Yael Barel Ben-David

“My research focuses on science communication training programs and their impact on both scientists and publics. I am interested in understanding if the skills we are teaching scientists align with our goal of promoting evidence-based decision-making among publics  and can Generative AI support this process.”

Kiel University
Research Scientist

E-Mail: ybarel-ben_david@kielscn.de

• since 2024: Research scientist at KielSCN
• 2020 – 2024: Research scientist and Citizen Lab founding Director a collaboration between MadaTech — Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space and The Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion, aiming to forge and strengthen the ties between academia, science museum, and publics through the practice of citizen science and participatory science
• 2018 – Present: Science communication workshops instructor and advisor for scientists, M.Ds and entrepreneurs in academy
• 2015 – 2020: PhD under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion- Israel Institute for Technology, Haifa (Israel)
• 2012 – 2015: Master of Science (with honors) in Science Communication at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion- Israel Institute for Technology, Haifa (Israel)
• 2007 – 2010: Bachelor of Science in Biology and Philosophy at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel)

• Golumbic, Y.; Dalyot, K., Barel Ben-David, Y.; Keller, M. (2022). Establishing an Everyday Scientific Reasoning Scale to Learn How Non-scientists Reason with Science. Public Understanding of Science.
• Barel-Ben David, Y., and Baram-Tsabari, A. (2021). Professional Development in Science Communication. In Hanganu-Bresch, C., Maci, S., Cutrufello, G. and Zerbe, M. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Scientific Communication. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Barel-Ben David, Y., Garty, E. S., and Baram-Tsabari, A. (2020). Can scientists fill the science journalism void? Online public engagement with science stories authored by scientists. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0222250. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222250
• Barel-Ben David, Y., & Baram Tsabari, A. (2020) Evaluating Science Communication Training: Going Beyond Self-reports.in Newman, T., (Ed.) Handbook of Science Communication Training. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Dalyot, K., Sharon, A. J., Barel Ben-David, Y., Orr, D. & Baram-Tsabari. A. (2019). Public Engagement with Science in Everyday Life: Perceptions of Wi-Fi Radiation Risks in Schools. Research in Science Education. DOI: 10.1007/s11165-019-09894-w
• Armon, R., Barel-Ben David, Y., and Baram-Tsabari, A. (2017). Ribosomes as Current Affairs – The Science of London and Kirschenbaum (Hebrew). Media Frames, 16, 85-108.

• 2024: Minerva post-doctoral fellowship
• 2023: Teacher’s Assistants Excellence Award, Technion, Haifa, Israel
• 2021: PoC EiTFood grant
• 2020: Technion Jacobs award
• 2020: PCST travel bursary for early career researchers funded by the journal Public Understanding of Science
• 2019: Improving your presentation, spoken academic English, and communication skills, International collaboration grant from the Technion International School
• 2018: Faculty research award, 3^rd place
• 2018: Erice International School of Science Journalism 2018 fellowships for participants based in non-European countries
• 2013 – 2019: Stipend from the Technion and I-CORE – Israeli Centers Of Research   Excellence
• 2012: Teacher’s Assistants Excellence Award, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
• 2011: FaemLab Israel Finalist