Intended for novices in the PCST field, this is a brief list of resources for the academic study of public communication of science and technology (PCST) with a focus on the international level and on Germany.

Literature

PCST Archive of abstracts and full papers: A searchable database of contributions to conferences and symposia of the International Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST).

Scientific journals in the PCST field

• Public Understanding of Science (PUS) – Sage
• Science Communication – Sage
• Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) – Sissa
• International Journal of Science Education (IJSE), Part B: Communication and Public Engagement – Taylor & Francis
• Cultures of Science – NAIS/Sage
• Journal of Science & Popular Culture – intellect
• Indian Journal of Science Communication – ISCS
• Journal of Scientific Temper (JST) – CSIR-NISCAIR

Handbooks, encyclopedias, anthologies & special issues

• Gascoigne, T., et al. (Eds.) (2020), Communicating Science. A Global Perspective. Acton, AU: ANU Press.
• Jamieson, K. H., Kahan, D. M., & Scheufele, D. A. (Eds.). (2017). The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Bucchi, M., & Trench, B. (Eds.). (2016). The Public Communication of Science (Vol. 1-4). London: Routledge. [A compilation of 79 previously published classical articles on PCST]
• Bucchi, M., & Trench, B. (Eds.). (2014). Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
• Hornig Priest, S. (Ed.) (2010). Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication (Vol. 1 & 2). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Volume 110, Supplement 3, 20 August 2013.
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Volume 111, Supplement 4, 16 September 2014.

Professional networks, associations & mailing lists

International Network for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST)

• Website of the PCST Network
• PCST Network discussion list – open to all
• PCST on Twitter
• PCST on Facebook
• Next PCST Conference: 27-29 May 2025, Aberdeen, UK

Fachgruppe “Wissenschaftskommunikation” der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK) / Section “Science Communication” of the German Association of Media and Communication Research

• Website of DGPuK Science Communication section (in German)

PSCI-COM, a UK-based “lively” discussion list about public engagement with science and technology

Wissjour, a German mailing list focusing on science journalism and science PR (German-speaking)