Training in Translating Scientific Research Findings for Non-Scientific Audiences

项目摘要 培养未来的人口研究人员是促进我们对人口统计的理解的关键 和社会现象，一个持续的挑战是使以证据为基础的人口 决策者、倡导者、 还有媒体。根据这项R-25申请，公共关系科建议延长其高度重视的培训 在向现任和前任NICHD培训中心受赠者进行政策沟通时，因此 他们学习翻译研究成果的书面和口头技能，使 对美国和世界各地的政策受众更有用的证据。 该方案的主要目标是： (1)解决研究人员在交流人口相关研究方面面临的障碍 向政策受众提供结果；(2)修改公共政策局成功的国际政策 沟通研讨会，创建有效和独特的为期一周的政策课程 专门针对美国博士生的人口学和人口学交流 理科；(3)吸引不同的博士生群体(未来人口 专业人员)在其职业生涯中进行政策沟通；(4)教育民众 科学家关于：研究向政策环境提供信息的过程，如何 确定并传达他们的研究的政策含义，以及各种 向美国政策受众传达调查结果的工具/技能。要实现这些目标 目标，PRB将每年招收以竞争方式申请的研究生，并 挑选其中约14人参加为期七天的两部分培训计划 暑期的工作坊，然后是学年的写作作业。 招聘的重点将是那些论文完成得足够好的学生。 研究--通常在他们博士课程的第三到第五年之间--所以他们 在程序的写作和演示练习中使用他们自己的发现。在.期间 暑期工作坊，学员将学习有效沟通所需的技能 向政策受众介绍研究结果。工作坊包括写作练习和 介绍，让参与者体验使用他们自己的论文研究成果作为 沟通能力培养的基础。与会者将以小组形式开会，由以下人员领导 PRB导师，讨论他们的研究，确定其政策相关性，并制定演示文稿 对于基于研究结果的政策制定者来说。公共关系科导师也提供指导，帮助他们 进行撰写网络文章和政策简报的练习。PRB的计划活动反映了我们的 对人口科学的理解，并奠定了我们致力于促进 以证据为基础的政策环境。公共关系科的员工提供广泛的专业知识和 在影响社会和经济的关键人口问题上的专业经验 美国和全球的军队。位于华盛顿特区的PRB可以访问Key 公共和私人机构-国家科学基金会、世界银行和美国机构 国际开发-愿意作为嘉宾演讲者与PRB合作的组织或 与感兴趣的研究员团体举行会议。

Project Summary Training future population researchers is critical to advancing our understanding of demographic and social phenomena, and an ongoing challenge is making evidence-based population information and materials both understandable and accessible to decisionmakers, advocates, and the media. Under this R-25 application, PRB proposes to extend its highly regarded training in policy communication to current and previous (pre-doc) NICHD training center grantees so that they learn written and oral skills for translating research findings, making emerging evidence more useful to policy audiences both in the United States and around the world. The main objectives of the program are to: (1) Address barriers that researchers face in communicating population-related research results to policy audiences; (2) Modify PRB's successful international policy communication seminar to create an effective and unique 1-week curriculum in policy communication specifically for U.S. doctoral students in demography and population sciences; (3) Engage a diverse group of doctoral students (future population professionals) in policy communication over their careers; (4) Teach population scientists about: the process by which research informs the policy environment, how to identify and communicate the policy implications of their research, and various tools/skills for communicating findings to U.S. policy audiences. To achieve these objectives, PRB will annually recruit graduate students who apply on a competitive basis and select approximately 14 of them to participate in a two-part training program: a seven-day workshop during the summer, followed by writing assignments during the academic year. Recruitment will be focused on students who are far enough along in their dissertation research-generally between the third and fifth year of their doctoral program-so that they have their own findings to use in the program's writing and presentation exercises. During the summer workshop, participants will learn the skills necessary to effectively communicate research findings to policy audiences. The workshop includes exercises in both writing and presenting, giving participants experience in using their own dissertation research findings as the basis for communication skill building. Participants will meet in small working groups led by a PRB mentor to discuss their research, identify its policy relevance, and develop a presentation for policymakers based on research findings. PRB mentors also provide guidance in carrying out exercises in writing Web articles and policy briefs. PRB's program activities reflect our understanding of the population sciences and underlie our commitment to fostering an evidence-based policy environment. PRB's staff offers a wide range of expertise and professional experiences working on critical population issues that shape social and economic forces in the United States and globally. Located in Washington, D.C., PRB has access to key public and private agencies-National Science Foundation, World Bank, and the U.S. Agency for International Development-that are open to collaborating with PRB as guest speakers or holding meetings with groups of interested Fellows.