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John C. Besley

Ellis N Brandt Professor of Public Relations

Michigan State University

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College of Communication Arts and Sciences

Advertising + Public Relations

Department of Advertising and Public Relations

College of Natural Science

Environmental Science and Public Policy Program

John C. Besley is currently serving as an Advertising + Public Relations Ellis N Brandt Professor of Public Relations at Michigan State University.

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Michigan State University

Ellis N Brandt Professor of Public Relations

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society Across 68 Countries. Nature Human Behaviour (2025)

Viktoria ColognaNiels G. MedeSebastian BergerJohn BesleyCameron BrickMarina JoubertEdward W. MaibachSabina MiheljNaomi OreskesMike S. SchäferSander van der LindenNor Izzatina Abdul AzizSuleiman AbdulsalamNurulaini Abu ShamsiBalazs AczelIndro AdinugrohoEleonora AlabreseAlaa AldohMark AlfanoInnocent Mbulli AliMohammed AlsobayMarlene AltenmüllerR. Michael AlvarezRichard AmoakoTabitha AmolloPatrick AnsahDenisa ApriliawatiFlavio AzevedoAni BajramiRonita BardhanKeagile BatiEri BertsouCornelia BetschApurav Yash BhatiyaRahul BhuiOlga BiałobrzeskaMichał BilewiczAyoub BouguettayaKatherine BreedenAmélie BretOndrej BuchelPablo Cabrera-ÁlvarezFederica CagnoliAndré Calero ValdezTimothy CallaghanRizza Kaye CasesSami ÇoksanGabriela CzarnekSteven De PeuterRamit DebnathSylvain DelouvéeLucia Di StefanoCelia Díaz-CatalánKimberly C. DoellSimone DohleKaren M. DouglasCharlotte DriesDmitrii DubrovMałgorzata DzimińskaUllrich K. H. EckerChristian T. ElbaekMahmoud ElsherifBenjamin EnkeTom W. EtienneMatthew FaccianiAntoinette Fage-ButlerMd. Zaki FaisalXiaoli FanChristina FarhartChristoph FeldhausMarinus FerreiraStefan FeuerriegelHelen FischerJana FreundtMalte FrieseSimon FuglsangAlbina GallyamovaPatricia Garrido-VásquezMauricio E. Garrido VásquezWinfred GatuaOliver GenschowOmid GhasemiTheofilos GkinopoulosJamie L. GloorEllen GoddardMario GollwitzerClaudia González-BrambilaHazel GordonDmitry GrigoryevGina M. GrimshawLars GuentherHåvard HaarstadDana HarariLelia N. HawkinsPrzemysław HenselAlma Cristal Hernández-MondragónAtar HerzigerGuanxiong HuangMarkus HuffMairéad Hurley

science and technology studiesscience ethicstrustscience policyscientific communicationscientific literacysocial sciencesscientific integrityresponsible science

Communicating Trust and Trustworthiness Through Scientists’ Biographies: Benevolence Beliefs. Public Understanding of Science (2024)

S HauteaJC BesleyH Choung

science and technology studiestrustbenevolence beliefsscientific communicationcommunicationbehavioral sciencessocial sciences

Global Evidence on the Relationship Between Extreme Weather Events and Support for Climate Policies. (2024)

Viktoria ColognaSimona MeilerChahan M. KropfSamuel LüthiNiels G. MedeDavid N. BreschOscar LecuonaSebastian BergerJohn C. BesleyCameron BrickMarina JoubertEdward MaibachNaomi OreskesMike S. SchäferSander van der Linden

extreme weatherextreme weather eventsglobal evidenceenvironmental scienceclimate changeclimate policy

Investigating the Trust Gap Between Scientists and Climate Scientists in 68 Countries. (2024)

Omid GhasemiViktoria ColognaNiels G. MedeSamantha StanleyNoel StrahmRobert M RossMark AlfanoJohn R KerrSebastian BergerMathew daCosta MarquesJohn C. BesleyCameron BrickMarina JoubertEdward MaibachSabina MiheljBen R NewellNaomi OreskesMike S. Schäfer

science and technology studiestrustscientific communicationclimate scientiststrust gapclimate communicationsocial sciencesscientific integrity

Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 68 Countries: The Tisp Dataset. (2024)

Niels G. MedeViktoria ColognaSebastian BergerJohn C. BesleyCameron BrickMarina JoubertEdward MaibachSabina MiheljNaomi OreskesMike S. SchäferSander van der Linden

science communicationtisp datasetscience and technology studiesscientific communicationclimate communicationcommunicationenvironmental scienceclimate changeclimate change attitudes

