11/30/2017

Research Project to Help Scientists, Policymakers Communicate

Communicating scientific achievements to policymakers is often a challenge

Doing science-related work and communicating that scientific information to policymakers are two very different things.

That’s why the American Association for the Advance of Science (AAAS)—along with American University researcher Elizabeth Suhay and Durham University researcher Erin Nash—jumped at the opportunity to apply for funding from the National Academy of Sciences and Rita Allen Foundation to explore ways that scientists could better engage with policymakers. Suhay and Nash had previously collaborated with AAAS on creating a fall 2017 workshop on this topic.

Emily Therese Cloyd, project director for public engagement at AAAS’ Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology, said the timing of the funding was serendipitous. “Although we thought it would be really exciting to work together, we didn’t have funding to do that, we didn’t have a particular prospect for how we would work together, and then the funding opportunity … came along—and perfect,” she said.

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.