Elevate your work through incorporation of public engagement

Hopfensperger, Kristine N.; Larson, Erin I.; Washko, Susan; Moody, Eric K.

doi:10.1086/712607

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“…Engagement activities are also reported to enhance the presenters’ (scientists) sense of achievement, presentation skills, and leadership including prospects for their career advancements (Adhikari, Hlaing et al, 2019 ; Davies et al, 2012 ). Thus YAGHRE activities are a two-way learning process, where students and researchers learn and build knowledge together (Hopfensperger et al, 2021 ; Leach et al, 2005 ). Constructing knowledge together by incorporating local values, living experiences and perceptions echoes with current discourse in global health that values learning from the community (Abimbola, 2021 ; Abimbola, 2023 ; Mishra et al, 2022 ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A youth advisory group on health and health research in rural Cambodia

Ean,

Tripura,

Sothea

et al. 2024

Global Bioethics

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A youth advisory group on health and health research in rural Cambodia

Ean,

Tripura,

Sothea

et al. 2024

Global Bioethics

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“…Experts also play a role in providing key information to institutions. However, despite its benefits, participating in public engagement may present challenges for scientists because of institutional and personal barriers, including lack of training, time, funding, and perceived value (Hopfensperger et al, 2021). As an example, in the context of ECHA, Clausen et al, 2020 indicate that in the case of microplastics, it is palpable that there is a lack of relevant specialised expertise, which might undermine the scientific advice provided to ECHA.…”

Section: Enhance Trust/learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of a roadmap for action on Evidence‐based risk communication in the EU Food Safety System

Rodés‐Sánchez,

Pozzi,

Sunyer‐Vidal

et al. 2024

EFSA Supporting Publications

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In March 2021, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published the report ‘Technical assistance in the field of risk communication’, outlining four key areas for advancing scientific evidence to cover knowledge gaps in food safety related risk communication research. The four areas covered included: (1) false information related to food safety (2) effectiveness of transparency initiatives (3) insights into consumer trade‐offs related to risks and benefits (4) linking factors behind perception and behaviour. The successive EFSA theme paper on ‘Evidence‐based risk communication in the EU food system’ clarified the scope and objectives within each research area. Building on the findings in these two publications, an action Roadmap was developed which delves deeper into these areas and identifies key challenges and knowledge gaps through rigorous desk research, literature reviews, and interviews with key stakeholders. The produced roadmap outlines eight project proposals each addressing specific needs and covers all the four areas. By implementing the proposals outlined and described throughout the report, EFSA will be able to further improve risk communication including cooperation and engagement with its stakeholders in the EU food safety ecosystem. Each proposal details suggested activities to be performed, expected impact, potential challenges, collaboration and cooperation opportunities and is supported by SWOT and PESTLE analyses. Finally, a prioritisation strategy is presented for the implementation of the proposals within and across the four research areas in the short and medium term.

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“…AAAS Leshner fellows have reported that AAAS' credibility helps them drive institutional support for public engagement within their professional communities, including through seeking out engagement-related leadership positions, establishing awards (such Wendy Jepson's work on the Public Engagement Award for faculty at the Texas A&M University College of Geosciences), cowriting articles in society journals (Jefferson et al, 2018;Kenney et al, 2020), and organizing engagement-related sessions at society meetings, in one case resulting in an engagementfocused section in Freshwater Science (Hopfensperger et al, 2021). At the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE), three Leshner fellows, including Institute director Jessica Hellmann, infused a greater public engagement focus and incorporated AAAS material into the IonE Associates program 7 which supports early-career faculty doing publicoriented research.…”

Section: Leshner Leadership Institutementioning

confidence: 99%

Scientific Institutions Should Support Inclusive Engagement: Reflections on the AAAS Center for Public Engagement Approach

2022

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Scientists’ engagement with society on critical environmental and health issues is essential to reaching positive and equitable long-term outcomes. We argue that stronger institutional support for public engagement is necessary and that inclusive practices should be built into public engagement training and relationships. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)’s Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology provides a model of support for scientists that we believe other scientific institutions can replicate and expand on. This model prioritizes representative and accessible science communication training, resources (e.g., funding and staff and peer support), opportunities to practice engagement, and rewards and incentives for doing engagement. We describe our programs in each of these areas and reflect on how well each builds scientists’ engagement skills and institutional capacity, and whether each embodies and models thoughtful, accessible, and representative engagement. Through these various approaches, the Center communicates to other scientific institutions that engagement by scientists should be valued, celebrated, and supported, and builds capacity for individual scientists to do effective engagement. We argue that these supports can be applied by other scientific institutions to reflect and incorporate society’s diverse needs and concerns, thus truly serving the public and making science and scientific institutions stronger for it.

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Elevate your work through incorporation of public engagement

Cited by 8 publications

References 48 publications

A youth advisory group on health and health research in rural Cambodia

A youth advisory group on health and health research in rural Cambodia

Development of a roadmap for action on Evidence‐based risk communication in the EU Food Safety System

Scientific Institutions Should Support Inclusive Engagement: Reflections on the AAAS Center for Public Engagement Approach

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