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Your Journey to Open Science 

What does it mean to practice Open Science, and how does that help you when it comes time to publish and your scholarly identity. 

Shelley Stall is the Senior Director for the American Geophysical Union’s Data Leadership Program. She works with AGU’s members and the broader research community to improve data and digital object practices with the ultimate goal of elevating how research data and software are managed and valued.

Being a More Strategic, Evidence-Based Science Communicator  

Science communicators who want to have sustained impact need to think carefully about what they want to achieve from the time and money they devote to communication. Clearly describing scientific findings and telling engaging stories is rarely the end goal. Instead, science communicators almost always want to affect behavior, including the likelihood that people will trust science when faced with new challenges. Smart science communicators also create communication opportunities to improve their own thinking and behavior. In this talk, John will share and discuss his recent research on what a more strategic version of science communication might look like and what steps social science research suggests might help us get there.

Dr. Besley is the Ellis N. Brandt Chair of Public Relations at Michigan State. He studies public opinion about science and scientists’ opinions about the public. In recent years, he’s become especially interested in how to help science communicators think about their communication choices in more strategic and evidence-based ways.

Terrestrial ecosystem responses and contributions to changing CO2

Terrestrial ecosystems play an integral role in regulating Earth’s climate through their cycling of carbon, water, and energy. Humans are altering these fluxes by perturbing terrestrial ecosystems through land use change, land management, and climate change. In this talk, I explore how terrestrial carbon cycling responds to human perturbations and, in turn, how changes to terrestrial ecosystems, specifically agricultural management practices, impact atmospheric CO2. Insight into the interactions between terrestrial ecosystems and climate is fundamental to understanding the future of our planet and the natural resources and ecosystem services it provides. This is vital to creating policies effective in regulating perturbations and improving the quality of life for human society.