As Observatory scientists address challenges for Southeast Asia, the Community Engagement Office strives to share the work and expertise of our scientists. Initiatives to expand relationships with both scientific and non-scientific communities worldwide include public exhibitions and events, collaboration, conference participation, workshops, and digital communication. We do this through multi-platforms and across platforms, connecting with a broader audience and developing deeper relationships with local and global partners as we building public awareness of natural hazards research.
Communications
The Community Engagement Office aims to build the identity of the Observatory beyond the scientific community, reaching government and leadership, educators, partners, and the media. This is achieved through elevating our scientists’ research and expressing the critical importance of Earth science awareness through both local and international media, and through the Observatory’s social channels.
Documentary Photography & Video
In collaboration with the Community Engagement Office, documentary photographer Joanne Petrina travels with Earth Observatory scientists in Southeast Asia and documents the intersection of Earth science, culture and history. Her humanistic photo-narratives have covered subjects relevant to the Earth Observatory and the Asian School of the Environment such as climate science in sacred caves of Myanmar, earthquake preparedness in West Sumatra, as well as ancient models of sustainability in Bali. Her compelling photographs show why the Observatory’s work is so vital as our scientists address challenges for Southeast Asia.
Education
As part of its outreach efforts, EOS engages in informal education through seminars, media briefings, and exhibitions.
EOS has also invested in formal education efforts. With that aim in mind, we partnered with NTU's Asian School of the Environment, then known as the Division of Earth Sciences, to develop and launched a new Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Earth Systems Science, which started in August 2014.
Latest Projects
EOS scientists are learning how to share their research with fellow scientists and a broader audience from Language and Communication Specialist Pavel Adamek.
As the Asian Monsoon migrates north-eastward off the Bay of Bengal, Myanmar is one of the first places the rains make landfall. It is an ideal place to conduct research that will lead to a better understanding of the moisture trajectory of the monsoons from the past and how they may look in the future. The photographs in this series illustrate the journey that scientists from The Earth Observatory of Singapore and their Myanmar colleagues took as they visited thirteen caves in Kalaw and Taungyyi townships to collect samples that will reveal regional climate history.
