Over the past twenty years there have been increasing calls for dialogue and engagement between science and the public. A “broader approach” and a new perspective was needed. In my book I suggest that a Critical Understanding of Science in Public (or CUSP) was a way to encapsulate that approach. What follows is mostly an extract from the book. The main features of this  new perspective are: it is multidirectional: no longer is science seen simply as diffusing downwards but in communication circuits and webs all points feed into and off eachother. it is contextual: concerned not just with the … Continue reading CUSP: the Critical Understanding of Science in Public