Doc Talks @ SPPGA is a new series providing a platform for newly defended U BC PhDs to share why the new knowledge they’ve created is important and wha t potential impacts and implications it can have\, including the industries it can be applied to. Doc Talks @ SPPGA is open to everyone.
Watch a video recording of the event here.
Biographies:
Dr. Merkley's thesis
is composed of three papers that illustrate important limitations of exper
t influence on public opinion. The first paper analyzes news content to sho
w that journalists rarely discuss expert consensus when appropriate\, and w
hen they do it is typically in a polarizing political context. The second p
aper\, using an automated content analysis and aggregate public opinion dat
a\, finds that Americans may have polarized on climate change because of a
proliferation of party elite messages as the issue rose to prominence. The
third paper uses an experiment to demonstrate that anti-intellectualism con
sistently conditions the persuasiveness of scientific consensus cues.
Marcelo Bravo
< p style="font-weight: 400">Knowledge mobilization (KMb) refers to processes and activities that make knowledge generated in universities accessible an d relevant to non-academic stakeholders\; as well as for universities to be more receptive\, recognize and value various forms of non-academic knowled ge. UBC has expressed its commitment to become a recognized leader in knowl edge mobilization\, and the need to design a knowledge mobilization framewo rk to improve UBC’s capacity to share knowledge was identified. Dr. Bravo w orked with UBC community members and partners on the following question: Ho w to co-design a broader university framework to support the research and k nowledge needs of non-academic groups of stakeholders? Dr. Bravo applied th e Strategic Design Method\, an integrative and interdisciplinary approach t o explore this question. The results of this research will inform the conti nuous development of knowledge mobilization and knowledge exchange strategi es at UBC.
Shenaz Shahban
Dr. Shahban’s dissertation is committed to improving the lives of ordinary Canadians and is grounded in strategic design\, well-being\, and policy. She researches how Canadian federal policy can improve psychological well-being for citizens. Her findi ngs led to the development of the Federal Settlement Platform™ a national w eb-based orientation system that connects pre-arrivals with settlement agen cies. This matters because it can help restore Canada’s place globally as a n innovator in peace and human solutions. Invited by local MPs\, she also p articipates in national level policy steering discussions and teaches class es on Social and Bio-Psychology on campus.
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