AGU’s new mission and vision aspire to support societally engaged science – sometimes referred to as solution-driven science, convergent science, use-inspired science, or a variety of other names. The path to successfully connect science and society is done in a myriad of ways, though the path is often not obvious and certainly not linear. Fortunately, within AGU there are a growing number of members with a wealth of experience in connecting science and society. This includes research and practice in: community and citizen science, science communication, science policy, social and behavioral sciences, and art and science. This session will gather leaders in each of these areas to share their fields of study and practice, spotlight examples of how this work effectively, and justly, connects science to society, and share how AGYou can participate in more engaged science at AGU and beyond.

This session will draw from and connect to the work AGU members are sharing throughout the Fall Meeting, featuring highlights and providing opportunities for those at the science and society interface, including artists, communicators, policy makers, social scientists, community members and other decision makers to engage with each other and AGU more broadly.

This will feature introductions to, and examples of, work in each of the following:

Art and science

Community and citizen science

Science communication

Science policy

Social and behavioral sciences

These features will be complemented by panel discussions on how diverse expertise and partnerships can foster innovation within AGU that enable discoveries and solutions in the geosciences that benefit all of humanity.