University of the Virgin Islands: Living on Earth III: Social-Ecological Systems Workshop 2012, October 24-28, 2012

维尔京群岛大学：生活在地球 III：2012 年社会生态系统研讨会，2012 年 10 月 24-28 日

• 批准号: 1237410
• 负责人: Henry Smith
• 金额: $ 17.23万
• 依托单位: University of The Virgin Islands
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1237410&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Virgin; Islands; Living; Earth

The Living on Earth III (LOE III) workshop, October 24-28, 2012, University of the Virgin Islands,addresses the need for effective integration of processes linking scientific knowledge and analytical approaches in social-ecological systems research. This workshop continues the important work of the two previous workshops (LOE I and II) organized and hosted by Alaska EPSCoR, between 2009-2011, including among others, building science and research capacity in sustainability science and coupled human-natural/socio-ecological systems (SES) science across EPSCoR jurisdictions and facilitating the formalization and functionality of a LOE-SES scientific network promotes cutting-edge and transformative science ideas. LOE III focuses on conceptualizing SES science in the context of small, yet critical ecosystems with challenging human dimensions. Specifically,the workshop emphasizes three focal themes, namely, promoting science to inform our knowledge and understanding of critical coupled human-natural system transformations; the role of social emergence in addressing vulnerability while promoting ecosystem stewardship across multiple social-ecological transformations, and; deepening scientific integration at nested multiple scales promoting sustainable and resilient outcomes. In addition to these three core themes, the LOE III workshop provides participants and participant EPSCoR jurisdictions the skills and capability to build and develop social-ecological system's activities at their home institutions, by offering a "Bringing it Home" activity development session. In this session the workshop participants create a meaningful social-ecological systems exercise for their local community, university, and/or institution.Evaluation of the workshop will be conducted in multiple levels: continuously throughout the workshop by incorporating participant evaluations following the scientific discourse and interactive dialogue; online through a survey tool for each session and for the overall experience of the workshop, and post-workshop by EPSCoR jurisdictions where each team will be tasked to report on specific outcomes promoted or planned after the LOE III experience.Specific outcomes from the workshop are to: (a)formalize and structure a new LOE-SES EPSCoR scientific network building upon previous informal network approaches from LOE I and II; (b) generate thematic sub-network groups with specific aims and goals (such as NSF proposal submissions incorporating cross-EPSCoR collaborations, special-issue or book proposal submissions, sections or panel proposals for conferences and scientific meetings, etc., and; (c) develop a LOE-SES network toolkit for building within-EPSCoR jurisdictional capacity especially for integrating biophysical with social/behavioral scientists for SES science.

地球生活 III (LOE III) 研讨会于 2012 年 10 月 24 日至 28 日在维尔京群岛大学举行，讨论了在社会生态系统研究中有效整合科学知识和分析方法的过程的必要性。本次研讨会延续了阿拉斯加 EPSCoR 在 2009 年至 2011 年期间组织和主办的前两次研讨会（LOE I 和 LOE II）的重要工作，其中包括建设可持续发展科学以及人类-自然/社会-生态耦合方面的科学和研究能力。 EPSCoR 管辖范围内的系统 (SES) 科学以及促进 LOE-SES 科学网络的形式化和功能性，促进了尖端和变革性的科学理念。 LOE III 侧重于在具有挑战性的人类维度的小型但关键的生态系统背景下概念化 SES 科学。具体来说，研讨会强调了三个焦点主题，即促进科学以告知我们对关键的人与自然系统耦合转变的知识和理解；社会崛起在解决脆弱性方面的作用，同时促进跨多个社会生态转型的生态系统管理；深化嵌套多个尺度的科学整合，促进可持续和有弹性的成果。除了这三个核心主题之外，LOE III 研讨会还通过提供“带回家”活动开发会议，为参与者和参与者 EPSCoR 管辖区提供在其本国机构建立和开发社会生态系统活动的技能和能力。在本次会议中，研讨会参与者为其当地社区、大学和/或机构创建了一个有意义的社会生态系统练习。研讨会的评估将在多个层面上进行：在整个研讨会期间持续进行，将参与者的评估纳入科学论述和互动对话；通过在线调查工具对每场会议和研讨会的整体体验进行在线调查，并在 EPSCoR 辖区举办研讨会后，每个团队将负责报告 LOE III 体验后促进或计划的具体成果。研讨会的具体成果是(a) 在 LOE I 和 II 之前的非正式网络方法的基础上，正规化并构建一个新的 LOE-SES EPSCoR 科学网络； (b) 产生具有特定目的和目标的主题子网络组（例如纳入跨 EPSCoR 合作的 NSF 提案提交、特刊或书籍提案提交、会议和科学会议的章节或小组提案等，以及；（ c) 开发一个 LOE-SES 网络工具包，用于建设 EPSCoR 内部的管辖能力，特别是将生物物理学与社会/行为科学家整合起来，以进行 SES 科学。