Workshop: Weather, Climate and Communication: More than just Talking about the Weather; 2011 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting; Seattle, Washington; 23-27 January 2011

研讨会：天气、气候和交流：不仅仅是谈论天气；

• 批准号: 1120094
• 负责人: Gina Eosco
• 金额: $ 2.48万
• 依托单位: American Meteorological Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-03-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1120094&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Weather; Climate; Communication; More

This grant provides funds for the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Policy Program to support 18 communication faculty, post-docs and students to attend their week long Annual Meeting and a companion weekend workshop on communicating weather and climate in order to create and nurture an interdisciplinary collaboration that would cross invisible boundaries that may or may not exist between research disciplines and practitioners. Although hazards researchers and practitioners, including meteorologists and climatologists, have made great strides in physical science, humans still choose how they will react to weather and climate information. Communication scholars, journalists, psychologists and sociologists, to name a few, have also made great strides in their research, focusing on message creation and societal response to risk or environmental issues. However, only a small portion of the overall field is dedicated to the weather and climate context; even less is being used in practice. Although both disciplines have much to offer each other, research disciplines and practice often create invisible boundaries that may or may not nurture multi-disciplinary collaboration. To build true partnerships, scholars need to attend, participate, and actively listen to each other beyond a fifteen-minute presentation. The AMS will help create an environment to establish and formalize research and practice collaborations.Both disciplines have much to offer society at large. The weather and climate community focuses on increasing our understanding of the hazards that affect our world. The communication community focuses on how to create messages and an effective communication environment to convey the risks and science of such hazards. The true benefit to society is when these two communities come together. Research alone does not lead to a safer society. When research communities combine with practice, then society can see the true value and benefit of all the research involved. This single grant will set into motion an ongoing series of collaborations between these communities that will fuel and sustain a continuing and growing societal benefit.

这项拨款为美国气象学会（AMS）政策项目提供资金，支持18名通信教师、博士后和学生参加为期一周的年度会议，以及一个关于通信天气和气候的周末研讨会，以创建和培育跨学科合作，跨越研究学科和从业者之间可能存在或不存在的无形界限。尽管包括气象学家和气候学家在内的灾害研究人员和从业人员在物理科学方面取得了长足的进步，但人类仍然可以选择如何对天气和气候信息作出反应。传播学者、记者、心理学家和社会学家等也在他们的研究中取得了长足的进步，他们的研究重点是信息创造和对风险或环境问题的社会反应。然而，整个领域中只有一小部分是专门用于天气和气候背景的；在实践中使用的甚至更少。尽管这两个学科都有很多相互提供的东西，但研究学科和实践往往会产生无形的界限，这可能会也可能不会促进多学科合作。为了建立真正的伙伴关系，学者们需要在15分钟的演讲之外，参加、参与并积极倾听彼此的意见。AMS将帮助创造一个环境，以建立和正规化研究和实践合作。这两门学科对整个社会都大有裨益。天气和气候社区致力于提高我们对影响我们世界的危害的理解。传播界关注的是如何创造信息和有效的传播环境，以传达此类危害的风险和科学。真正对社会有益的是这两个群体的结合。研究本身并不能带来一个更安全的社会。当研究团体与实践相结合时，社会就能看到所有相关研究的真正价值和利益。这笔单笔赠款将启动这些社区之间的一系列持续合作，这些合作将推动和维持持续不断增长的社会效益。