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Session Proposal: Navigating Broader Impacts in Current Political Climate (AGU25)

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Navigating Broader Impacts in Current Political Climate

Session ID#: 251570

Session Description:
Amid increasing political scrutiny, traditional language and approaches to broader impacts have become more challenging to include in successful proposals. Yet these activities remain vital for a robust workforce and impactful science. Hosted by a cross-sectional AGU working group, this session will feature diverse perspectives across AGU sections and career stages, sharing practical strategies for designing and communicating broader impact activities that uphold their core values of inclusion, public engagement, and societal well-being. Speakers will present their experiences, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A. The session will conclude with interactive small-group discussions where participants can exchange ideas, build supportive networks, and contribute to a co-created set of best practices to be shared on AGU platforms.
Index Terms:

0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
6610 Funding [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Convener:  Dr. Benjamin Nault, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, United States
Conveners:  Dylan Blaskey, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States, Asa K Rennermalm, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Geography, New Brunswick, United States and Daniel T Myers, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States; Personal capacity, Newark, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Princeton University, Princeton, United States
 
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Kripa Akila Jagannathan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States; University of California Berkeley, Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley, United States
 
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Fairuz Ishraque, Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Princeton University, Princeton, United States, Olga Lauter, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, United States, Neosha Narayanan, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States, Kevin Shionalyn, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Meghan N Schaberg, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Sciences, Fort Collins, United States, Zachary Labe, Climate Central, Princeton, United States, Shreyas Sunil Gaikwad, University of Texas at Austin, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Austin, United States, Melinda Nicewonger, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Rohini Narayanan, Wellesley College, Wellesley, United States
 
Reflections from Early Career Researchers on reframing research language for impactful and relevant Broader Impacts statements (Invited) (1924514)
Caitlin Mayernik, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Mazvita Marilyn Chikomo, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Kelly Garvey, University of California Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Santa Barbara, United States, Adam N Price, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, La Grande, United States and AGU Hydrology Section Student Subcommittee
 
Science for People: Building Collaborative Communities and Resilient Science Communication (Invited) (1974256)
Leah Turner, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Science, Washington, United States
 
Staying on course in the storm: Navigating upheavals in support systems for accessible and inclusive science. (Invited) (1983221)
Anita Marie Marshall, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
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