A new study about the public engagement of coastal geoscientists was published by CIMA researchers Ana Matias and A. Rita Carrasco, in collaboration with Bruno Pinto (MARE-FCUL) and Neide Areia (CES-Universidade de Coimbra).
According to the study, coastal geoscientists and engineers prefer direct interaction with audiences over indirect ways of communicating (e.g., media). The public sector and school students were the preferred audiences, and the main communication topics were coastal risk and climate change impacts. Participant scientists' prevalent motivations were to engage with society and to help citizens make informed decisions.
For most analysed aspects, differences in opinion according to gender, age, and professional category were not significant. This study used an online questionnaire to collect the experts’ perspectives and practices on science communication.
Link to the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103943
