and Society from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (SCS-UPF) is a special university centre that aims at bringing closer together society and science.
September 1998 - July 2014
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Publications (94)
Changes in the communication ecosystem have generated profound transformations in current science communication. In the same way, the coexistence of diverse actors with different objectives and professional standards also raises new ethical dilemmas. The main objective of this research was to identify existing models of teaching science communicati...
The Covid-19 pandemic escalated demand for scientific explanations and guidance, creating opportunities for scientists to become publicly visible. In this study, we compared characteristics of visible scientists during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic (January to December 2020) across 16 countries. We find that the scientists who became visi...
El Informe Quiral resume anualmente el análisis de las informaciones sobre salud y medicina publicadas en los medios de comunicación escritos de mayor difusión de nuestro país. Surgido de una iniciativa conjunta entre la Fundació Vila Casas y el Centro de Estudios de Ciencia, Comunicación y Sociedad de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra .
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Citizen consultations are public participation mechanisms designed to inform public policy and promote public dialogue. This article describes a deliberative consultation conducted within the CONCISE project framework. The aim was to gather qualitative knowledge about the means and channels through which European citizens acquire science-related kn...
Despite the societal relevance of energy research, there is a distinct lack of citizen science initiatives in the field. This paper reports the experience of a participatory and innovative strategy to develop a citizen science initiative for solar energy research. A number of stakeholders participated in the definition and implementation of the ini...
Responsible research and innovation, or RRI, is a concept that aims to bring together society and science for a better future. There are six key elements of RRI: public engagement, gender equality, science education, open access, ethics and governance.
Higher Education Institutions and Responsible Research and Innovation (HEIRRI) project aimed to b...
El Informe Quiral resume anualmente el análisis de las informaciones sobre salud y medicina publicadas en los medios de comunicación escritos de mayor difusión de nuestro país. Surgido de una iniciativa conjunta entre la Fundació Vila Casas y el Centro de Estudios de Ciencia, Comunicación y Sociedad de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra .
Se ha convertid...
A new regime of science production is emerging from the involvement of non-scientists. The present study aims to improve understanding of this phenomenon with an analysis of 16 interviews with Spanish coordinators of participatory science practices. The results indicate a majority of strategic and captive publics and point to communication as a key...
Citizen science is becoming an effective approach in building a new relationship between science and society, in which the desire of citizens to participate actively in knowledge production meets the needs of researchers. A citizen science initiative dealing with the development of photovoltaics (PV) is presented. To generate a “responsible” initia...
For two years, the project GRECO has conducted a survey to analyse the opinions, doubts and experiences of researchers on the field of engineering and photovoltaic (PV) energy about Open Science (OS). We gathered 106 responses, analysed them and came up with 39 Frequently Asked Questions on Open Science. The experience of researchers from the PV fi...
Citizen science is becoming an effective approach in building a new relationship between science and society, in which the desire of citizens to participate actively in knowledge production meets the needs of researchers. A citizen science initiative dealing with the development of photovoltaics (PV) is presented. To generate a “responsible” initia...
There is a general trend toward more active, broader, and more inclusive participation of different stakeholders in science. Civil society organizations’ inclusion in the scientific process is being promoted. However, there are few attempts to understand the role of civil society organizations in research. This study is based on the analysis of 31...
Twelve researchers from 11 countries used autoethnographic techniques, keeping diaries over 10 weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, to observe and reflect on changes in the role and cultural authority of science during important stages of viral activity and government action in their respective countries. We followed arguments, discussions and ideas gener...
Twelve researchers from 11 countries used autoethnographic techniques, keeping diaries over 10 weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, to observe and reflect on changes in the role and cultural authority of science during important stages of viral activity and government action in their respective countries. We followed arguments, discussions and ideas gener...
This book describes that first stage of the research, namely, how each one of the public consultations was carried out in the different countries, as well as providing data on the pilot consultation held in Barcelona, six months prior to the main consultations. The pilot consultation allowed the consortium members to identify what issues and consid...
Modern science communication has emerged in the twentieth century as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession—and it is a practice with deep historical roots. We have seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first university actions in teaching and conducting research, and a sharp growth in employment of science communicators...
