Rebecca Priestley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5591509 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Priestley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Priestley |
| SIGNATURE | PRIESTLEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6390-5059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Going viral: A science communication collaboration in the era of Covid-19 and social media
On 9 March 2020, 2 days before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, two of the authors (microbiologist and infectious diseases expert Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles and cartoonist Toby Morris) released their first output together: an animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) known as “Flatten the Curve”. The graphic went viral on Twitter with over 10 million impressions in 3 days. Flatten the Curve was the first…
Fighting Covid-19 with the team of 5 million: Aotearoa New Zealand government communication during the 2020 lockdown
Aotearoa New Zealand's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the best in the world. A major component of the government response was the communication of public health measures. In this paper, we approach Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's daily press briefings with the Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield as a case study of government communication during a public health crisis. A reflexive thematic analysis leads us to id…
Celebrating IPY Education, Outreach and Engagement – 10 years on
Ten years ago, the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY) led to an upwelling of Education, Outreach and Communication initiatives across the polar research community that have had a long-lasting effect. This Special Issue of Polar Record is dedicated to research into Education, Outreach and Engagement related to the polar regions, with the hope that it will help to draw scholarly attention to this important, but neglected, aspect of polar rese…
Engaging new Antarctic learners and ambassadors through flexible learning, open education and immersive video lectures
In April 2017, Victoria University of Wellington launched ICE101X—Antarctica: From Geology to Human History—on the global edX platform. This Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, attracted 5735 learners from around the world, who engaged with content about Antarctic science, history, geology, and culture, primarily through video lectures filmed in Antarctica. Analysis of feedback from learners in three iterations of the course, offered between 201…
The Fukushima Effect: A New Geopolitical Terrain
In Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi: Social, Political and Environmental Issues (Hindmarsh 2013), Richard Hindmarsh identified Fukushima as a “new type of major nuclear disaster marking the close interactivity of the social, technological and natural disaster” (Hindmarsh 2013: 217). Contributors to this follow-up volume, The Fukushima Effect: A New Geopolitical Terrain, have investigated the international effect of the Fukushima disaster thr…
The reflexive scientist: An approach to transforming public engagement
A Survey of the History of Science in New Zealand 1769–1992
This article provides an overview of the history of science in New Zealand over the period 1769–1992. General histories of New Zealand often overlook science and scientists and their contribution to shaping the country. This broad overview of New Zealand’s science history is not so much a re‐interpretation of events through a history of science lens, but rather an introduction to the contribution of science to New Zealand’s history, and follows a…
The reflexive scientist: An approach to transforming public engagement
Engaging new Antarctic learners and ambassadors through flexible learning, open education and immersive video lectures
In April 2017, Victoria University of Wellington launched ICE101X—Antarctica: From Geology to Human History—on the global edX platform. This Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, attracted 5735 learners from around the world, who engaged with content about Antarctic science, history, geology, and culture, primarily through video lectures filmed in Antarctica. Analysis of feedback from learners in three iterations of the course, offered between 201…
A Survey of the History of Science in New Zealand 1769–1992
This article provides an overview of the history of science in New Zealand over the period 1769–1992. General histories of New Zealand often overlook science and scientists and their contribution to shaping the country. This broad overview of New Zealand’s science history is not so much a re‐interpretation of events through a history of science lens, but rather an introduction to the contribution of science to New Zealand’s history, and follows a…
The Fukushima Effect: A New Geopolitical Terrain
In Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi: Social, Political and Environmental Issues (Hindmarsh 2013), Richard Hindmarsh identified Fukushima as a “new type of major nuclear disaster marking the close interactivity of the social, technological and natural disaster” (Hindmarsh 2013: 217). Contributors to this follow-up volume, The Fukushima Effect: A New Geopolitical Terrain, have investigated the international effect of the Fukushima disaster thr…
The reflexive scientist: An approach to transforming public engagement
Celebrating IPY Education, Outreach and Engagement – 10 years on
Ten years ago, the International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY) led to an upwelling of Education, Outreach and Communication initiatives across the polar research community that have had a long-lasting effect. This Special Issue of Polar Record is dedicated to research into Education, Outreach and Engagement related to the polar regions, with the hope that it will help to draw scholarly attention to this important, but neglected, aspect of polar rese…
Engaging new Antarctic learners and ambassadors through flexible learning, open education and immersive video lectures
In April 2017, Victoria University of Wellington launched ICE101X—Antarctica: From Geology to Human History—on the global edX platform. This Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, attracted 5735 learners from around the world, who engaged with content about Antarctic science, history, geology, and culture, primarily through video lectures filmed in Antarctica. Analysis of feedback from learners in three iterations of the course, offered between 201…
Fighting Covid-19 with the team of 5 million: Aotearoa New Zealand government communication during the 2020 lockdown
Aotearoa New Zealand's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the best in the world. A major component of the government response was the communication of public health measures. In this paper, we approach Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's daily press briefings with the Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield as a case study of government communication during a public health crisis. A reflexive thematic analysis leads us to id…
Going viral: A science communication collaboration in the era of Covid-19 and social media
On 9 March 2020, 2 days before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, two of the authors (microbiologist and infectious diseases expert Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles and cartoonist Toby Morris) released their first output together: an animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) known as “Flatten the Curve”. The graphic went viral on Twitter with over 10 million impressions in 3 days. Flatten the Curve was the first…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · World Wide Web (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Physics (2 works)