Ionica Smeets
professor
Science communication
Leiden University
Netherlands
Biography
Ionica Smeets (1979) studied Maths at Delft University of Technology and obtained her PhD in 2010 at Leiden University. She is known to the public for her popular science columns, blogs, books and television work. She has also written several books on science communication. Smeets hopes that science communication will become a more important part of the university world in the coming years. 'At the moment, universities evaluate their researchers on the basis of their research and much less on their teaching. It would be better if activities oriented towards the public, such as writing newspaper articles, columns and giving lectures, were regarded as part of the working day of researchers. All that outreach is good for the visibility of the university as a whole.'
Research Interest
Science communication.
Publications
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Smeets I. (13 May 2016), Enige beschouwingen over de waarde der wetenschapscommunicatie (Inaugural address. Institute of Biology, Science, Leiden). Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
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Hut R.W, Land A.M., Smeets I. & Stoof C. (2016), Geoscience on television: a review of science communication literature in the context of geosciences, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20: 2507-2518.
