Ayelet Baram-Tsabari

Biography

I am a Full Professor at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and heads the “Applied Science Communication” research group. My training in science education (Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science) and science communication (Marie Curie fellowship, Cornell University) alongside my considerable experience as a journalist, editor, and a TV presenter (1999-2008) have together shaped my commitment to evidence-based practice and research in science communication and education.
I have founded the Israeli Science Communication Conference series and used my position as an elected member of the Israel Young Academy (2016-2020) to build a national infrastructure for science communication training for scientists. I care a lot about the international community of science communication, and was honoured to become an elected member of the international PCST Network scientific committee (2016-2021).
My areas of interest are finding evidence for the usefulness of science education for non-scientists; identifying non-scientist’s interests and needs in science and building on these authentic interests to communicate science in more meaningful and personally relevant ways; supporting scientists in communicating their science effectively, and developing learning goals and measurements for the outcomes of science communication trainings. Recently, I received the Higher Education Award for a Young Faculty Member for an exceptional contribution to society and the community in Israel from the Council of Higher Education (2021).