Civic Science Fellow - Community Engagement

Primary Responsibilities

• Co-create opportunities for the public to meaningfully engage with scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research, especially in ways that bridge different ideological backgrounds.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of such programming and create case studies and other documentation that will enable other practitioners to deploy similar programs.
• Conduct literature reviews, (co-)author publications, and disseminate information to appropriate entities.
• Collections and analyzes complex research data according to established policies and procedures.
• Coordinates collaborations with external partners and stakeholders and with related projects and collaborators at UW.
• Works in close collaboration with Morgridge Institute investigators and practitioners to increase community engagement and inform the programs and communications at Morgridge and the University of Wisconsin-Madison more broadly.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary duties.

• A PhD in a social sciences discipline, such as (the science of) science communication, formal or informal science education, psychology, sociology, political science, computational social science, or another position-relevant discipline. Those with relevant experience alongside doctorate degrees in natural sciences or engineering can also be considered.
• Experience in scholarly or on-the-ground engagement with communities that might see themselves as disconnected from science, based on real or perceived divides across value-based, ideological, or demographic differences.
• Experience in creating informal science programming is a plus.
• Experience in research program or project management is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Interest in connecting science communication research and practice.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate or create science engagement programming.
• Demonstrated ability to design, conduct, and publish high-quality social scientific research.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly the ability to communicate scientific information effectively with expert and lay audiences.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment, and develop positive relationships with co-workers.