Leading RRI researchers and practitioners, together with policymakers and stakeholder organisations, discussed the state-of-the-art and future perspectives for RRI at the ‘Pathways to Transformation’ conference in June 2019, an event which was extended beyond Brussels, for instance by ca. 330 original tweets and ca. 840 retweets from ca. 160 unique...
The increasing perception that public communication in science and technology is an important tool to create a knowledge society is encouraging numerous public engagement activities. However, too little is known about scientists’ opinions of and attitudes towards the public with whom they interact during these activities, especially in southern Eur...
This article analyses specialist journalists’ perception of transformations in public communication on health and biomedicine in Spain over the last two decades. A total of 20 semi-structured interviews were carried out. The analysis uses the metaphorical concept of “ecosystem”. According to the interviewees, the main “environmental” changes are te...
Introducción: Los comportamientos de la ciudadanía respecto a la información de salud pueden influir en sus relaciones con otras personas y en sus propias decisiones.Objetivos: Aumentar la comprensión sobre los cambios en los comportamientos de los ciudadanos españoles respecto a la información sobre salud entre 2014 y 2018.Metodología: Se han real...
Across the European research area and beyond, efforts are being mobilized to align research and innovation processes and products with societal values and needs, and to create mechanisms for inclusive priority setting and knowledge production. A central concern is how to foster a culture of “Responsible Research and Innovation” (RRI) among scientis...
Abstract
This article analyses specialist journalists’ perception of transformations in public communication on health and biomedicine in Spain over the last two decades. A total of 20 semi-structured interviews were carried out. The analysis uses the metaphorical concept of “ecosystem”. According to the interviewees, the main “environmental” chan...
La investigación responsable incluye, más allá de la ética en el contenido y el proceso, la implicación de múltiples actores y público, un acceso más fácil a los resultados científicos, la perspectiva de género, y la educación científica. El movimiento RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) pretende que la investigación e innovación estén orient...
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la formación en comunicación que reciben los alumnos que cursan estudios de grado en las áreas de ciencias de la salud y de la vida, las ciencias ambientales y las ciencias naturales. Para ello se ha estudiado el conjunto del sistema universitario español (84 universidades) y una muestra de 10 universidades p...
Neuroenhancement involves the use of neurotechnologies to improve cognitive, affective or behavioural functioning, where these are not judged to be clinically impaired. Questions about enhancement have become one of the key topics of neuroethics over the past decade. The current study draws on in-depth public engagement activities in ten European c...
During the last decades, research and innovation have experienced a
revolution that has lead to new challenge, and creativity has been identified
as a main skill for professional success. In this context, not only concerns
about involving society in research and innovation processes have been
increasing but also to make this process responsible. Re...
A menudo se recurre a plataformas o asociaciones como representantes de la diversidad de puntos de vista y preocupaciones de la sociedad. A través del diagnóstico del rol que tienen estas organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSCs) en el sistema de ciencia y tecnología se podrán plantear recomendaciones futuras para fomentar su participación. En est...
Cada vez más surgen nuevas iniciativas con el objetivo de involucrar a los investigadores en actividades de este tipo. Sin embargo, aún se sabe poco sobre las opiniones y las actitudes que este colectivo tiene sobre el público con el que va a interaccionar. La población estudiada se ha centrado en los investigadores participantes en proyectos de
I+...
This paper reports on an online contrastive vignette study investigating the public's views of gene editing for therapy and enhancement in adult and prenatal contexts. The study, comprising quota samples of 1000 respondents per country, involved 10 European countries and the United States. Vignettes featuring gene editing for therapy compared to en...
In 1968, Jürgen Habermas claimed that, in an advanced technological society, the emancipatory force of knowledge can only be regained by actively recovering the ‘forgotten experience of reflection’. In this article, we argue that, in the contemporary situation, critical reflection requires a deliberative ambiance, a process of mutual learning, a co...
This article proposes a classification of the current differences between online videos produced specifically for television and online videos produced for the Internet, based on online audiovisual production on climate change. The classification, which consists of 18 formats divided into two groups that allow comparisons to be made between televis...
