Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/P020313/1
Making Assessments for Policy for Environmental Research Scientists (MAPERS)
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Professor PM Forster, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Grant held at:
- University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Tropospheric Processes
- Ozone chemistry
- Climate & Climate Change
- Conservation Ecology
- Air pollution
- Pollution
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Abstract:
- Converting NERC research into improved governmental policy is a central method for NERC expenditure to have impact. In the modern policy making world, expert-led assessments, are an increasingly important method of guiding and informing policymakers. But what actually goes on when world-leading experts come together to develop these assessments and what makes a good assessment? As a PhD student or early career researcher you may aspire to be a lead author of new assessments from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) or World Meteorological Organization / United Nations Environment Programme (WMO/UNEP), or have your work cited in these assessments. It is therefore essential to understand: the key factors that make your research relevant to these assessments; the key skills and knowledge you need to get a seat at the author table; and how to develop the content and style of an assessment that is relevant and valuable to policy makers. Prospective authors also need to understand the political framing in which assessments operate, as well as the importance of other constraints. Through the three day MAPERS training course we will bring together expert assessment authors, policy advisers and communication experts to lift the veil on these processes and train 30 next generation scientists on how to develop an effective assessment. MAPERS will provide specific policy assessment training as well as providing the transferable skills in interdisciplinary working and effective communication. We will focus on specific training on how to undertake assessments for climate; air quality and ozone; biodiversity and ecosystem services. We will draw on the expertise of the co-applicants and others who are lead authors for the IPCC, IPBES and WMO/UNEP (ozone) assessments. The training will be delivered through a mix of seminars, high-profile speakers and facilitated skills-based exercises. The participants will work as a full cohort and in groups based on alignment of their individual research interests with the three focal assessment areas. At the end of the course each group will produce a peer-reviewed executive policy summary with a data visualisation relevant to their discipline, and be ready to take the next steps to becoming an effective lead author.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/P020313/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £35,441
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £35,441 |
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