South African frameworks and guidelines

• Science Engagement Strategy (DSI)
• M&E Framework for the Science, Technology and Innovation System in SA (DSI and Naci)
  

International frameworks and guidelines

• Open Science Framework https://osf.io/
• The Royal Society’s Public Understanding of Science aka the Bodmer report, 1985 (remains a seminal science communication text)
• ​​​​​​​The European Commission’s Masis Report aka Challenging Futures of Science in Society 
• ​​​​​​​Future Earth 2025 Vision Future Earth is a global network of scientists, researchers, and innovators collaborating for a more sustainable planet
• The Horizon Papers updated March 2021, see what research the EU’s new R&D programme will fund

Suggested reading

• RRI: How to ‘mainstream’ the ‘upstream’ engagement by Alexander Gerber
  (Note the transdisciplinary approach as a given and a requirement instead of, as in the past, a novelty.)
• The Rightful Place of Science: Science, Values, and Democracy The 2016 Descartes Lectures by Heather Douglas
• Politics of science communication in South Africa by Dr Hester du Plessis
• Science Communication in South Africa: Reflections on Current Issues by Peter Weingart, Marina Joubert & Bankole Falade
• The Emancipatory power of Science Communication by Dr Hester du Plessis 
• The Rightful Place of Science: Science, Values, and Democracy by Heather Douglas of Michigan State University