Clare Wilkinson
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Clare Wilkinson is a leading scholar in science communication and public engagement with emerging technologies. Her research focuses on how citizens, policymakers, and scientists interact around controversial innovations, particularly in robotics and biotechnology. Her most cited work, “Oh Yes, Robots! People Like Robots; the Robot People Should do Something” (2010, 50 citations), critically examines institutional and governmental public engagement strategies for robotics, revealing the gap between top-down policy rhetoric and genuine public dialogue. Wilkinson’s contributions have shaped understanding of how publics perceive autonomous systems and how engagement frameworks can be made more inclusive and reflexive. Beyond robotics, she has published extensively on science in popular media, risk communication, and the ethics of participatory research. Her work is widely used by science communication practitioners and policymakers seeking to design more meaningful public consultations. With a career spanning over two decades, Wilkinson has also co-authored influential texts on research methods for science communication and has been a key voice in advocating for critical, socially aware approaches to engaging non-specialist audiences with complex science and technology.
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