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Tuesday, May 2 • 10:30am - 12:00pm
Develop and Advance a USGS POSSE (Participatory Open Science to Support Engagement)

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As scientists across the USGS respond to society’s greatest challenges with 21st century science, they are increasingly recognizing the need to engage with the decision makers, individuals, and communities their science aims to serve. This interactive CDI session will bring together a diverse set of panelists to discuss how we can develop and advance a USGS POSSE (Participatory Open Science to Support Engagement). Each panelist will discuss the need and opportunity to synthesize the insights generated by experts working on this challenge across USGS to generate a widely applicable framework and set of resources to aid USGS scientists and programs interested in advancing POSSE. This will be followed by an interactive discussion to obtain ideas and feedback from workshop attendees.
Speakers
avatar for Sophia B Liu

Sophia B Liu

Innovation Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Dr. Sophia B Liu is an Innovation Specialist - Social Scientist leading participatory open science research in the Science and Decisions Center at USGS in Reston, VA. Since 2016, she has been serving as Co-Chair of the Federal Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science (CCS) Community of Pr... Read More →
avatar for Aparna Bamzai-Dodson

Aparna Bamzai-Dodson

Acting Regional Administrator, USGS North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Aparna Bamzai-Dodson is the USGS Acting Regional Administrator for the NC CASC. In this role, she undertakes stakeholder and partner engagement to identify strategic science goals, outputs, and objectives. She is also responsible for tracking budget planning and expenditures, organizing... Read More →
avatar for Nicole Herman-Mercer

Nicole Herman-Mercer

Research Social Scientist, USGS
avatar for Amanda Cravens

Amanda Cravens

Research Social Scientist, US Geological Survey
Amanda's interdisciplinary research interests include the translation of scientific information into decision making, policies and institutions that influence environmental management, and understanding the cognitive and social processes that make decision support tools work effectively... Read More →

Tuesday May 2, 2023 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Instructional East (Turner) 105
  Breakout Session
  • Target Audience This session is targeted to USGS scientists, science support staff, and USGS partners that have been involved with or interested in conducting participatory open science activities. These participatory activities are often designed, implemented, evaluated, and communicated by an ecosystem of players that have different perspectives and missions that must synergistically work together to ensure the success of these programs and that the impact of this work is meaningful to all stakeholders. We also expect the session will be of interest to USGS leadership who might be attending the workshop, as there are increasing efforts across the Bureau to fund these types of scientific approaches.
  • Session level Some prior knowledge would benefit participants AND a quick review of supporting materials before the session will be a sufficient orientation for novices to feel more comfortable in the session;
  • Ways to Prepare Successfully doing such science requires scientists and science agencies to develop nuanced understanding of how the public makes decisions, how they characterize evidence, how they use information, and what challenges they face. Developing such nuanced understanding represents a new way of working and a step outside of comfort zones and disciplinary boundaries for many individual scientists and for USGS as an agency. It requires strong ongoing relationships with the public and requires care when working with underserved communities, particularly when engaging with sovereign Tribal nations. It also requires integrating insights from a range of scientific disciplines, professional fields, and knowledge systems. We recommend that session attendees be prepared to share models, frameworks, processes, best practices, and other related resources to inform the discussion portion of this session.

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