El Dr. Fabien Medvecky és professor titular de comunicació de la ciència en la Universitat d´Otago en el centre per a la Comunicació de la Ciència. Treballa sobre la interacció entre la ciència i la societat, centrant-se en el paper dels valors, especialment l'ètica i l'economia, en les decisions socials entorn de la ciència. Abans d'unir-se a Otago, Fabien Medvecky va estar en el Programa de Comunicació Científica de la Universitat de Queensland, Austràlia. Publica sobre comunicació científica i política científica, ètica i economia. Fabien és un membre actiu de la comunitat de la comunicació de la ciència a Nova Zelanda (Science Communicators Associations of New Zealand) i a nivell internacional, i va ser president de l'Associació de Comunicadors de la Ciència de Nova Zelanda de 2015 a 2018.

Líneas de Investigación

• Comunicació de la Ciència
• Filosofia de l'Economia
• Ètica Social
• Epistemologia social

Referències bibliogràfiques

Articles

• Medvecky, F., J. Metcalfe and M. Riedlinger (2023). Response to: “Looking back to launch forward: a self-reflexive approach to decolonising science education and communication in Africa”. Recognizing and validating multiple knowledge ecologies. Journal of Science Communication 22(4): Y03.
• Dickie, L. & Medvecky, F. (2023) The attitudes of young adults towards mammalian predator control and Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 30:2,170-187, DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2023.2215728
• Van Oudheusden, M., Berti Suman, A., Huyse, T., Huyse, H. and Medvecky, F. (2023) “The Valuable Plurality of the Citizen Sciences”, Science & Technology Studies. doi: 10.23987/sts.126210.
• MacBride-Stewart, S., McEntee, M., Macknight, V., Medvecky, F., and Martin, M. (2023). What We Do in Kauri Forests: Exploring the Affective Worlds of ‘High Risk’ Users of Vulnerable Forest Areas in Aotearoa|New Zealand. Knowledge Cultures, 11(1), 184–204. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc111202310
• McEntee, M., Medvecky, F., MacBride-Stewart, S., Macknight, V., and  Martin, M. (2023). Park Rangers and Science-Public Expertise: Science as Care in Biosecurity for Kauri Trees in Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Minerva 61, 117–140.
• Dixson, H. G. W., A. F. Komugabe-Dixson, F. Medvecky, J. Balanovic, H. Thygesen and E. A. MacDonald (2023). Trust in science and scientists: Effects of social attitudes and motivations on views regarding climate change, vaccines and gene drive technology. Journal of Trust Research, 1-25. 
• Medvecky, F. (2022). Public Understanding of Ignorance as Critical Science Literacy. Sustainability, 14(10), 5920.
• Metcalfe, J., Gascoigne, T., Medvecky, F., & Nepote, A. C. (2022). Participatory science communication for transformation. In (Vol. 21, pp. E): SISSA Medialab.
• Barratt, V., & Medvecky, F. (2022). Knowledge and attitudes towards Australian wildlife rescue services. Australian Zoologist.
• Heimann, A & Medvecky, F. (2022). Attitudes and motivations of New Zealand conservation volunteers, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 46(1): 3464
• Reid, O. S., & Medvecky, F. (2021). Sharks and New Zealand news media. Marine Policy, 134, 104751. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104751
• Kevin Albertson, Stevienna de Saille, Poonam Pandey, Effie Amanatidou, Keren Naa Abeka Arthur, Michiel Van Oudheusden & Fabien Medvecky (2021) An RRI for the present moment: relational and ‘well-up’ innovation, Journal of Responsible Innovation, DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2021.1961066
• Macknight, V., & Medvecky, F. (2021). ‘It’s not like any survey I’ve ever seen before’: Discrete Choice Experiments as a Valuation Technology. Valuation Studies, 8(1). doi:10.3384/VS.2001-5992.2021.8.1.7-31
• MacDonald EA, Edwards ED, Balanovic J, Medvecky F. (2021) Scientifically framed gene drive communication perceived as credible but riskier. People & Nature. 2021;00:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10186
• Finkler, W.; Medvecky, F. y Davis, L. S. (2021). Environmental Immersion and Mobile Filmmaking for Science Education: a New Zealand Pilot Study. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 17(1), e2228. https://doi.org/10.29333/ijese/9155
