Persuasive scientists using courtroom techniques

The Paleoclimate Program at the National Science Foundation funds a communication skills training program for scientists who are serving as expert witnesses, and several people from the LTRR have participated in this in recent years. More recently LTRR graduate student Amy Hudson collaborated with another grad student in writing an article about how scientists trying to make an impact could use these skills to be persuasive in a broad range of settings.

Full article

Albrecht, T., and A. Hudson (2019), Being persuasive: Lessons from lawyers that all scientists need, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO115327. Published on 04 February 2019