Articulating Complex Science: The Case of Sea Level Rise; Washington, District Columbia; Spring or Fall 2020

阐明复杂的科学：海平面上升的案例；

• 批准号: 1939889
• 负责人: Sandra Thiam
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: Environmental Law Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-12-15 至 2022-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1939889&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Articulating; Complex; Science; Case; Sea

This project uses funds to convene a 1.5-day interdisciplinary workshop in Washington, D.C. at which scientists, lawyers, and journalists will explore differing approaches to articulating a complex science topic, such as sea level rise, within the cultural norms of their professions. The goals of this workshop are to: (1) identify and facilitate communication strategies that effectively convey the science of sea level rise and inform policy and legal discussions; (2) help legal experts and policymakers gain better understanding of the science of sea level rise; and (3) highlight the challenges in understanding and communicating the uncertainties of the science of sea level rise.The Workshop uses sea-level rise as a case study because the topic is scientifically complex and is the basis for discussions in the larger civil society regarding cause, effect, mitigation, and adaptation. These discussions necessarily involve scientists, engineers, planners, policy makers, attorneys, and journalists. The Workshop conveners will develop discussion materials for use at the Workshop and disseminate these materials, along with discussion outcomes, afterwards.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目利用资金在华盛顿，华盛顿特区举办了一个为期一天半的跨学科研讨会，科学家、律师和记者将在其职业的文化规范范围内探索阐述复杂科学主题（如海平面上升）的不同方法。该研讨会的目标是：（1）确定和促进有效传播海平面上升科学并为政策和法律的讨论提供信息的传播战略;（2）帮助法律的专家和决策者更好地了解海平面上升科学;以及（3）强调了在理解和交流海平面上升科学的不确定性方面所面临的挑战。因此，我们建议将水平面上升作为一个案例研究，因为这一主题在科学上是复杂的，并且是更广泛的民间社会就原因、影响、缓解和适应进行讨论的基础。 这些讨论必然涉及科学家、工程师、规划者、政策制定者、律师和记者。 研讨会召集人将开发研讨会上使用的讨论材料，并在研讨会结束后沿着讨论结果一起分发这些材料。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。