• MacDonald, E. A.; Edwards, E.; Balanovic, J.; Medvecky, F. (2020). Underlying beliefs linked to public opinion about gene drive and pest-specific toxin for pest control. Wildlife Research, 48(1), 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR19149
• MacDonald, E. A., Balanovic, J., Edwards, E. D., Abrahamse, W., Frame, B., Greenaway, A., Kannemeyer, R., Kirk, N., Medvecky, F., Milfont, T., Russell, J., Tompkins, D. M. (2020). Public Opinion Towards Gene Drive as a Pest Control Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and the Association of Underlying Worldviews. Environmental Communication, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1702568
• Macknight, V. y Medvecky, F. (2020). (Google-)Knowing Economics. Social Epistemology, 1-14.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2019.1702735
• MacDonald, E.;  Harbrow, M.;  Jack, S.; Kidd, J.; Wright, A.; Tuinder, P.; Balanovic, J.; Medvecky, F. y Poutasil, M. (2019). Segmenting urban populations for greater conservation gains: A new approach targeting cobenefits is required. Conservation Science and Practice. e101. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.101
• Fraser-Baxter, S. y Medvecky, F. (2018) Evaluating the media’s reporting of public and political responses to human-shark interactions in N.S.W, Australia, Marine Policy, 97, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.020
• Sharif, A. y Medvecky, F. (2018) Climate change news reporting in Pakistan: A qualitative analysis of environmental journalists and the barriers they face. Journal of Science Communication, 17(01), A03. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.17010203
• Medvecky, F. (2018). Fairness in knowing: Science communication and epistemic justice. Science and Engineering Ethics, 24, 1393–1408. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9977-0
• Medvecky, F. y Macknight, V. (2017). Building the economic-public relationship: learning from science communication and science studies. Journal of Science Communication, 16(02), A01. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.16020201
• Burns, M. y Medvecky, F. (2016) The disengaged in science communication: How not to count audiences and publics, Public Understanding of Science, 27(2)1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662516678351
• de Saille, S. y Medvecky, F. (2016) Innovation for a Steady State: A case for Responsible Stagnation, Economy and Society, 45(1)1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2016.1143727
• Hine, A. y Medvecky, F. (2015). Unfinished science in museums: A push for critical science literacy. Journal of Science Communication, 14(02), A04. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.14020204
• Medvecky, F. (2015). Transgressions and the Scientific Knower. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, 4(2) 37-41. Disponible aquí
• Medvecky, F. (2014). Valuing the environment in conservation economics: conceptual and structural barriers. Ethics & the Environment, 19(2), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.2979/ethicsenviro.19.2.39
• Medvecky, F.; Lacey, J. y Ashworth, P. (2014). Examining the Role of Carbon Capture and Storage Through an Ethical Lens. Science and Engineering Ethics, 20(4), 1111-1128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-013-9474-z
• Medvecky, F. (2013). Economics, Science and the Spandrels of San Marco. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, 3(1), 20-22. Disponible aquí
• Medvecky, F. (2012). Valuing environmental costs and benefits in an uncertain future: risk aversion and discounting. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 5(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v5i1.91
• Parris, K. M.; McCall, S. C.,; McCarthy, M. A.; Minteer, B. A.; Steele, K.; Bekessy, S. y Medvecky, F. (2010). Assessing ethical trade-offs in ecological field studies. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47(1), 227-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01755.x

Llibres

• Macknight, V. & Medvecky, F. (2023) Making Economics Public. The Hows and Whys of Communicating Markets and Models, Routledge
• de Saille, S.; Medvecky, F.; van Oudheusden, M.; Albertson, K.; Amanatidou, E.; Birabi, T. y Pansera, M. (2020). Responsibility Beyond Growth: A Case for Responsible Stagnation, Policy Press.
• Medvecky, F. y Leach, J. (2019). An Ethics of Science Communication.  Palgrave, London.