Res-AGorA was a three-year, EU FP7 project (2013-2016) which has co-constructed a good-practice framework, the “Responsibility Navigator”, with practitioners and strategic decision makers. This framework facilitates reflective processes involving multiple stakeholders and policy-makers with the generic aim of making European research and innovation...
Las cuatro transformaciones más notables experimentadas por la sociedad española
en su relación con la información sobre ciencia y tecnología, según los resultados
de nuestro análisis, son:
1. En los últimos diez años, Internet ha triplicado su penetración como primera
fuente de acceso a la información sobre ciencia y tecnología.
2. En este mismo p...
Indicators for promoting and monitoring responsible research and innovation
Report from the Expert Group on policy indicators for responsible research and innovation
This report of the Expert Group on Policy Indicators for Responsible Research and Innovation, considers options for RRI indicators. It divides such indicators into three sections: i)...
An evaluation toolkit developed as part of the EU-funded PLACES project was applied in 26 case studies across Europe. Results show, among other things, the contribution of science communication initiatives to public curiosity, professional networking and perception of cities where these initiatives are stronger.
Background
News on health and health care are increasingly common in the mass media, and cancer is one of the most prominent topic among these news due to its health impact.Material and methodsAll news published in major newspapers in Catalonia, Spain between April to December 1996 were analysed, together with items from science and health suppleme...
The latest Eurobarometer survey on the Life Sciences and Biotechnology, based on representative samples from 32 European countries and conducted in February 2010, points to a new era in the relations between science and society. While entrenched views about GM food are still evident, the crisis of confidence in technology and regulation that charac...
Since 1991, the triennial Eurobarometer survey has assessed public attitudes about biotech and the life sciences in Europe. The latest 2010 Eurobarometer survey on the Life Sciences and Biotechnology (http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/europeans-biotechnology-in-2010_en.pdf), based on representative samples from 32...
In terms of efficiency, managing the effects of overpublising (the sheer volume of new papers published each week) has become seriously challenging for science communication researchers. This comment analyzes causes and consequences of this situation and proposes to research journals to take into considerations the following elements: a) special at...
Periodística [Societat Catalana de Comunicació], Número 14 (2012), p. 45-57
Basagoiti I. Alfabetización en salud. De la información a la acción [pdf]. Valencia: ITACA/TSB; 2012. ISBN: 978-84-695-5267-4 Disponible en http://www.salupedia.org/alfabetizacion/
Since 1991, the triennial Eurobarometer survey has assessed public attitudes about biotech and the life sciences in Europe. The latest 2010 Eurobarometer survey on the Life Sciences and Biotechnology (http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/europeans-biotechnology-in-2010_en.pdf), based on representative samples from 32...
Las relaciones entre la medicina y la sociedad han experimentado importantes cambios en los últimos años y plantean dilemas éticos también en lo que se refiere a la información, la difusión y el acceso al conocimiento científico. Ciencia, conocimiento y poder constituyen un poderoso entramado que requiere acuerdos transparentes y democráticos. En e...
Over the last 50 years the media has played a key role in informing women about developments to do with the Pill, as well as about other contraceptive alternatives. The media has a dual role in shaping public opinion. On the one hand its agenda-setting
role means that the media influences what a particular society considers important at a particula...
En los últimos años la expansión de Internet ha llevado cambios sustanciales en el ámbito de la salud que afectan no sólo al acceso a la información, sino también a las relaciones existentes entre los usuarios, los profesionales médicos, la industria y los investigadores. Este cuaderno profundiza en estos aspectos y en los retos éticos que plantean...
Public communication about science revolves around a handful of topics and an equally reduced number of sources. That is to say, faced with the impossibility of giving an exhaustive view of the whole of science and the whole of the scientific community, the communicative system(journalists, the media and other agents of communication) carry out, as...
Inverting the order of the elements in the title this chapter will first explore the idea of “a swift-moving society”. It
is not just about changes and opportunities derived from the information and communication tools (which have been provocatively
labelled SMS synecdoche by a speaker at the CER 2005 conference). It will also revise some features...
