ED51G:
Public Engagement with Science: Institutional Structures and Supports II Posters

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Session ID#: 12667

Session Description:
A growing body of work suggests scientists can increase the societal relevance of their research by engaging with the public, including through deliberative forums, knowledge co-production, and citizen science. In addition, some research finds that scientists’ participation in public communication, particularly social media, may increase the scientific impact of their work.

Despite these benefits, however, scientists report barriers to public engagement. Engagement can be time-consuming, and scientists worry that it shifts attention from their research. Scientists may also perceive a tension between their research and public engagement identities, with possible implications for the workplace. This session will explore models and cases for overcoming these barriers.

As calls for engagement outpace empirical work to understand drivers of public engagement practice, case studies, evaluations, and other ad hoc measures may be coordinated to provide actionable, testable knowledge about best practices to build support for the practice of public engagement with science.

Primary Convener:  Emily Therese Cloyd, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Katie Reeves, US Global Change Research Program, Engagement and Communications Lead (Contractor), Washington D.C., DC, United States and Elana Kimbrell, American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC, Fremont, CA, United States
Chairs:  Elana Kimbrell, American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC, Fremont, CA, United States, Katie Reeves, US Global Change Research Program, Engagement and Communications Lead (Contractor), Washington D.C., DC, United States and Emily Therese Cloyd, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Katie Reeves, US Global Change Research Program, Engagement and Communications Lead (Contractor), Washington D.C., DC, United States
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0840 Evaluation and assessment [EDUCATION]
6319 Institutions [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Social Media: Gateway to Public Preparedness and Understanding of GeoHazards (195574)
Jason E Ballmann, Southern California Earthquake Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Wendy Bohon, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Seattle, WA, United States and Beth A Bartel, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States
Acquiring Data by Mining the Past: Pairing Communities with Environmental Monitoring Methods through Open Online Collaborative Replication (192256)
Mathew Lippincott1, Ellen S Lewis2, Gretchen E Gehrke2,3, Amber Wise4, Simon Pyle2, Victor Sinatra2, Geoff Bland5, David Bydlowski6, Andy Henry6 and Paul Agyebo Gilberts4, (1)Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science, portland, OR, United States, (2)Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science, po box 3426, new orleans, LA, United States, (3)Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, Durham, NC, United States, (4)Chicago State University, Chemistry, Chicago, IL, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Wayne, MI, United States
Improvement of Soil and Water Conservation Outdoor Classrooms and Volunteers in Taiwan (155689)
Yan-Ling Wu1, Yu-Hui Lin2, Kuo-Feng Huang2 and Hsun-Chuan Chan1, (1)National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, (2)Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Nantou, Taiwan
Exomars Mission Achievements (136381)
Johanne Lecomte and Jean-Jacques Juillet, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States

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