Dietram Scheufele

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Taylor-Bascom Chair, and Vilas Distiguished Achievement Professor

University of Wisconsin-Madison

United States

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Dietram Scheufele is the Taylor-Bascom Chair and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison, USA. His research focuses on the interplay of values and cognition in shaping public attitudes towards science, particularly in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence and human brain organoids. He has contributed to recent discussions on science communication, public understanding of scientific uncertainty, and the impact of race and gender biases in perceptions of scientists' credibility.

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Enabling decision-relevant debates about human genome editing

Open Date: 2018-07-01

Close Date: 2021-06-30

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NSEC - Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU

Open Date: 2010-09-15

Close Date: 2016-08-31

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Media, Talk, and Trust: The Social Amplification of Risk During Site Selection for a Bio-Research Facility

Open Date: 2008-10-01

Close Date: 2010-09-30

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NIRT: Intuitive Toxicology and Public Engagement

Open Date: 2007-09-01

Close Date: 2008-04-30

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NSEC: Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University

Open Date: 2005-10-01

Close Date: 2012-03-31

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A Mixed-Methods Study of Public Understanding of Scientific Uncertainty

Emerging Debates About Breakthrough Science: Understanding the Interplay of Values and Cognition in Shaping Attitudes on Human Brain Organoids

An agenda for science communication research and practice

Our changing information ecosystem for science and why it matters for effective science communication

Race and gender biases persist in public perceptions of scientists’ credibility

Connecting Social Media Use With Education- and Race-Based Gaps in Factual and Perceived Knowledge Across Wicked Science Issues

Factuality challenges in the era of large language models and opportunities for fact-checking

Societal guardrails for AI? Perspectives on what we know about public opinion on artificial intelligence

Are Productive Scientists More Willing to Engage With the Public?

Prescribing a New Treatment in Heart Disease Communication

Polarized platforms? How partisanship shapes perceptions of “algorithmic news bias”

Believing and sharing misinformation, fact-checks, and accurate information on social media: The role of anxiety during COVID-19

Examining expertise: Synthetic biology experts’ perceptions of risk, benefit, and the public for research and applications regulation

A triangulated approach for understanding scientists’ perceptions of public engagement with science

How institutional factors at US land-grant universities impact scientists’ public scholarship

Reflections on a Legacy: Thoughts from Scholars about Agenda-Setting Past and Future

The science of YouTube: What factors influence user engagement with online science videos?

Enhanced threat or therapeutic benefit? Risk and benefit perceptions of human gene editing by purpose and heritability of edits

Misinformed about the “infodemic?” Science’s ongoing struggle with misinformation.

The Science of Open (Communication) Science: Toward an Evidence-Driven Understanding of Quality Criteria in Communication Research

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Christopher Wirz

Mikhaila N. Calice

Michael Xenos

Kathleen M. Rose

Itzhak Yanovitzky

Isabelle Augenstein

Becca Beets

Jo Handelsman

Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia

Isabelle Freiling

Eduard Hovy

Dominique Brossard

Mike Schmierbach

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