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Piquado: What skills do researchers need to leverage their science backgrounds for policy good?
Dr. Tepring Piquado, Executive Director of the National Science Policy Network (NSPN) asks the first question during the Q&A at the Research!America 2024 Post-Election Briefing on what the critical skill(s) the next generation of scholars in STEM and those interested in using their science background for policy good should develop to ‘influence the state of our world.’
Watch the full panel on Research!America: 2024 Post-Election Briefing
Learn about the NSPN: https://www.scipolnetwork.org/
Learn about Research!America: https://www.researchamerica.org/
Learn about the AAAS: https://www.aaas.org/
Speakers on the Clip: Lisa Kountoupes, President & Founder, KDCR Partners Sudip Parikh, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Chapters
0:05 – Dr. Piquado frames the question
0:47 – Translating the work
1:08 – Communicating with young people
1:26 – Beyond the pre-requisites
1:56 – Building relationships is key
2:13 – It’s not like the House of Cards
2:34 – Work in teams
2:42 – It’s more like Veep
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Fanuel Muindi is a former neuroscientist turned civic science scholar-journalist and entrepreneur. He is a Professor of Practice in the College of Arts, Media, and Design at Northeastern University where he leads the Civic Science Media Lab. Dr. Muindi received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and PhD in Organismal Biology from Morehouse College and Stanford University respectively. He completed his postdoctoral training at MIT.
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Fanuel Muindihttps://civicsciencemedia.org/author/csmlabdirector/
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Fanuel Muindihttps://civicsciencemedia.org/author/csmlabdirector/
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