Union (U)
Session Sub-category Union
Session ID U-14
Title Raising the profile and impact of community engagement in geoscience
Short Title Community engagement in geoscience
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 Shumei University
Co-Convener 3 Name Michiyo SHIMAMURA
Affiliation Nagoya University
Session Language 
J
Scope 
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 presentation
Invited Authors Naomi Harada (The University of Tokyo)
Teiji Watanabe (Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University)
Yasuhiko TAMURA (The Executive Committee for the Preservation of TAYA CAVERN )
Yuko Onishi (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Takashi Oguchi (Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo)
Naoki Hirose (Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University)
Hodaka Kawahata (School of Creative Science and Engineering, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
Tatsuto Aoki (School of Regional Development Studies, Kanazawa University)
Time Presentation No Title Presenter
Oral Presentation May 31 PM1
13:45 - 14:00 U14-01 Lessons and insights from the practice of co-creation research Yuko Onishi
14:00 - 14:15 U14-02 Communicating the appeal of ocean science to society Naomi Harada
14:15 - 14:30 U14-03 Win-win relationship between ocean science and coastal fisheries Naoki Hirose
14:30 - 14:45 U14-04 Role of "resident researchers" during natural disasters Tatsuto Aoki
14:45 - 15:00 U14-05 Contribution by researchers and the regional community collaborating in the preservation activity for 'TAYA Cave' Yasuhiko TAMURA
15:00 - 15:15 U14-06 Development of online teacher training materials on research and multi-institutional collaboration: case studies in geography education and regional collaboration Takuro Ogura
Oral Presentation May 31 PM2
15:30 - 15:45 U14-07 Research collaboration related to climate and environmental issues Hodaka Kawahata
15:45 - 16:00 U14-08 Integrating art, archaeology, and geomorphology for community engagement: A case study at Urajiri Shell Mound in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan Yuichi S. Hayakawa
16:00 - 16:15 U14-09 Initiating community commitment to trail management and the need for research contributions: a case of Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal Teiji Watanabe
16:15 - 16:30 U14-10 GIS-related community engagement in Japan Takashi Oguchi