Conference Proposal: Cary Conference on Effective Communication Of Science In Environmental Controversies, May 2009

会议提案：卡里环境争议中有效科学传播会议，2009 年 5 月

• 批准号: 0840224
• 负责人: Peter Groffman
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0840224&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Proposal; Cary; Effective; Communication

This proposal is for partial support of the 2009 bi-annual Cary Conference, entitled Effective Communication of Science in Environmental Controversies. Cary Conferences have focused on discussion and examination of fundamental issues in environmental science since 1985 and have been attended by over 500 scientists from 20 countries. The objectives of this conference are to evaluate successes and challenges in the use of information produced by basic ecology in applied environmental science, and to produce specific recommendations on how individuals, institutions and agencies can increase the broader impacts of their research. Enhancing the flow of information from research to managers and decision makers is an ongoing challenge in environmental science. This flow is hindered by multiple disconnects between research, education and outreach, management and decision-making that arise from differences in time frames, methodology, language and jargon, treatment of uncertainty, and goals and values among different communities. Two questions guide the proposed examination of why information from basic ecological science is not used more in education, management and policy: is it because people don?t know? Or, is it because people don?t care? The conference will address these questions using a limited number of ecological case studies (e.g., acid rain, endangered species) as platforms for developing recommendations for four distinct groups: individual scientists, academic institutions, managers and policy makers, and organizations a the interface between science and society. A primary goal is to develop specific recommendations for how investigators and academic institutions can better articulate and increase the broader societal impacts of their research. The conference will also include specific focus on efforts to innovate K-12, undergraduate and graduate education through NSF?s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) and Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) programs, with program leaders and recent graduates from both programs on the agenda.

这项建议是为了部分支持2009年两年一度的CARY会议，题为“环境争议中科学的有效传播”。自1985年以来，CARY会议的重点是讨论和研究环境科学的基本问题，来自20个国家的500多名科学家参加了会议。本次会议的目的是评估在应用环境科学中使用基础生态学产生的信息方面的成功和挑战，并就个人、机构和机构如何提高其研究的更广泛影响提出具体建议。加强从研究到管理者和决策者的信息流是环境科学中的一个持续挑战。由于不同社区之间的时间框架、方法、语言和术语、不确定性的处理以及目标和价值观的差异，研究、教育和外联、管理和决策之间的多重脱节，阻碍了这一流动。两个问题指导着拟议中的审查，即为什么基础生态科学的信息没有更多地用于教育、管理和政策：是因为人们不知道吗？或者，是因为人们不在乎吗？会议将利用数量有限的生态案例研究(例如，酸雨、濒危物种)作为平台，为四个不同的群体制定建议：科学家个人、学术机构、管理者和政策制定者，以及科学与社会之间的联系的组织。一个主要目标是就研究人员和学术机构如何更好地阐明和增加其研究的更广泛的社会影响提出具体建议。会议还将特别关注通过国家科学基金会S综合研究生教育与研究培训计划(IGERT)和K-12教育研究生教育研究员(GK-12)项目创新K-12、本科和研究生教育的努力，项目负责人和最近从这两个项目毕业的学生将被列入议程。