Date of publication
Mar 30, 2026
Category:
Book Review
Public engagement with science: a practical guide
by
Kiran Tomas van den Brande
,
Emmy Vrieling-Teunter
,
Arnoud Theodoor Evers
,
Frank de Jong
Public engagement with science has gained institutional prominence while remaining conceptually fragmented and difficult to operationalise. This review evaluates Public Engagement with Science by Angela Potochnik and Melissa Jacquart as a field-level intervention addressing this condition. The book offers an interdisciplinary, pedagogically grounded framework for understanding, designing, and institutionalising public engagement. More steps regarding its theorization can be made, but the plentitude of strengths lies in conceptual integration and practical design.