Public Communication About Science Across 68 Countries: Global Evidence on How People Get Information and Communicate About Science-Related Matters. (2024)

Niels G. MedeViktoria ColognaSebastian BergerJohn C. BesleyCameron BrickMarina JoubertEdward MaibachSabina MiheljNaomi OreskesMike S. Schäfer

public communicationscientific communicationglobal evidencescience-related matterscommunicationscholarly communication

Race-Evasive Ideology in U.S.-Based Science Communication Fellowship Director Discourse. Journal of Science Communication (2024)

Nic BennettAnthony DudoJohn BesleyYasmiyn Irizarry

scholarly communicationideologyscientific communicationcommunicationrace-evasive ideologymass communicationintellectual discoursepolitical communicationsocial sciencesdiscourse analysisjournalism

The Challenge of Identifying Behavioral Goals for Communication in the Context of Basic Science. Journal of Science Communication (2024)

JC BesleySK YeoTP NewmanA Dudo

scientific communicationcommunication researchbehavioral goalsbasic sciencecommunication

Trust in Climate Science and Climate Scientists: A Narrative Review. PLOS Climate (2024)

Viktoria ColognaJohn KotcherNiels G. MedeJohn BesleyEdward W. MaibachNaomi Oreskes

narrative reviewpublic policytrustclimate scientistscommunicationclimate science

Strategic Science Communication. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks (2022)

John Besley

strategic science communicationstrategyclimate communicationcommunication

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John C. Besley

Ellis N Brandt Professor of Public Relations

Michigan State University

Affiliations

College of Communication Arts and Sciences

Advertising + Public Relations

Department of Advertising and Public Relations

College of Natural Science

Environmental Science and Public Policy Program

John C. Besley is currently serving as an Advertising + Public Relations Ellis N Brandt Professor of Public Relations at Michigan State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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John C. Besley

Michigan State University

Ellis N Brandt Professor of Public Relations

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society Across 68 Countries. Nature Human Behaviour (2025)

science and technology studiesscience ethicstrustscience policyscientific communicationscientific literacysocial sciencesscientific integrityresponsible science

Communicating Trust and Trustworthiness Through Scientists’ Biographies: Benevolence Beliefs. Public Understanding of Science (2024)

S HauteaJC BesleyH Choung

science and technology studiestrustbenevolence beliefsscientific communicationcommunicationbehavioral sciencessocial sciences

Global Evidence on the Relationship Between Extreme Weather Events and Support for Climate Policies. (2024)

extreme weatherextreme weather eventsglobal evidenceenvironmental scienceclimate changeclimate policy

Investigating the Trust Gap Between Scientists and Climate Scientists in 68 Countries. (2024)

science and technology studiestrustscientific communicationclimate scientiststrust gapclimate communicationsocial sciencesscientific integrity

Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 68 Countries: The Tisp Dataset. (2024)

Niels G. MedeViktoria ColognaSebastian BergerJohn C. BesleyCameron BrickMarina JoubertEdward MaibachSabina MiheljNaomi OreskesMike S. SchäferSander van der Linden

science communicationtisp datasetscience and technology studiesscientific communicationclimate communicationcommunicationenvironmental scienceclimate changeclimate change attitudes

Public Communication About Science Across 68 Countries: Global Evidence on How People Get Information and Communicate About Science-Related Matters. (2024)

Niels G. MedeViktoria ColognaSebastian BergerJohn C. BesleyCameron BrickMarina JoubertEdward MaibachSabina MiheljNaomi OreskesMike S. Schäfer

public communicationscientific communicationglobal evidencescience-related matterscommunicationscholarly communication

Race-Evasive Ideology in U.S.-Based Science Communication Fellowship Director Discourse. Journal of Science Communication (2024)

Nic BennettAnthony DudoJohn BesleyYasmiyn Irizarry

scholarly communicationideologyscientific communicationcommunicationrace-evasive ideologymass communicationintellectual discoursepolitical communicationsocial sciencesdiscourse analysisjournalism

The Challenge of Identifying Behavioral Goals for Communication in the Context of Basic Science. Journal of Science Communication (2024)

JC BesleySK YeoTP NewmanA Dudo

scientific communicationcommunication researchbehavioral goalsbasic sciencecommunication

Trust in Climate Science and Climate Scientists: A Narrative Review. PLOS Climate (2024)

Viktoria ColognaJohn KotcherNiels G. MedeJohn BesleyEdward W. MaibachNaomi Oreskes

narrative reviewpublic policytrustclimate scientistscommunicationclimate science

Strategic Science Communication. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks (2022)

John Besley

strategic science communicationstrategyclimate communicationcommunication

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