IntSci -- Integrated science for sustainability
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This list is about work that aims to support science initiatives to be more inclusive, integrated and interdisciplinary. The list has emerged out of an e-conference that was held on this topic from 1-15 March 2006. This is a growing area for science and society with questions related to sustainability, environment and health, amongst others. These areas are characterised by issues that require the different parties involved to rethink their perspectives, and maybe change their views. They are not characterised so much by problems for which an answer must be found, so much as a process of ongoing and dynamic management. The problem solving in these areas requires stakeholders - including scientists - to engage in practices of joint inquiry, collaborative learning and adaptive management. We are particularly interested in how to broaden science teams from those with skills to answer problems (particularly from the hard sciences), to include social researchers with complementary skills in the management of participation, conflict and learning. This list will focus on this, and the issues that arise from it. This list is part of the LearningForSustainability website - http://learningforsustainability.net. This site is designed for researchers, government and agency staff, NGOs and other community leaders working to support multi-stakeholder learning processes in natural resource management arenas. This guide to on-line resources highlights a number of activity areas or strands that are prerequisites for social learning, and points to how these strands are woven together in practice. These strands include networking, dialogue, adaptive management, knowledge management and evaluation. A short introduction to each section outlines the nature of the resource links provided, and provides pointers to other topic areas which are closely related in use. A separate section provides links to on-line resources on managing integrated and interdisciplinary science initiatives within natural resource management. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To visit the LearningForSustainability website go here - http://learningforsustainability.net.
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