Toward a "third culture": MIT SPR as an outlet for 21st-century scientific storytelling

Edited by: AUDREY BERTIN, NATALIE D. GEHRED, DAVID HOWARTH, DYLAN MCCORMICK, AND LAURA SHUPP

In an era marked by the persistent onslaught of global disturbances, MIT SPR is poised to continue to serve as a bastion of accessible and conscientious communication between scientists, the general public, and policymakers. Drawing on a heritage of scientific thinkers from the past half-century, I argue for a reorientation of our self-image at the journal from communicators to storytellers to move toward a culture that best unites all stakeholders needed to safeguard our collective future.

Highlights

1. As the MIT Science Policy Review (MIT SPR) closes out our fifth year of operations, we continue to deliver accessible and authoritative reviews, interviews, and perspectives at the cutting edge of science and society.

2. Historically, we have centered our work on the thesis that scientists have a responsibility to communicate with the public.

3. Past-century thinkers light a path for our next half-decade toward a third culture that bridges science and humanities as scientific storytelling that may best bring scientists, the public, and policymakers into conversation with one another.

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