Putting 2020 in the Rear View: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Collaborative Research

Description: What a year 2020 has been! COVID-19 has reshaped how we understand and practice collaborative research, not to mention nearly every other aspect of how we live and work. By year’s end, all of us are now on a similar journey to take stock of what we have learned through these challenges.

This webinar brings together the perspectives of five funders working across North America that sponsor collaborative research on environmental topics. Earlier this fall, each of them polled their grantees about how COVID-19 has affected their active projects and asked them to make sense of the benefits and constraints of doing collaborative research virtually. In this webinar, panelists representing the organizations involved in the study will share and discuss preliminary findings and their implications for future programs. Participating funders will include: California Strategic Growth Council, NERRS Science Collaborative, NOAA’s Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessment, Lenfest Ocean Program at the Pew Charitable Trust, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.

When: 2:00-3:30 PM ET, Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Panelists:

James Arnott, Executive Director, Aspen Global Change Institute

Charlotte Hudson, Director, Lenfest Ocean Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts

Ariela Zycherman, Social Scientist/Program Manager, NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program

Leah Fisher, Senior Advisor for Research & Innovation, California Strategic Growth Council

Sybil Seitzinger, Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

Jen Read, Program Director, NERRS Science Collaborative

Moderator:

Doug George, NERRS Science Collaborative Program Manager, NOAA Office for Coastal Management

About the Collaborative Science for Estuaries Webinar Series

Join us for monthly webinars featuring Science Collaborative staff and project teams supported by the NERRS Science Collaborative. Speakers will share their unique approaches to addressing current coastal and estuarine management issues. Learn about new methods to integrate technical experts and users of project outputs into the research process, and how their research results and products might inform your work.