Session ID#: 160053
Session Description:
Science is essential for developing effective and equitable public policies. On topics from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change and beyond, scientists have the responsibility to provide timely, evidence-based, objective analysis to policy makers and decision makers throughout all levels of government. In this session, we seek to shine a light on the science community’s recent efforts to restore faith in the role of science in policy, from local- and community-level engagement to Federal policy making. We encourage abstract submissions that highlight specific science-based public policy initiatives as well as abstracts more broadly focused on science policy collaborations. We welcome submissions from scientists, policy makers, and science advocates who have worked at the interface of science and public policy. We especially want to highlight science communication and engagement practices that enable effective collaborations between scientists and policymakers.
Index Terms:
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6324 Legislation and regulations [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6620 Science policy [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Convener: Gifford J Wong, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners: James Scott Neely, Northwestern University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States, Kira Homola, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, Brittany Webster, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Karen Akerlof, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: James Scott Neely, Northwestern University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States
The Science Policy and Advocacy Network (SPAN) at UC Irvine -- Lessons Learned From a Campus-Scale Student-led Science Policy Group Start-up (1188053)
Chia Chun Liang1, Shane Coffield2, Samuel Mahanes2, Carl August Norlen3 and Jadan D Gilb2, (1)University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, (2)University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States, (3)University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Plastic Pollution Policy (1178027)
Levi Helm, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States, Erin Murphy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Alexis McGivern, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom and Stephanie Borrelle, Birdlife International, Suva, Fiji
Decades of Systemic Racial Disparities in Funding Rates at the National Science Foundation (1133630)
Christine Y. Chen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Livermore, CA, United States, Sara Kahanamoku, University of California, Berkeley, Integrative Biology, Berkeley, United States, Aradhna E. Tripati, University of California, Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences; Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, United States, Rosie Alegado, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, Vernon Morris, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Karen Andrade, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States and Justin Hosbey, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Designing a Science Policy Educational Series for Graduate Students at a State-Wide Level (1096397)
Tacey Lynn Hicks, Texas A&M University, Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States and Pamela T. Plotkin, Texas A&M University, Texas Sea Grant, College Station, TX, United States
Developing a new AGU position statement on hazards resilience (1171880)
Kristin A. Ludwig1, Joy Semien2, Alexandra Shultz3 and Elizabeth Landau3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (2)Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College Station, United States, (3)American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
From Informal to Institutional Science-Society-Policy Interactions: Introducing a Climate Advisory Board in Frankfurt, Germany (1143119)
Georg Sebastian Sebastian Voelker1,2, Ralf Becherer2, Carmen Junge3 and Thomas Seifert2, (1)Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, (2)Scientists for Future Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (3)Attac Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Inventory of Federal Climate Engagement and Capacity-building Programs (1121179)
Jacklynn Kay Beck, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, Haley Crim, Self Employed, Washington, United States and Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, MD, United States
Pandemic Intelligence: Linking Wastewater Infrastructure, Microbial Ecology, and Hydrological Time-Series Analysis to Provide Population-Level Information for COVID-19 Response (1115102)
Aaron Ian Packman1, Rachel Poretsky2, Sarah Owens3, Charles E Catlett3, Mark Grippo3, Anuj Tiwari2, Abhilasha Shrestha2, Samuel Dorevitch2, Christopher Owen2, Laura Clements4, Melissa Pierce4, Krystal White4, Sandra Gesing4, Katelyn Leisman1, David Morton1, Erica Hartmann1, Guyi Chen1, Maria Warns1, Niall Mangan1, Shuchen Feng1, George Wells1, Alaina Harkness5, Wilnise Jasmin6, Justin Hart6 and Isaac Ghinai6, (1)Northwestern University, Evanston, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, United States, (3)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, United States, (4)Discovery Partners Institute, Chicago, United States, (5)Current, Chicago, United States, (6)Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, United States
Pathways For Diversifying And Enhancing Science Advocacy (1053882)
Fernando Tormos-Aponte, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Phil Brown, Northeastern University, Boston, United States, Shannon Dosemagen, Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science, New Orleans, DC, United States, Dana R Fisher, University of Maryland, Program for Society and the Environment, College Park, MD, United States, Scott Frickel, Brown University, Providence, United States, Norah MacKendrick, Rutgers University, Piscataway, United States, David S Meyer, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States and John N Parker, National Science Foundation, Arlington, United States
Prioritization of Fruit Crops for Crop Switching as an Adaptation Option Under Climate Change Uncertainties (1138503)
Eri Amanuma1,2, Gen Sakurai3, Minoru Fujii1,2, Kenichi Nakajima1,2 and Yasuaki Hijioka1,2, (1)NIES National Institute of Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan, (2)The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan, (3)NARO National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Ibaraki, Japan
The State of Equitable Science in Federal Agencies (1050246)
Kiana Coleman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, Anita Desikan, Union of Concerned Scientists, Center for Science and Democracy, Washington, DC, United States and Jacob Matthew Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Center for Science and Democracy, Washington, DC, United States
