{"id":19217,"date":"2020-10-01T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T15:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metcalfinstitute.org\/?p=19217"},"modified":"2020-10-26T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:16:31","slug":"cdp-scientific-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/cdp-scientific-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting the Challenge of Communicating Scientific Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 16, 2020 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>9-10:30 a.m. &nbsp; <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Online Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19220\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/gs-academics-phd.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>While some uncertainty is inevitable in scientific research, communicating uncertainty to a broad, non-expert audience presents its own set of challenges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communication.chass.ncsu.edu\/faculty_staff\/jegoodwi\">Dr. Jean Goodwin<\/a>, distinguished professor of communication and member of the Leadership in Public Science cluster at North Carolina State University, presented a mini-workshop on best practices for navigating the challenges of communicating with public audiences about the inherent uncertainty in research on Friday, October 16.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will be better equipped to handle questions from non-experts, including the press, other researchers, family and friends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jean Goodwin joined NC State in August 2016 as a Chancellor\u2019s Faculty Excellence Program cluster hire in Leadership in Public Science. Goodwin, a professor in the Department of Communication, studies how scientists can communicate appropriately and effectively to non-expert audiences. <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.chass.ncsu.edu\/faculty_staff\/jegoodwi\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This session satisfies a CDP Certificate elective. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/careerdevelopment\/\"><strong>Return to CDP home page.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webinar on October 16, 2020, for participants in Metcalf Institute\/RI C-AIM Career Development Program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2201,"featured_media":19220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[127,379,196],"class_list":["post-19217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-metcalf-institute","tag-science-communication","tag-scientific-uncertainty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19217"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19397,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19217\/revisions\/19397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}