Japanese

Union (U)
Session Sub-categoryUnion
Session IDU-14
Session Title Raising the profile and impact of community engagement in geoscience
Short Title Community engagement in geoscience
Date & Time Oral
Session		 PM1-PM2 Fri, 31 MAY
On-site
Poster
Coretime		 PM3 Fri, 31 MAY
Main Convener Name Vincent Tong
Affiliation Northumbria University
Co-Convener 1 Name Yuichi S. Hayakawa
Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University
Co-Convener 2 Name Wonsuh SONG
Affiliation Waseda University
Co-Convener 3 Name Michiyo SHIMAMURA
Affiliation Nagoya University
Session Language J
Scope (Session Description) Geoscience is a distinctly cross-disciplinary area of research and education. To address the grand challenges that humanity is facing, geoscientists work across disciplinary boundaries and forge new links to connect natural and social sciences. Community engagement has become an integral component of these efforts, as it plays an important role in maximizing the social impact of transdisciplinary research and in creating new opportunities in education at all levels. In this session, we examine the challenges, opportunities, and innovation in relation to raising the profile and furthering the impact of outreach and knowledge co-creation activities involving geoscientists. Our focus is on understanding the latest trends in community engagement and community/citizen science in different cultural contexts. We showcase innovation from across a range of sub-disciplines in geosciences and related fields of study such as archaeology. We will also highlight the recent developments in participatory research and engagement involving underrepresented and underprivileged groups.
Presentation Format Oral and Poster
Collaboration Joint with -
Co-sponsoring
Society		 Japanese Geomorphological Union