Effectively Communicating Science Annual Workshops

有效传播科学年度研讨会

• 批准号: 1041512
• 负责人: John Sonsteng
• 金额: $ 28.9万
• 依托单位: Mitchell Hamline School of Law
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1041512&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Effectively; Communicating; Science; Annual; Workshops

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.

该项目支持每年举办一系列为期一周的研讨会，以学习和练习如何最好地向非专业受众传达有关气候科学的复杂科学信息。该项目的新颖之处在于，沟通技巧将在法庭环境中进行练习。 法庭环境组织严密，给科学家提供了真正的挑战，即如何以对争议各方有用的方式有效地沟通复杂的技术问题。该项目为科学家提供了一个机会，培训他们的不是如何谈论科学，而是如何最好地表达他们的专业判断引导他们说的话。 研讨会不会试图规定要提出的科学结论，因为研讨会将要求气候实践练习中当前问题的双方都有代表。 研讨会的参与者将接触到实际练习中争议的双方，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。该项目的目标不是做出判断最好的科学证据是在不熟悉的环境中练习传播科学，这有助于培养科学界有效传播的能力。 每个研讨会最初将有 30 名气候科学家作为参与者，以及律师、其他科学专家、记者和传播专业人员，他们将帮助科学家以一种让听众能够理解科学专家提供的信息的方式提供书面和口头证词。参与者将收到有关书面文件和口头演示的指导和反馈，从而使他们能够尝试和练习最有效的方法。 总的来说，讲习班的目的是展示边做边学培训的优点，以及公开交流科学和法律方法来传播科学数据及其解释和解释的优点。 主要的更广泛的影响包括向包括非专家在内的各种受众提供交流和综合复杂科学和技术问题的新颖的教育和实践经验。