The goal of our project was to assess public perceptions of sea level rise in Wellington in order to provide recommendations to our sponsor, the Antarctic Research Center of Victoria University, for developing outreach initiatives to communicate their research to the public. Using convenience surveys administered to the pubic and expert interviews administered to science communication experts and local public officials, we found three areas to target for future outreach and five practices to communicate them effectively. Our recommendations for potential outreach strategies ranged from computer simulations to art installations.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Soler Gayoso, Alejandro
• Weiland, Zachary James
• Moulaison, Amanda Wylie
• Michelson, Alexander Asinas

Subject

• Environment
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030118-202319

Keyword

• Climatic changes
• Community engagement
• Marketing

Advisor

• Elmes, Michael B.
• Ruiz, Carolina

Year

• 2018

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Antarctic Research Center of Victoria University
•  Whitmore, Ross
•  Eaves, Shaun
•  Stutz, Jamie

Date created

• 2018-03-01

Location

• Wellington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright