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

这笔赠款为美国气象学会(AMS)政策计划提供资金，以支持18名传播学教师、博士后和学生参加为期一周的年会和周末关于交流天气和气候的研讨会，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可能不存在的无形边界。尽管包括气象学家和气候学家在内的危害研究人员和从业者在物理科学方面取得了长足的进步，但人类仍然选择他们将如何对天气和气候信息做出反应。传播学学者、记者、心理学家和社会学家等也在他们的研究中取得了很大进展，重点是信息创造和社会对风险或环境问题的反应。然而，整个领域中只有一小部分专门用于天气和气候背景；更少的是在实践中使用。尽管这两个学科有很多可以相互提供的东西，但研究学科和实践往往创造出无形的边界，可能会也可能不会培育多学科合作。为了建立真正的伙伴关系，学者们需要参加、参与并积极倾听彼此的意见，而不仅仅是15分钟的陈述。AMS将帮助创造一个环境，以建立和正式的研究和实践合作。这两个学科都有很多可以为整个社会提供的东西。天气和气候界的重点是增加我们对影响我们世界的危险的了解。传播界的重点是如何创建信息和有效的传播环境，以传达此类危险的风险和科学。当这两个社区走到一起时，社会才会真正受益。仅靠研究并不能带来一个更安全的社会。当研究社区与实践相结合时，社会才能看到所有相关研究的真正价值和好处。这一笔赠款将启动这些社区之间正在进行的一系列合作，这些合作将推动和维持持续和不断增长的社会利益。

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.