Enabling the Next Generation of Hazard Researchers: An Education and Training Proposal

时间段：2002年9月1日-2004年8月31日研究领域的启动和最终的制度化在很大程度上取决于一代又一代的学者，他们不仅产生新的知识，而且产生将继续发展该领域的新一代学者。该项目回应了极端事件的社会方面研究领域中的一个严重问题：缺乏足够的初级教员队伍来维持对后代的学术研究。这一教育和培训倡议通过为研究型大学新近任命的初级教师开发一个全面的、创造性的指导计划来解决这一问题。该计划的目标是：(1)确定和招募另一批训练有素的社会科学家，从事极端事件的社会方面的相关研究；(2)让这批研究人员参与与极端事件研究相关的社会科学学术讨论；(3)使这批教员能够对这些主题进行持续的研究；以及(4)培养扩大的社会科学家网络，从事极端事件的研究。为了实现这些目标，该项目将带来聪明的、新任命的教师，在一年的时间里与来自决策科学、经济学、地理学、政治学、心理学、公共卫生、社会学和城市规划领域的经验丰富的研究人员保持联系。他们将与16名初级教员一起进行一段紧张的辅导期，这些教员将被竞争性地挑选出来作为研究员参加。辅导活动包括两次研讨会，由教员小组进行的一对一指导，以及由教员研究员进行的研究和写作活动。极端事件的社会方面的研究领域正处于关键时刻。这个项目可以说对其未来的发展非常重要，并履行了国家科学基金会的一项核心使命，即使个人能够通过新的奖学金为解决国家的问题做出贡献。

Time period: September 1, 2002-August 31, 2004The initiation and eventual institutionalization of fields of inquiry is heavily dependent upon generational cohorts of scholars who not only produce new knowledge but also produce new generations of scholars who will continue to develop the field. The project responds to a serious issue in the field of research on societal aspects of extreme events: the lack of an adequate cohort of junior faculty to sustain scholarship into future generations. This education and training initiative addresses this issue by developing a comprehensive, creative program of mentoring for recently appointed junior faculty at research universities. The objectives of the program are to: (1) identify and recruit another cohort of well-trained social scientists for undertaking relevant research about societal aspects of extreme events; (2) engage this cohort of researchers in discussions about social science scholarship as it relates to research about extreme events; (3) enable this cohort of faculty members to undertake sustained research on these topics; and (4) foster an expanded network of social scientists undertaking research on extreme events. To accomplish these objectives the project will bring bright, newly appointed faculty in sustained contact over a one-year period with seasoned researchers from the fields of decision sciences, economics, geography, political science, psychology, public health, sociology, and urban planning. They will engage in an intense period of mentoring with 16 junior faculty members who will be competitively selected to participate as fellows. Mentoring activities include two workshops, one-on-one mentoring by the faculty panel, and research and writing activities by the faculty fellows. The field of research on societal aspects of extreme events is at a critical juncture. This project is arguably important to its future development and fulfills a central mission of the National Science Foundation in enabling individuals to contribute to solving the nation's problems through new scholarship.