The Society for Conservation
Biology Social Sciences Working Group is commencing a 3-part interactive seminar
series focused on effective conservation social science communication.
As conservation social
science researchers and practitioners, our impact often depends on translating
and communicating our work for the benefit of another audience, whether that be
1) the lay audiences we seek to engage, 2) fellow conservation scientists from
other social or natural science disciplines (e.g., ecologists, botanists, zoologists,
social science research situated in other epistemologies); or 3) decision-makers
that direct conservation practice and policy. During these webinars we will co-develop
with the audience and speakers a series of effective communication best practice
guides. Please contact ssw...@conbio.org
with any questions related to the webinar series
Webinar
1 Best Practices for Effective Science Communication with Lay Audiences.
Wednesday, September 7th at 4:00-5:30pm (US Eastern Daylight Time; UTC -4)
With much of the world
engaging virtually in some manner (e.g., email, online meetings, and social media
platforms), conservation professionals have a pivotal opportunity to communicate
their research with the public at a much larger scale. However, communication
of research findings into messages that non-expert (i.e., lay) audiences understand
can be challenging. In this webinar, we seek to examine effective techniques for
communicating conservation social science research findings and key messages to
lay audiences by asking experts who have successfully engaged audiences to share
their experiences and best practices.
Registration is required, please register here to join us.
Webinars are available
to SSWG members and non-members. Webinars will be recorded and posted to the SSWG website.
Future webinars:
Webinar
2: Communicating and collaborating among conservation professionals for on the
ground efforts
How can conservation professionals, such as natural
and social scientists and practitioners, more effectively speak each other’s
language in pursuit of on-the-ground conservation efforts?
October
Date TBD
Webinar
3: Communicating between conservation social science professionals and policy/decision-makers
How
can we effectively increase the integration of conservation social science research
into decision-making?
November Date TBD