Final Report: Regional Graduate Student, Post-Doc, and Early Career Researcher Workshop
Dates
Release Date
2014-12-30
Citation
Final Report: Regional Graduate Student, Post-Doc, and Early Career Researcher Workshop: .
Summary
Led by members of the South Central Climate Science Center (SC CSC) consortium, this project developed and implemented a professional development workshop for graduate students, post-docs, and early-career researchers within the SC CSC region. The workshop (1) introduced participants to the goals, structure, and unique research-related challenges of the SC CSC and its place within the U.S. Department of the Interior and the larger CSC network, offering them insight into how their research fits into the broader research priority goals and its eventual applicability to end-user needs across the region; (2) provided an opportunity for participants to present their research to fellow peers; (3) facilitated interdisciplinary interactions [...]
Summary
Led by members of the South Central Climate Science Center (SC CSC) consortium, this project developed and implemented a professional development workshop for graduate students, post-docs, and early-career researchers within the SC CSC region. The workshop (1) introduced participants to the goals, structure, and unique research-related challenges of the SC CSC and its place within the U.S. Department of the Interior and the larger CSC network, offering them insight into how their research fits into the broader research priority goals and its eventual applicability to end-user needs across the region; (2) provided an opportunity for participants to present their research to fellow peers; (3) facilitated interdisciplinary interactions between participants within the SC CSC purview in an effort to foster collaborative opportunities; and (4) generated a set of digitally recorded presentations on the SC CSC enterprise and a “how to” guide for conducting a similar workshop in other CSC regions. A major benefit of this project was the development of a cohort of early-career professionals who can continue networking through their research pathways and who can understand and eventually lead outcome-oriented, interdisciplinary research. This experience for the participants is anticipated to help remove some of the institutional barriers, or “silos,” at an influential time in the development of these professionals so that they can better navigate multi-institutional and multi- or inter-disciplinary research. It is also expected to contribute to the development of better communication and collaboration practices for the long-term benefit of the CSCs, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, and their partners. Participants had a two-way transfer of knowledge about climate change impacts across disciplines.
