Lakes380 international collaborator Professor Stephen Meyers on inspiring scientific literacy through cultivating empathy
Professor Stephen Meyers (University of Wisconsin-Madison) in conversation with social scientist Dr Charlotte Šunde (Cawthron Institute) discusses his field of paleoclimatology, and the ways in which the Lakes380 project is contributing internationally through an “encyclopaedia of lakes” that doesn’t exist elsewhere. Misrepresentation of his 2017 article in Nature by climate change deniers prompted Professor Meyers to collaborate with artists to “cultivate a populace where sound logic and sound reason, and also empathy for each other, govern decision making.” This led to a novel response, and together with Gigi Cohen they created the tadada Scientific Lab (www.tadada.net), aiming to inspire scientific literacy and cultivate emotional connections to science through unique classroom opportunities.
