STEMskiller: Skill Set Map for Mentors of Early Career Researchers
ENGAGEMENT, INVOLVEMENT, COLLABORATION, TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, AND INQUISITIVNESS:
Impact and public engagement
Getting started with public engagement
Definition:
Mentors and mentees have many options for becoming “more engaged” with the public. Resources in this section provide starting points of consideration for such activities.
Useful resources on Starting with public engagement:
AAAS. (2020). Many Approaches to Public Engagement. https://www.aaas.org/resources/communication-toolkit/many-approaches-public-engagement
Provides an overview diagram of the public engagement concept together with overviews of engagement in policy deliberation, public dialogue, knowledge co-production, and university-led cooperative engagement with links to case studies for each of these.
AAAS. (2020). Take Action Toolkit. https://www.aaas.org/resources/take-action-toolkit
Includes links to information grouped by subject, including: communication toolkit; become an effective communicator; work with the media; write an engaging op-ed; work with faith communities; same world, different views; organize events on campus; be an early-career science advocate; engage with the public; team up with others; join a science society; be a force on social media (FB, Twitter); understand the federal R&D budget; identify your elected officials; and working with Congress guide.
(NOTE: these last items could serve as models for other countries wishing to create similar guides for local contexts)
Tags: All IPS; all PSR; all IAL; CompQ
Peer Review: None
Table of contents:
- 4.2.2. Impact for researchers
4.2.3. Science for non-technical audiences and popular science presentations
4.2.4. Developing effective communication skills for public engagement
4.2.5. Lay abstracts with impact
4.2.6. Engaging with schools
4.2.7. Effective online engagement (including research blogging, social media posting, podcasting, & hosting virtual events)
4.2.8. Evaluating public engagement
Author: Stephanie Krueger
Peer Reviewer(s): None
Last Updated: October 28, 2021