Presenters-0722

CSDMS 2025 Webinars

CSDMS Human Dimensions Group – Virtual Coffee Hour

Moira Zellner
Northeastern University, United States
m.zellner@northeastern.edu

Katherine Anarde North Carolina State University United States

Abstract
In response to the CSDMS community’s interest, the Human Dimensions group is excited to host a virtual Coffee Hour on community engagement in earth systems science and policy projects. Please join us for our first Coffee Hour, which will include an engaging panel on the topic: “Engaging diverse stakeholders in earth-systems modeling projects.” We recognize the importance of working collaboratively with stakeholders in scientific projects (e.g., for knowledge co-creation, for guidance, and for implementation of solutions derived from the research), but we are not traditionally trained to do so. Rigorous scientific practices can sometimes be alienating and extractive, eroding the trust between the scientific community and the public that is necessary for the advancement of science, policy, and human wellbeing. We discuss here the challenges involved in community engagement and possible ways to overcome them.

Our panelists are Gabriela Garcia, Northeastern University, Miyuki Hino, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Theo Lim, University of British Columbia. The Coffee Hour will begin with a short introduction by each panelist, followed by a set of questions by the facilitators, and concluding with a period of open questions and discussion with the audience

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Of interest for:

Terrestrial Working Group

Coastal Working Group

Marine Working Group

Education and Knowledge Transfer (EKT) Working Group

Cyberinformatics and Numerics Working Group

Hydrology Focus Research Group

Chesapeake Focus Research Group

Critical Zone Focus Research Group

Human Dimensions Focus Research Group

Geodynamics Focus Research Group

Ecosystem Dynamics Focus Research Group

Coastal Vulnerability Initiative

Continental Margin Initiative

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Initiative

Modeling Platform Interoperability Initiative

River Network Modeling Initiative