Broader Impacts of Science on Society

Provides invaluable guidance on how scientists can communicate the societal benefits of their work to the public and funding agencies.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction - science, STEM, and society; 2. NSF and broader impacts; 3. Innovation, opportunity, and integration; 4. Communication and dissemination; 5. Promoting yourself and optimizing impact; 6. Collaboration, authorship, and networks; 7. Strategic versus curiosity science; 8. Know your audience; 9. Diversity, equity, and inclusion; 10. Mentoring and role models; 11. Formal K-12 education and partners; 12. Higher education; 13. Informal STEM learning in Museums and beyond; 14. Public participation and community (citizen) science; 15. Computers and cyber impacts; 16. Developing a broader impacts plan; 17. Project management and sustainability; 18. Were you successful? - evaluation and metrics; 19. Wrap-up, the future, and broader impacts 3.0; References; Index.

About the author

Bruce J. MacFadden is Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida. He has written 200 peer-reviewed publications and a book (Fossil Horses: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae, Cambridge, 1992). He was Principal Investigator of fifty NSF grants totaling more than $35 million over the past five decades. Professor MacFadden is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Geological Society of America, and the Paleontological Society. He was President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (1986–88) and President of the Paleontological Society (2018–20). A former NSF Progam Officer (2009–10), he teaches graduate seminars and provides professional development on Broader Impacts.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce J Macfadden, Bruce J. Macfadden, Bruce J. (University of Florida) Macfadden, MacFadden Bruce J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108434287
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43428-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Biology, life sciences, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Earth Sciences, Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Other technologies and applied sciences, Other technologies & applied sciences, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy