Commissioned reports & white papers

Nisbet, M.C. (2019, Dec.) The Carbon Removal Debate: Asking Critical Questions about Climate Futures. Institute for Carbon Law and Policy. School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. 24pgs.

Nisbet, M.C. & Nisbet, M.C. (2019). The Public Face of Science Across the World: Optimism and Innovation in an Era of Reservations and Inequality. Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 52pgs.

Nisbet, M.C. (2018). Scientists in Civic Life: Facilitating Dialogue-Based Communication. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 44 pgs.

Nisbet, M.C., Wihbey, J., Kristiansen, S., & Bajak, A. (2018). Funding the News: Foundations and Nonprofit Media. Cambridge, MA: Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University, 69 pgs.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017). Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 153 pgs.

Nisbet, M.C. & Markowitz E. (2016). Strategic Science Communication on Environmental Issues. AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 20 pgs.

Nisbet, M.C. & Markowitz, E. (2016). Science Communication Research: Bridging Theory and Practice. AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 45 pgs.

Nisbet, M.C. & Markowitz, E. (2016). Americans' Attitudes About Science And Technology: The Social Context for Public Communication. AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Nisbet, M.C. & Markowitz, E. (2015). Public Engagement Research and Major Approaches. AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Nisbet, M.C. (2015). Rethinking the Translation and Dissemination Paradigm: Recommendations from Science Communication Research for Health Services Policy Debates, Washington, DC: AcademyHealth, 14 pgs.

Nisbet, M.C. (2013). Nature’s Prophet: Bill McKibben as Journalist, Activist and Public Intellectual. Discussion Paper Series, Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 73pgs.

Nisbet, M.C. (2011, April). Climate Shift: Clear Vision for the Next Decade of Public Debate. Washington, D.C.: American University.

Maibach, E., Nisbet, M.C., & Weathers, M. (2011, April). Conveying the Human Implications of Climate Change: A Climate Change Communication Primer for Public Health Professionals. Fairfax, VA: Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University.

Nisbet, M.C. & Dudo, A. (2011, Jan.). Science, Entertainment, and Education: Annotated Bibliography and Literature Review. Commissioned report in support of the National Academies’ Science & Entertainment Exchange.

Nisbet, M.C. (2010, Dec.). Civic Education about Climate Change: Opinion-Leaders, Communication Infrastructure, and Participatory Culture. Commissioned paper in support of the Climate Change Education Roundtable, National Academies, Washington, DC.

Feldman, L., Nisbet, M.C., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2010, March). The Climate Change Generation? Survey Analysis of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Young Americans. Joint Report of American University's School of Communication, The Yale Project on Climate Change, and George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication.

Nisbet, M.C. (2009). Communicating about America’s Energy Future: Ambassador Program Planning Document. Report to the National Academies, Washington, DC, 26

Aufderheide, P., Clark, J., Nisbet, M.C., Dessauer, C., & Donnelly, K. (2009). Best Practices in Digital Journalism. Report to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by the Center for Social Media at American University, Washington, DC.

Nisbet, M.C. (2008). Biomedical Research and the American Public. Report to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington, DC.

Nisbet, M.C. (2007). Communicating about Poverty and Low Wage Work: A New Agenda. Report to Inclusion, the Joyce Foundation, and the British Embassy.

Nisbet, M.C. (2007). Understanding the Social Impact of Documentary Film. In K. Hirsch, Documentaries on a mission: How non-profits are making movies for public engagement. A Future of Public Media Project, funded by the Ford Foundation. Center for Social Media, American University, Washington, DC.

Nisbet, M.C. (2006). Seeds of Promise or Roots of Conflict? South Asian Press Coverage of Plant Biotechnology. Report to the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and Cornell University.

Shanahan, J. & Nisbet, M.C. (2002). Media Coverage of Climate Change and Global Warming. Report to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Ithaca, NY: Dept. of Communication, Cornell University.