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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Gerald G
dc.contributor.authorFarjalla, Vinicius F
dc.contributor.authorChen, Bing
dc.contributor.authorPelling, Andrew E
dc.contributor.authorCeyhan, Elvan
dc.contributor.authorDominik, Martin
dc.contributor.authorAlisic, Eva
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorSelin, Noelle E
dc.contributor.authorBassioni, Ghada
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Elena
dc.contributor.authorKemp, Andrew H
dc.contributor.authorChan, Kai MA
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-05T15:30:01Z
dc.date.available2019-08-05T15:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.identifier260406575
dc.identifierc4712552-77ea-4fce-a459-1a6fc47658af
dc.identifier85070253436
dc.identifier000479799800001
dc.identifier.citationSingh , G G , Farjalla , V F , Chen , B , Pelling , A E , Ceyhan , E , Dominik , M , Alisic , E , Kerr , J , Selin , N E , Bassioni , G , Bennett , E , Kemp , A H & Chan , K MA 2019 , ' Researcher engagement in policy deemed societally beneficial yet unrewarded ' , Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment , vol. 17 , no. 7 , pp. 375-382 . https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2084en
dc.identifier.issn1540-9295
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:BBAA72BE905C7007E4BD8D7DD1EF6937
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3202-0343/work/75996742
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/18250
dc.descriptionGGS was supported by NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship and a Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions doctoral grant, as well as by funding from the Nereus Program; AEP gratefully acknowledges generous support from the Canada Research Chairs program; VFF is partially supported by CNPq grants; EA is supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (grant ECF1090229); and KMAC is supported by an SSHRC Insight Grant (#435-2017-1071).en
dc.description.abstractMaintaining the continued flow of benefits from science, as well as societal support for science, requires sustained engagement between the research community and the general public. On the basis of data from an international survey of 1092 participants (634 established researchers and 458 students) in 55 countries and 315 research institutions, we found that institutional recognition of engagement activities is perceived to be undervalued relative to the societal benefit of those activities. Many researchers report that their institutions do not reward engagement activities despite institutions’ mission statements promoting such engagement. Furthermore, institutions that actually measure engagement activities do so only to a limited extent. Most researchers are strongly motivated to engage with the public for selfless reasons, which suggests that incentives focused on monetary benefits or career progress may not align with researchers’ values. If institutions encourage researchers’ engagement activities in a more appropriate way – by moving beyond incentives – they might better achieve their institutional missions and bolster the crucial contributions of researchers to society.
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dc.format.extent1551812
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Ecology and the Environmenten
dc.subjectH Social Sciences (General)en
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccH1en
dc.titleResearcher engagement in policy deemed societally beneficial yet unrewardeden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Scienceen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2084
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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