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Anne Toomey

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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University

Using communication strategies that tap into people’s social networks can help agencies combat misinformation. arthobbit/iStock via Getty Images Plus

February 12, 2025

Address science misinformation not by repeating the facts, but by building conversation and community

Anne Toomey, Pace University

For science to have a meaningful impact on a group of people, new information needs to spread between trusted members of that community.

Park guards view maps and photos of high-altitude glaciers – information that can be shared with local communities dealing with changing water levels. Anne Toomey

May 7, 2018

Redefining ‘impact’ so research can help real people right away, even before becoming a journal article

Anne Toomey, Pace University

Science can’t just stay in the ivory tower. But what does impact really mean and how does it happen? A study of more than a decade of ecological fieldwork projects in Bolivia suggests a better way.

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