Njord Seminar with Iain Stewart

Iain Stewart is the El Hassan bin Talal Research Chair in Sustainability at the Royal Scientific Society (Amman, Jordan),
Co-Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability at Ashoka University, India, and Professor of Geoscience Communication at the University of Plymouth. 

Title for his talk is: 
Selling Planet Earth: communicating geoscience to the public.

A poster for a Njord seminar showing presenter, title, date, Njord seal, and Zoom link.

Abstract:

Earth scientists have a critical role to play in communicating to the wider public what we know about how planetary threats and societal challenges, such as climate change, extreme natural events, resource conflicts and the energy transition. But whilst geoscientists increasingly are being encouraged to "go public" with our geoscience, what is less clear is what is the most effective way to do that. Drawing examples from earthquake hazard and geothermal energy exploitation, this talk explores the promises and pitfalls of popular "geoscience communication".

 

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Published Oct. 16, 2022 6:16 PM - Last modified Oct. 24, 2022 1:25 PM