ESSENCE target communities?
We are asking ourselves if there are particular communities whom we should
invite to join ESSENCE. While we list a broad set of groups on the website,
we need to refine this.
For instance:
- It may be that something this novel won’t be appealing to the top
climate scientists and policymakers: it’s too novel, they are already very
busy people engaged in ongoing initiatives, and although ESSENCE is
initiated by academically respectable collaboration technology groups,
clearly, we’re still something of an unknown quantity. But perhaps we can
engage the next generation of postdoctoral researchers and policy analysts,
who have already built up some expertise in their fields, are more tech
savvy, and who may be open to new ways to make a difference… - We list the COP15 conference as an example of the target audience we are aiming to impact, but clearly that is only one engine of change. There are active networks of scientists, engineers and funders trying to move in
an agile manner with proposals that may also have higher impacts on shorter
timescales. We have some signs that they would welcome free, open
sensemaking infrastructure to support their efforts.
Just two examples. Your views welcomed.
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