Capítols de llibres

• ​Medvecky, F. (2020). “Epistemic Paternalism, Science and Communication” in Guy Axtell, G. & Bernal, A. Epistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications, and Implications, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD
• Medvecky, F. (2016). “The Cost of Being Known: Economics, Science Communication and Epistemic Justice” in James H. Collier (ed).  The Future of Social Epistemology: A Collective Vision, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD
• Medvecky, F. (2014). “Sinking our teeth into public policy economics: A taste of immortality” in Whitman, G. and Dow, J. (eds). Economics of the Undead:  Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD
• Medvecky, F y Leach, J. (2013). «The Ethics of Distributing Scientific Knowledge: Epistemic and Ethical Injustices in Context”, in Goodwin, J., Dahlstrom, M. and Priest, S. (eds)  Ethical Issues in Science Communication: A Theory-Based Approach, Science Communication Project, Ames, IA

Comunicacions

• Putting Responsibility Centre-Stage: The Case Of Responsible Stagnation. Society for Social Studies of Science conference. Sydney, agosto 2018
• The ethics of risk communication (Keynote). Society for Risk Analysis Benelux. Mol, BE, marzo 2018
• The scientific basis of homeopathy, where is the (mis)communication?. Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. Dunedin, NZ, abril 2018
• Valuing good engagement process and individual outcomes in decision-maker engagement with science. Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. Dunedin, NZ, abril 2018
• Turning undergraduates into science storytellers. What are the best practices? Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. Dunedin, NZ, abril 2018
• The role of professional science communication associations in supporting science communicators and legitimising science communication practices. Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. Dunedin, NZ, abril 2018
• Big challenges for small countries in science communication. Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. Dunedin, NZ, abril 2018
• Talking about values in science communication. Public Communication of Science and Technology conference. Dunedin, NZ, abril 2018
• The ethical norms of science communication. Science in Public Conference. Sheffield, julio, 2017
• The (economic) value of science. Australasian Science Communicators Conference. Adelaide, Australia, febrero 2017
• Perception of homeopathy by homeopathy users in New Zealand. Science Communicators’ Association of New Zealand Conference. Dunedin, noviembre, 2016
• The ethical norms of science communication. Science Communicators’ Association of New Zealand Conference. Dunedin, noviembre, 2016
• Innovation Beyond Growth: Opening the black box of ‘Responsible Stagnation’. European Association for the Study of Science and Technology/ Society for Social Studies of Science joined conference. Barcelona, Spain, September 2016
• Science Communication and Epistemic Justice. Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference. Istanbul, Turkey, abril 2016
• Scientists Behaving Badly. Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference. Istanbul, Turkey, April 2016
• Responsible Innovation (RI) and the Steady State: A Case for Responsible Stagnation? Society for then Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies. Montreal, Canada, octubre 2015
• Economics’ failure as a social science. Interdisciplinary Social Sciences International Conference: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Social Change. Split, Croatia, junio 2015
• Reinterpreting disengagement. International Communication Association. Brisbane, Australia, octubre 2014
• The disengaged, non-response and dialogue. European Association for the Study of Science and Technology. Torun, Poland, septiembre 2014
• The Idiot, the Disengaged, the Counterpublic: Rethinking audiences for science communication. Australasian Science Communicators Conference. Brisbane, Australia, febrero 2014
• Valuing the environment in conservation economics: life or lumber? History and Philosophy of Science in Australia: Looking Forward Conference. University of Sydney, Australia, septiembre 2012