Reports

Research projects at the Department of Life Sciences Communication span departments and disciplines, and have included work with organizations such as the Morgridge Institute for Reasearch, the National Science Foundation, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Kavli Foundation and the Rita Allen Found, among others.

Reports included here are authored in part by LSC faculty and researchers, and serve as examples of LSC’s breadth of research interests and initiatives over the years.

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  • U.S. Public Attitudes on Artificial Intelligence, June 2026 (pdf)
  • U.S. Public Attitudes About Human Brain Organoids, June 2026 (pdf)
  • U.S. Public Attitudes on Human Genome Editing, June 2026 (pdf)
  • U.S. Public Attitudes on Public Engagement with Scientists, June 2026 (pdf)
  • An Evaluation of Public Attitudes About Regenerative Biology Research at an In-Person Library Event, February 2026 (pdf)

  • U.S. Public Perceptions of Large Energy Facilities, Community and Co-Design Processes, March 2025 (pdf)
  • Trust in Science for Policy Nexus, March 2025 (pdf)

  • Black Americans’ Experiences with Science Information: Insights from Community Conversations, March 2024 (pdf)

  • U.S. Public Attitudes on Artificial Intelligence, Updated April 2022 (pdf)

  • Using Instagram to Communication Covid-19 Messages, December 2021 (pdf)
  • Assessing the Scholarship of Public Engagement with Basic Science, August 2021 (pdf)
  • UW–Madison Faculty Perspectives on Public Engagement, June 2021 (pdf)

  • Landscape Assessment of Public Opinion Work on Use of AI in Public Health, August 21 2020 (pdf)
  • Self-reported Physical Distancing in Wisconsin: Preliminary Survey Results to Inform COVID-19 Messaging, April 2020 (pdf)
  • Faculty Public Engagement Attitudes and Practices at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and other Land Grant Institutions, January 2020 (pdf)

  • An Overview of Lay Audiences’ Perceptions of Genome Editing Wildlife, May 2018 (Updated April 2019; pdf)
  • Assessing Scientists’ Willingness to Engage in Science Communication, September 2019 (pdf)

  • Understanding 2016 Wisconsin Science Festival Audiences, January 2017 (pdf)

  • Scientists and Social Media, September 2016 (pdf)
  • Exploring Public Opinion and Risk Perceptions of Food in Wisconsin, February 2016 (pdf)

  • Opinion Report: Public Opinion & Biotechnology, July 2015 (pdf)
  • Public perceptions of Nanotechnology, March 2015 (pdf)
  • Scientists and Social Media, February 2015 (pdf)

Public perceptions of online comments, December 2014 (pdf)

Scientists’ consumption and production of science information in new media environments, June 2014 (pdf)