ED33E:
Communication of Science: Practice, Research, and Reflection III Posters

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Session ID#: 12662

Session Description:
Do you consider yourself a science communicator? Does your research group or institution participate in public engagement activities? Have you ever evaluated or published your education and outreach efforts?

Scientists communicate to non-peer audiences through numerous pathways including websites, blogs, public lectures, media interviews, and educational collaborations. A considerable amount of time and money is invested in this public engagement and these efforts are to a large extent responsible for the public perception of science. However, few opportunities and incentives exist for researchers to optimize their communication practices to ensure effective outreach. This session, run at both AGU and EGU, encourages critical reflection on science communication practices and provides an opportunity for science communicators to share best practice and experiences with evaluation and research in this field.

Primary Convener:  Heidi A Roop, University at Buffalo, Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States; Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand
Conveners:  Samuel Michael Illingworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester, United Kingdom and Alejandra Borunda, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States
Chairs:  Alejandra Borunda, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States and Heidi A Roop, University at Buffalo, Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States; Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand
OSPA Liaison:  Heidi A Roop, University at Buffalo, Geology, Buffalo, NY, United States; Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
6329 Project evaluation [POLICY SCIENCES]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Tweeting Earthquakes using TensorFlow (150184)
Emanuele Casarotti, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy, Francesca Comunello, LUMSA, Rome, Italy and Federica Magnoni, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy
www.fallasdechile.cl, the First Online Repository for Neotectonic Faults in the Chilean Andes (191960)
Felipe Aron1,2, Valeria Salas3, Constanza Javiera Bugueño4, César Hernández5, Luis Leiva6, Isabel Santibanez1 and Jose M Cembrano1,7, (1)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, Santiago, Chile, (2)Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence, Santiago, Chile, (3)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Major in Geosciences, Santiago, Chile, (4)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Minor in Geosciences, Santiago, Chile, (5)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Major in Autonomous and Robotic Systems, Santiago, Chile, (6)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Major in Computer Science, Santiago, Chile, (7)National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disasters Management (CIGIDEN), Santiago, Chile
Applying Human-Centered Design Methods to Scientific Communication Products (153111)
Erin R Burkett1, Nicholas K Jayanty2 and Robert M DeGroot1, (1)USGS Pasadena Field Office, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Art Center College of Design, Designmatters, Pasadena, CA, United States
The “Week Of Planet Earth” Italy Discovering Geosciences: a More Informed Society is a More Engaged Society. (179811)
Silvio Seno, University of Pavia, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pavia, Italy and Rodolfo Coccioni, Università degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Urbino, Italy
Polar Voices: Relaying the Science and Story of Polar Climate Change through Podcast (182822)
Michael Moloney1,2, Annie Quinney1,2 and Maribeth S Murray1,2, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)Arctic Institute of North America, Calgary, AB, Canada
Circumarctic Conversations: Using Strategic Communication to Engage Participants and the Community in the 2016 Arctic Science Summit Week (135315)
Susan Mitchell, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Kristin Timm, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Theresa Bakker, University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK, United States

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