The so-called media agenda has a great influence on the issues considered to be important by society. In this article, based on the Informe Quiral (Quiral Survey), the author analyses the coverage of health issues in Spanish press. In Spain, media concentration causes a clear tendency to information homogeneity and thus, health issues are rarely de...
The so-called “media agenda” has a great influence on the issues considered to be important by society. In this article, based on the “Informe Quiral” (Quiral Survey), the author analyses the coverage of health issues in Spanish press.In Spain, media concentration causes a clear tendency to information homogeneity and thus, health issues are rarely...
A raíz de la expectación que ha motivado entre los círculos eruditos la publicación en Science de dos artículos científicos que han resultado ser un fraude, los autores dedican un amplio artículo crítico sobre los procesos de evaluación a los que se someten los trabajos científicos, así como la creciente presión mediática que ejercen las revistas c...
Under the theme of "scientific knowledge and cultural diversity," Barcelona brought together in the first week of June 2004 more than six hundred people from every continent at the 8th Interna-tional Conference on the Public Communication of Science and Technology. This open network of professionals extends to more than fifty countries and embraces...
Under the theme of “scientific knowledge and cultural diversity,” Barcelona brought together in the first week of June 2004 more than six hundred people from every continent at the 8th International Conference on the Public Communication of Science and Technology. This open network of professionals extends to more than fifty countries and embraces...
To have a better understanding on the role of the press in the communication of gender and health issues, the content of the five most spread newspapers in Spain was studied (El País, ABC, El Mundo, La Vanguardia and El Periódico de Catalunya) for five years (1997-2001) and the electronic version of The New York Times of the period 1990-1999. An un...
Los medios de comunicación intervienen en la creación de estereotipos y tienen influencia en las cuestiones de género. A continuación, se presentan los resultados de un reciente estudio realizado sobre género y salud en el período comprendido entre 1997 y 2001. Los datos analizados pertenecen a los principales medios de difusión de la prensa diaria...
ENSCOT is a network of science communication teachers working together to exchange ideas on good practice in teaching, to develop teaching modules, to develop training workshops, and to serve as a nucleus for other science communication teachers throughout Europe. This article describes ENSCOT's structure, activities, and plans.
This study has been generated from material constructed as part of the ENSCOT (European Network of Science Communication Teachers) project. As part of this project, researchers in five different countries are preparing teaching materials on aspects of science in the media. In this paper we present initial findings from a “snapshot” of science repor...
News on health and health care are increasingly common in the mass media, and cancer is one of the most prominent topic among these news due to its health impact.
All news published in major newspapers in Catalonia, Spain between April to December 1996 were analysed, together with items from science and health supplements general information and sc...
Scientific journals issue press releases to disseminate scientific news about articles they publish.
To assess whether press releases about journal articles were associated with publication of subsequent newspaper stories.
Retrospective content analysis of newspaper stories, journal press releases, and journal tables of contents. From December 1, 1...
La salud es percibida como primera necesidad por la población, los avances médicos resultan atractivos para la sociedad, pero ¿cuál es el grado de alfabetización científica en la sociedad? Los suplementos de salud en los periódicos han permitido una información con más tiempo para su elaboración y con más reflexión. En la jornada del Seminario «Sal...
El artículo es un análisis sobre los principales resultados de las noticias de medicina y sanidad publicadas en los últimos cuatro años en los cinco diarios de mayor difusión en España. El Informe Quiral, en el que participan científicos y periodistas, es fruto de la colaboración entre la Fundación Privada Vila Casas y el Observatorio de la Comunic...
El diario barcelonés La Vanguardia nació en 1881 con una expresa voluntad de resaltar su contenido literario y científico. The New York Times, desde el mismo momento de su publicación, cuando aún era The New York Daily Times, incluía noticias procedentes del ámbito científico y técnico. La historia del periodismo científico ha estado marcada por di...
El plazo para la presentación de abstracts había finalizado formalmente hacía más de un mes y seguíamos recibiendo propuestas, a cuál más brillante. Finalmente, tuvimos que ponernos firmes, el día 10 de enero recogimos los 341 abstracts que habían llegado hasta el momento y los remitimos a los revisores. Esperando sus comentarios nos dimos cuenta q...