John E. Kotcher

Jan 19, 2025 | nature.com | Viktoria Cologna |Niels G. Mede |Sebastian Berger |Marina Joubert |Edward Maibach |Sabina Mihelj | +96 more

AbstractScience is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists.

Apr 17, 2024 | bmj.com | John E. Kotcher |Lisa Patel |Stefan Wheat |Rebecca Pass Philipsborn

John Kotcher, research associate professor1, Lisa Patel, executive director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and clinical associate professor2, Stefan Wheat, planetary health theme director, and assistant professor3, Rebecca Philipsborn, associate professor4, Edward Maibach, director of the Center for Climate Change Communication, and distinguished university professor1 1Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax,...

Jan 17, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Edward Maibach |Connie Roser-Renouf |Teresa Myers |John E. Kotcher

ABSTRACTSince its founding in 2007, the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication has pursued an approach to climate science communication that we call a “think-and-do tank” model. The “thinking” element involves strategic communication research intended to illuminate strategies to improve public engagement with climate change that, if applied at scale, will cultivate public and political will for climate solutions.