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

该提案是对2009年两年一度的卡里会议的部分支持，该会议题为“在环境争议中有效传播科学”。自1985年以来，卡里会议一直侧重于讨论和审查环境科学的基本问题，来自20个国家的500多名科学家出席了会议。本次会议的目标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、机构和机关如何增加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动是环境科学的一个持续挑战。研究、教育和外联、管理和决策之间的多重脱节阻碍了这种流动，而这些脱节是由于不同社区在时间框架、方法、语言和行话、对不确定性的处理以及目标和价值观方面的差异造成的。两个问题引导了对为什么基础生态科学的信息没有更多地用于教育、管理和政策的拟议检查：是因为人们不这样做吗？I don“我不知道。是不是因为人们不？不在乎？ 会议将使用数量有限的生态案例研究来解决这些问题（例如，酸雨、濒危物种）作为平台，为四个不同群体制定建议：科学家个人、学术机构、管理人员和决策者以及科学与社会之间的组织。一个主要目标是制定具体的建议，研究人员和学术机构如何能够更好地阐明和增加其研究的更广泛的社会影响。 会议还将包括通过NSF创新K-12，本科和研究生教育的努力的具体重点？的综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）和研究生教学研究员在K-12教育（GK-12）计划，与计划领导人和最近的毕业生从议程上的两个程序。

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.