Visualizing the Landscape of Training Initiatives for Scientists in Public Engagement in the United States

In partnership with the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation and Research!America, Fanuel Muindi from the Civic Science Media Lab conducted an in-depth mapping of the public engagement training landscape in the United States. This inaugural report offers a detailed overview of the diversity and scope of training initiatives enhancing public engagement for scientists. Notably, the report includes an interactive dashboard that provides a dynamic window into the rapidly developing field of training in public engagement. Together, the report and dashboard are designed to inspire new discussions, connections, and collaborations that further strengthen the ecosystem of public engagement training for scientists. Watch the launch of the report and dashboard.

Access the dashboard.

CS Media Lab

mlab@saicollective.org

The CS Media Lab is a Boston-anchored civic science news collective with local, national and global coverage on TV, digital print, and radio through CivicSciTV, CivicSciTimes, and CivicSciRadio. Programs include Questions of the Day, Changemakers, QuickTake, Consider This Next, Stories in Science, Sai Resident Collective and more.

• CS Media Lab

  https://civicsciencemedia.org/author/mlab/

  

  February 10, 2025

  Boston’s Museum of Science launches “Being Human” spotlight to explore “what’s inside everything that connects us”
• CS Media Lab

  https://civicsciencemedia.org/author/mlab/

  

  February 6, 2025

  Ep.2: In Malden, Massachusetts, artists are responding to a call for art titled ‘Our Warming Planet’
• CS Media Lab

  https://civicsciencemedia.org/author/mlab/

  

  February 1, 2025

  Food for thought: Brian Southwell’s insights for educators on how to help students navigate outside the classroom to get accurate information about science