Events

Across a range of substantive issue areas, policy makers and scholars have increasingly called for science to inform policy.  The science-policy interface becomes especially complex as collaborative approaches to problem solving include multiple interests and stakeholders working together across

Citizen Science is the public involvement in inquiry and discovery of new scientific knowledge. It is an approach that helps to educate, engage and empower members of the public to contribute their talents to advancements in science and technology through open collaboration. There are a number of

Over the years of working on an urban Long-Term Ecological Research site; an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship; and now a Sustainable Research Network project, Charles Redman has seen how the conceptual frameworks employed have evolved to reflect our views on how human-natural

This presentation will showcase the role of archaeology as a bridging discipline and the importance of synthesis in archaeological research. Dr. Carrie Hritz steps the audience through her research demonstrating how integration of spatial datasets from historical and declassified satellite imagery

When a major policy change occurs, policy entrepreneurs—advocates who devote substantial time, energy, and resources to campaigning for a particular policy outcome—are often credited as critical drivers. However, there is little systematic, cross-sectional study of the efficacy of policy

This seminar will describe the use of Stated Preference (SP) methods, a survey-based technique often used by economists to estimate the benefits of environmental policies. Focusing on improvements in surface water quality, Dr. Dennis Guignet  describes why SP methods are sometimes needed and

Ecology today is the study of the links between different subdisciplines, often with an underlying concern for linking aspects of anthropogenic change to some indication of the functioning of the ecosystem.  In this seminar, Dr. Fred Adler outlines the key links that have been the focus of study

Critical transitions in nature and society are likely to occur more often and severe as humans increase they pressure on the world ecosystems. Yet it is largely unknown how these transitions will interact, whether the occurrence of one will increase the likelihood of another, and whether these

Strongly influenced by climate change, global water-policy discourse has shifted from stressing optimal allocation and use of water resources to managing risks and unpredictability in the water sector. This ongoing project examines how water-sector experts construct an understanding of and interpret

 Traditionally, most ecological research has studied ecosystems separate from humans. Network approaches provide a potentially powerful quantitative framework for understanding the roles and impacts of humans as a part of ecosystems, in terms of their direct and indirect interactions with other

The expansion of international trade in commodities is beneficial in many ways, offering buyers a greater diversity of products and lowering purchase prices of familiar products. At the same time, the global movement of goods provides a pathway for the spread of non-indigenous species that cause

For plants, which are sessile for most life history stages, seed dispersal is an essential process. Global change affects the ecology and evolution of dispersal, limiting the ability of species to move or adapt to global change events. Aspects of dispersal ability may trade-off with other aspects of

Investments in education serve as an important pathway out of poverty, yet reduced agricultural productivity due to droughts or temperature shocks may affect educational attainment if children receive poorer nutrition during early childhood, are required to participate in household income generation