Seminars & Conferences - Spring 2025 EarthTalks Series: Broader Impacts and Community Engagement in Research Design

Mondays at 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building

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The purpose of the series is to highlight innovative and effective ways for researchers to engage more meaningfully in the research design of public impact activities for Earth and environmental systems research. Federal agencies, donors, and foundations have long called for research to have broader impacts on society in additional to fundamental research discovery. For example, broadening participation of individuals from underrepresented groups, enhancing K-12 education, or enhancing partnerships for research translation have been traditional activities for supporting broader impact research. However, the scope and purpose of broader impacts research is evolving, including new calls for proposal development and integration, revised review and reporting mechanisms, and calls for additional institutional support and recognition. Coalescing innovation in future broader impacts research is thus timely.  This series will bring together leaders at Penn State and beyond to identify current opportunities and challenges in broader impacts innovation, cultivating institutional change and growing a research community to advance these goals.

The series is scheduled to take place in 112 Walker building from 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. and will feature the following speakers:

Organizing Committee Members:

Erica Smithwick, Chiara Lo Priete, and Virginia Silvis

Sponsored by EESI

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