Conference: SAI: Strengthening Coastal Infrastructure through the Improvement of Science Communication

会议：SAI：通过改善科学传播加强沿海基础设施

• 批准号: 2110817
• 负责人: Colleen Fitzgerald
• 金额: $ 4.97万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-01 至 2024-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2110817&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; SAI; Strengthening; Coastal; Infrastructure

In this project, training in science communication is enabled for infrastructure-oriented researchers in a highly diverse region to promote effective two-way communication between researchers, local communities, and decision-making entities. This coastal region is at the junction of unique vulnerabilities, including an important border and the presence of several ports where large quantities of chemicals and fossil fuels are handled. Sea level rise and the associated ground's surface settling downward (subsidence) and extreme weather such as hurricanes are further challenges to infrastructure, whether hard (built) or soft (natural, like oyster reefs or marshes). The vulnerability of the regional infrastructure has been highlighted dramatically by recent winter storms that brought down the power grid and access to potable drinking water. This project’s focus is a conference that exposes infrastructure-oriented researchers to their infrastructure-focused counterparts from the social, behavioral and economic (SBE) fields. Broader impacts include the development of a science communication kit for participants.Using evidence-informed communicative frameworks, the conference arms participants with skills to better convey their specific knowledge to non-expert audiences in their communities on decisions like understanding the impact of subsidence and sea level rise on building zoning decisions. The project lays the groundwork for infrastructure-focused scientists and engineers to better engage with community stakeholders and understand what knowledge and values they bring to the decision-making process. The conference fosters convergence in areas of the built and soft infrastructure of coastal regions by bringing SBE scientists alongside natural and physical scientists and engineers. The common foci (such as flooding and groundwater quality, or hurricanes and extreme weather) integrate human- and-social-centered approaches to the infrastructure by concentrating on key issues, theories, and methodologies from SBE perspectives. Situating the conference at a local Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and recruiting participants from regional HSIs enhance communications on critical infrastructure issues between scientists and engineers and the coastal communities. The enhanced science communication skills fortify the dissemination of evidence-based policy to the region's industries, governments, and agencies.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.

在这个项目中，科学传播的培训，使面向基础设施的研究人员在一个高度多样化的地区，以促进研究人员，当地社区和决策实体之间的有效双向沟通。这一沿海地区处于独特脆弱性的交汇点，包括一个重要的边界和几个港口，在那里处理大量的化学品和化石燃料。海平面上升和相关的地面沉降（下沉）以及飓风等极端天气对基础设施构成了进一步的挑战，无论是硬（建造）还是软（天然，如牡蛎礁或沼泽）。最近的冬季风暴使电网和饮用水供应中断，这突出表明了该区域基础设施的脆弱性。该项目的重点是一个会议，暴露面向基础设施的研究人员，以他们的基础设施为重点的同行从社会，行为和经济（SBE）领域。更广泛的影响包括为与会者开发科学传播工具包。使用循证沟通框架，会议为与会者提供技能，以便更好地向社区中的非专家受众传达他们的具体知识，例如了解沉降和海平面上升对建筑分区决策的影响。该项目为以基础设施为重点的科学家和工程师奠定了基础，使他们能够更好地与社区利益相关者接触，并了解他们为决策过程带来的知识和价值。该会议通过将SBE科学家与自然和物理科学家和工程师聚集在一起，促进沿海地区建筑和软基础设施领域的融合。共同的焦点（如洪水和地下水质量，或飓风和极端天气）通过专注于SBE视角的关键问题，理论和方法，将以人为本和社会为中心的方法整合到基础设施中。将会议设在当地的西班牙裔服务机构（HSI），并从区域HSI招募与会者，加强科学家和工程师与沿海社区之间在关键基础设施问题上的沟通。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。