Description
Despite a large, reported interest significant barriers prevent academics from contributing to decision-making processes, including a lack of knowledge about how to engage, insufficient time to participate, and a lack of acknowledgement of individual contributions beyond citations. For example, engaging with policy decision-making processes is not necessarily rewarded in the same way as other activities, such as publishing in journals or generating press coverage. This acts as a significant barrier to participation for many academics, but particularly early career researchers. But what might solutions look like? Funders can act as agents of change that promote, recognise and reward academic-policy engagement; universities must recognise and reward the varied workload attached to the impact agenda; policy institutions must provide academics the supporting documents which can help them to demonstrate impact. Whatever the solutions are, they require the foundation of new incentive structures, better recognition of engagement, and cultural change. Part of this requires establishing dialogue between academics, funding bodies, and policy institutions.Public information:
The session conveners are excited to announce the Symposium speakers below:
Time Block 1: 8:30 - 10:15
James Morris: Senior Policy Officer, Science Europe
Karen Stroobants: Researcher, Policy Adviser and Consultant on research policy and strategy
Barbara Ervens: Chair of the EGU Publications Committee and Research Scientist at University Clermont- Auvergne
Ruth Morgan: Professor of Crime and Forensic Science and Director of the Centre for the Forensic Sciences at the University College London
Moderator: Megan O’Donnell, Head of Policy and Communications at The Geological Society of London
Time Block 2: 10:45 - 12:30
Dave Carlson: Former Director of World Climate Research Programme
Sam Illingworth: Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK
Annegret Larsen: Assistant Professor in Soil Geography and Landscape Research, Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
Tome Sandevski Director Science Policy Dialogue Projects at Goethe University Frankfurt
Moderator: Kasey White, Director for Geoscience Policy at The Geological Society of America
Period | 23 Apr 2023 |
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Event title | European Geoscience Union Annual Meeting |
Event type | Conference/symposium |
Location | Vienna, AustriaShow on map |
Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- impact
- citations
- early career