Effectively Communicating Science Annual Workshops

这些项目支持一系列为期一周的年度讲习班，以学习和练习如何最好地向非专业受众传达关于气候科学的复杂科学信息。这个项目的新奇之处在于，沟通技能将在法庭环境中进行练习。法庭的环境是高度组织和严密的，为科学家提供了真正的挑战，使他们能够以对争端各方有用的方式有效地交流复杂的技术问题。该项目提供了一个培训科学家的机会，他们不是要对科学说什么，而是如何最好地说出他们的专业判断导致他们说什么。讲习班将不寻求口述所要提出的科学结论，因为讲习班将要求气候实践活动中手头问题的双方都有代表。研讨会的参与者将接触到实际工作中争议的双方，因为作为专家证人，他们可以被任何一方传唤作证，并接受任何一方的审查。该项目的目标不是判断什么是最好的科学证据，而是在不熟悉的环境中练习传播科学，这有助于在科学界内建立有效沟通的能力。每个讲习班最初将有30名气候科学家以及律师、其他科学专家、记者和传播专业人员参加，他们将帮助科学家提出书面和口头证词，使听众能够理解科学专家提供的信息。参与者将接受书面文件和口头报告的指导和反馈，从而使他们能够试验和练习最有效的方法。一般而言，讲习班的目的是展示边做边学培训的好处，以及公开交流科学数据及其解释和解释的科学和法律方法。主要的更广泛的影响包括在向包括非专家在内的各种受众交流和综合复杂的科学和技术问题方面提供一种新颖的教育和实践经验。

This projects support a series of annual one-week long workshops to learn and to practice how best to communicate complex scientific information about climate science to non-specialist audiences. The novel twist of this project is found in that the communication skills would be practiced in the context of the courtroom setting. The courtroom setting is highly organized and regimented and provides real challenges for scientists to effectively communicate complex technical issues in a manner that is useful to the parties in a dispute. The project offers a chance to train scientists in not what to say about science but how best to say whatever their professional judgment leads them to say. The workshops will not seek to dictate the scientific conclusion to be presented because the workshops will require that both sides of the issue at hand in the climate practicum exercises be represented. Participants in the workshop will be exposed to both sides of the dispute underlying the practical exercise since as an expert witness they could be called to testify by either side and examined by either side as well.The goal of the project is not to make judgments as to what scientific evidence is best but to practice communicating science in an unfamiliar setting that helps build capacity within the scientific community in effective communication. Each workshop will initially involve thirty climate scientists as participants and a faculty of attorneys, other scientific experts, journalists, and communications professionals that will help the scientists present written and oral testimony in a manner that allows listeners to understand the information provided by the scientific expert. Participants will receive coaching and feedback on their written documents and oral presentations thus allowing them to experiment and practice what works best. In general, the aim of the workshops is to demonstrate the merit of learning-by-doing training and the open exchange of scientific and legal approaches to communicating scientific data and its interpretation and explanation. The primary broader impacts involve providing a novel educational and practical experience in communicating and synthesizing complex science and technical issues to a variety of audiences including non-specialists.