Dawson Emily, Lock Simon
University College London, UK.
Public Underst Sci. 2025 May;34(4):531-545. doi: 10.1177/09636625251330837. Epub 2025 Apr 29.
Concerns about social justice are long standing across many fields. In this article, we outline key social justice concepts in relation to science communication, before examining the politics of science and science communication in more detail. We argue more focus is needed on how certain forms of politics and power travel through science and science communication in ways that have created, reinforced and/or ameliorated structural inequities. We argue that foregrounding social justice perspectives helps make explicit the power dynamics involved in creating and communicating knowledge. For us, this is a purposeful move that resists the urge to tidy away, 'naturalise' or otherwise hide politics and power. We invite readers to collectively interrogate our existing science communication theories and practices with a view to transforming them to be more just and meaningfully improve people's lives and ecosystems.
对社会正义的关注在许多领域由来已久。在本文中，我们概述了与科学传播相关的关键社会正义概念，然后更详细地审视科学与科学传播的政治因素。我们认为，需要更多地关注某些政治形式和权力如何通过科学和科学传播，以创造、强化和/或改善结构性不平等的方式发挥作用。我们认为，突出社会正义视角有助于明确知识创造和传播过程中涉及的权力动态。对我们来说，这是一个有目的的举措，旨在抵制将政治和权力掩盖、“自然化”或以其他方式隐藏起来的冲动。我们邀请读者共同审视我们现有的科学传播理论和实践，以期将其转变为更公正的形式，并切实改善人们的生活和生态系统。
