December 2016 Workshop Findings
December 2016 Workshop Findings
December 5-6, 2016, Washington, DC
December 2016 Workshop Findings
December 2016 Workshop Findings
December 5-6, 2016, Washington, DC
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty: December 2016 Workshop
Scientific Uncertainty and Professional Ethics: Getting from Strong Public Science to Sound Public Policy
December 5-6, 2016, Washington, DC
April 2016 Workshop Findings
April 21-22, 2016, Washington, DC
In preparation for the workshop, participants were asked to complete a questionnaire as a way to initiate the exploration of the issue. Their answers set the stage for the workshop discussions. During the workshop, participants explored both challenges to communicating scientific uncertainty and ways to overcome them. In addition, participants divided into groups based on profession and identified some of the professional norms and ethics that guide their approaches to communicating scientific uncertainty.
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty: April 2016 Workshop
April 21-22, 2016, Washington, DC
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty: Contact Us
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Communicating Scientific Uncertainty: Resources
List of Workshop Materials
These readings introduced some basic elements of the ethics of uncertainty in science, law, and journalism, and laid the groundwork for the study topics discussed during the workshops:
Science & Uncertainty
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty: Findings
Day 2: Professional Norms and Ethics Observations
On the second day of the workshop, scientists, lawyers, and journalists broke into groups by profession and explored the ethics and professional norms that influence communication of scientific uncertainty. This section briefly summarizes the key points of discussion in these sessions.
SCIENTISTS
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty: Findings
Day 1: Challenges and Solutions Identified
In a series of breakout sessions on the first day of the meeting, the meeting participants explored challenges to and solutions for communicating scientific uncertainty as it related to one of three fields—climate change, hydraulic fracturing, and chemical exposure. While each breakout session explored these individual issues in detail, some overarching observations about challenges and potential solutions were identified. The following table summarizes these observations.
September 2014 Workshop Findings
September 22-23, 2014, Washington, DC
In preparation for the workshop, participants were asked to complete a questionnaire as a way to initiate the exploration of the issue. Their answers, summarized here, set the stage for the workshop discussions.