1. Allan’s research SIRG/TERG awayday 30 July 2009

2. Speaking of Science PhD thesis, due for completion 2009 Based on archival research mainly at BBC Concerns science radio broadcasting, 1923-c.1963 Untold story of attempts by scientific ‘establishment’ to control BBC science output

3. Dorothy Nelkin Selling Science (1987) ‘How scientists control the news’ Gregory (2003) ‘Despite its traditional associations with empowerment and enlightenment, most popularisation by scientists has been in some way self- serving: historically, scientists have shared their science with the public at times when they feel that their own enterprise is under threat.

4. Frank Turner (1980): Public scientists do not propagate scientific knowledge for its own sake, and their work may have little or nothing to do with the actual motivations or goals of scientific research. Rather they consciously attempt to persuade the public or influential sectors thereof that science both supports and nurtures broadly accepted social, political, and religious goals and values, and that it is therefore worthy of receiving public attention, encouragement, and financing.

5. Gregory (2009): ‘Why does society accept scientific explanations as being authoritative and reliable accounts of the natural world?’

6. Objectives Finish PhD autumn 2009 Viva c. Feb 2010 Extraction of 3 papers Resumption of work on archival recovery

8. BBC Transcript

9. Broadcasts 1

10. Broadcasts 2