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1975
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353

Overview

Martin W. Bauer is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a significant concentration in sociology and political science, communication, social psychology, infectious diseases, and general health professions.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, prominently including:

  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Representations and Identity
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Community Health and Development

Their recent publications reflect a multidisciplinary approach, often addressing science communication and societal responses to health crises. Notable papers include:

  • "Public communication by research institutes compared across countries and sciences: Building capacity for engagement or competing for visibility?" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "The COVID-19 mirror: reflecting science-society relationships across 11 countries" (2020, Journal of Science Communication)
  • "Perceptions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of science journalists: global perspectives" (2021, Journal of Science Communication)
  • "`Pandem-icons' - exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic" (2023, Journal of Science Communication)
  • "The Communication Function of Universities: Is There a Place for Science Communication?" (2023, Minerva)

Martin W. Bauer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Gordon Sammut, Marta Entradas, Frank Marcinkowski, Giuseppe Pellegrini, and Luisa Massarani. These collaborations span various topics and disciplines, indicating a broad interdisciplinary network.

Their work has been published in several academic venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Science Communication
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Cognition Technology & Work
  • Cultures of Science

In addition to journal articles, Bauer has also contributed to the academic literature through book publications. One such publication is "The Psychology of Social Influence," published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

  • What can we learn from 25 years of PUS survey research? Liberating and expanding the agenda

    Martin W. Bauer;Nick Allum;Steve Miller

  • Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound

    Martin Bauer;George Gaskell

  • Classical Content Analysis: a Review

    Martin Bauer;George Gaskell

  • Towards a Paradigm for Research on Social Representations

    Martin W. Bauer;George Gaskell

  • Pesquisa qualitativa com texto, imagem e som: um manual prático

    Martin W. Bauer;George Gaskell

  • A construçao do corpus: um princípio para a coleta de dados qualitativos.

    B Aarts;M Bauer

  • Worlds Apart? The Reception of Genetically Modified Foods in Europe and the U.S.

    George Gaskell;Martin W. Bauer;John Durant;Nicholas C. Allum

  • Biotechnology in the public sphere: a European sourcebook.

    J. Durant;M. W. Bauer;G. Gaskell

  • Qualitative researching with text, image and sound : a practical handbook

    Martin W. Bauer;George Gaskell

  • Biotechnology and the European public

    George Gaskell;Nick Allum;Martin Bauer;John Durant

  • Biotechnology: The Making of a Global Controversy

    Martin W. Bauer;George Gaskell

  • Individual and Group Interviewing

    Martin Bauer;George Gaskell

  • The Evolution of Public Understanding of Science—Discourse and Comparative Evidence

    Martin W. Bauer

  • Biotechnology 1996-1999 : the years of controversy

    George Gaskell;Martin W. Bauer

  • Europeans and Biotechnology in 2002

    George Gaskell;Nick Allum;Sally Stares;Martin W. Bauer

  • Corpus construction: a principle for qualitative data collection

    B Aarts;M Bauer

  • Social Representations Theory: A Progressive Research Programme for Social Psychology

    Martin W. Bauer;George Gaskell

  • The mobilization of scientists for public engagement

    Martin W. Bauer;Pablo Jensen

  • Qualitative researching with text, image and sound: a practical handbook for social research

    Martin W. Bauer;George Gaskell

  • EUROPEAN PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE

    Martin Bauer;John Durant;Geoffrey Evans

  • Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis. Theory, Methods, and Practice

    Martin Bauer;U. Kelle

  • Misunderstanding Science? The Public Reconstruction of Science and Technology

    Martin Bauer;A. Irwin;B. Wynne

Frequent Co-Authors

George Gaskell
George Gaskell London School of Economics and Political Science
Adrian Bangerter
Adrian Bangerter University of Neuchâtel
Judith Green
Judith Green King's College London
Ingrid Schoon
Ingrid Schoon University College London
Brian Wynne
Brian Wynne Lancaster University
Geoffrey M. Evans
Geoffrey M. Evans University of Newcastle Australia
Uwe Flick
Uwe Flick Freie Universität Berlin

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