Civic Science Fellow - Science Communication

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Description The Rita Allen Civic Science Fellow working with the Science Incubator Lab is a full time 18-month fellowship position focusing on evidence-based approaches to communicating about science in polarized political or information environments. We are particularly excited for our Civic Science Fellow to explore ways of depolarizing policy-relevant debates about biomedical science. Envisioned as a Civic Science Lab, Fellows and partners carry out pioneering work to co-create pilots, partnerships, knowledge, models, and new ways of working that can help seed collaborations between science and society. All Fellows will engage as a cohort in a learning program and community, developed in collaboration with the network and an interdisciplinary committee of advisors . ( https://civicsciencefellows.org/ ). One Fellow will be embedded in the Science Communication Incubator Lab ( SCI Lab ), while the other will be embedded in the Community Engagement group . The SCI Lab and Community Engagement teams collaborate to create research-informed science engagement programs that connect the scientific enterprise with the public. The selected individuals must be able to begin employment no l...