APSA Presidential Task Force Report on New Partnerships

Smith, Rogers M.; Rasmussen, Amy Cabrera; Galston, William A.; Han, Hahrie; King-Meadows, Tyson; Kirkpatrick, Jennet; Levine, Peter; Lieberman, Robert C.; Mylonas, Harris; Rigger, Shelley; Sinclair-Chapman, Valeria; Shay, Cammy; Vechten, Renée Van; Grigg, Amanda

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“…Between 2016 and 2018, APSA coordinated workshops that were designed to train scholars in communicating about their research in the public arena. 1 In 2020, an APSA task force on new partnerships developed a series of programs to facilitate public scholarship and partnerships between political scientists and institutions outside of academia (Smith et al 2020). APSA's new civic engagement section and Institute for Civically Engaged Research represent additional efforts within the discipline to connect with communities beyond academia (Bennion 2022;Dobbs et al 2021).…”

Section: Public Engagement and The Role Of Professional Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Professional Training in Public and Policy Engagement

Tama,

Rublee,

Urban

2023

APSC

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Engaging with audiences and communities beyond academia is now a common practice for political scientists. Yet, political scientists rarely are trained in how to conduct public or policy engagement, and we know little about the impact that training programs have on their preparedness to communicate with the public and policy makers. In this study, we evaluate whether professional training equips scholars with the skills needed to perform public and policy outreach. We find that a four-day training program generates remarkably large increases in the number of participants reporting that they possess high levels of knowledge, preparation, and confidence for public and policy engagement. This finding suggests that investments in public-engagement training by universities and the discipline of political science have the potential to significantly boost public outreach by faculty members.

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Section: Public Engagement and The Role Of Professional Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%