Social science research on Indigenous wildfire management in the 21st century and future research needs

This article reviews social science research on Indigenous wildfire management in Australia, Canada and the United States after the year 2000 and explores future research needs in the field. In these three countries, social science research exploring contemporary Indigenous wildfire management has been limited although there have been interesting findings about how Indigenous culture and knowledge influences fire management. Research with Indigenous communities may be limited not because of a lack of interest by social scientists, but rather by obstacles to doing research with Indigenous communities, such as ethical and time concerns. Research needs on Indigenous wildfire management are presented, centred on the four pillars of emergency management (preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery).

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Conference on Social Science Research in Liberia

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x00019431 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 137-138

Author(s):

L. P. Hartzler

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Science ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

The United States ◽

West African ◽

Turn Of The Century ◽

African Studies ◽

Social Scientists ◽

The West

This two-day conference, sponsored by Stanford's Committee on African Studies, was possibly the first gathering of its kind outside Liberia since the American Colonisation Society ceased sending emigrants to the West African Republic at the turn of the century. It was organised by Dr Martin Lowenkopf, and was attended by over 40 social scientists, including six Liberians at present studying in the United States.

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Social Policy, Power, and Social Science Research

Harvard Educational Review ◽

10.17763/haer.43.1.x2l04w3v7p8v1264 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 113-121 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kenneth Clark

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Science ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

The United States ◽

United States Constitution ◽

Policy Decisions ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Equal Protection Clause ◽

Public Policy Decisions

In its historic decision of May 17, 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka),the United States Supreme Court ruled that state laws which required or permitted racial segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. In concluding that "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," the Court cited the work of social scientists in its pioneering and controversial footnote eleven. This citation demonstrated dramatically that the theories and research findings of social scientists could influence public policy decisions on educational and other social problems. The use of social science research in the making of such important policy decisions raised the question among social scientists of the propriety of their involvement or the validity of their contribution to the decisions.

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Social science research related to wildfire management: an overview of recent findings and future research needs

International Journal of Wildland Fire ◽

10.1071/wf11115 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 15 ◽

Cited By ~ 118

Author(s):

Sarah McCaffrey ◽

Eric Toman ◽

Melanie Stidham ◽

Bruce Shindler

Keyword(s):

Social Science ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Human Dimensions ◽

Fire Research ◽

Future Research ◽

Science Literature ◽

Science Program ◽

Research Needs ◽

Fire Science

As with other aspects of natural-resource management, the approach to managing wildland fires has evolved over time as scientific understanding has advanced and the broader context surrounding management decisions has changed. Prior to 2000 the primary focus of most fire research was on the physical and ecological aspects of fire; social science research was limited to a small number of studies. However, as more people moved into fire-prone areas interest grew in understanding relevant social dynamics. This growing interest was supported by increased funding for fire research overall with the creation of the Joint Fire Science Program in 1998 and the National Fire Plan in 2000. In subsequent years, a significant body of research has developed on the human dimensions of wildland fire covering diverse topics including: attitudes towards pre-fire mitigation, social acceptability of fire and fuels management, community preparedness, public response during fires, citizen–agency communications and post-fire recovery. This paper reports on two aspects of a Joint Fire Science Program project intended to take stock of the key social science lessons provided to date: a basic review of findings in the non-economic fire social science literature and identification of future research needs.

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Second Annual Conference of the “ASEAN Muslim Social Scientists’ Forum”

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v5i2.2725 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 305-306

Author(s):

Hussain Mutalib

Keyword(s):

Social Science ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Annual Conference ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Asian Region ◽

Select Group ◽

Islamic Resurgence ◽

Closed Door

The Muslim Social Science Scholars’ Forum of ASEAN (Associationof Southeast Asian Nations) held its Second Meeting in Bangkok, Thailandfrom Mubrram 20-23, 1409lSeptember 1-4, 1988, under the auspices of theFoundation for Democracy and Development Studies. The theme for themeeting was “Muslim Scholars and Social Science Research,” aimed atdocumenting, discussing and analyzing the types of scholarship or researchthat have been done about Muslims in the Southeast Asian region, particularlywithin the ASEAN countries.A select group of Muslim social science scholars (together with someMuslim politicians) from the countries within ASEAN, except Brunei, wereinvited to the “Forum.” They included: Drs. Dawan Raharjo and NurcholisMajid, and Professor Moeslim (Indonesia), Drs. Surin Pitsuwan, SeneeMadmarn and Chaiwat (Thailand), Drs. Yusof Talib and Hussain Mutalib(Singapore), Professors Taib Osman and Wan Hashim and Umar Farouq(Malaysia), and Drs. Carmen Abubakar, Madale and Mastura (Philippines).All participants were either presenters of papers or discussants.Throughout the four-day deliberations, participants discussed the typesof studies and research that have been the focus of scholars studying Muslimcommunities in the ASEAN region. Some titles of papers included: “MuslimStudies in the Phillipines;” “Social Science Research in Thailand;” and “SocialScience Research in Malaysia: the Case of Islamic Resurgence.”Given the “closed-door” ‘nature of the meeting (participation was byinvitation only), there was adequate time for a more intensive, frank andthorough discussions of the papers. Problems and issues were aired and posed,and alternative options offered by participants. For every paper, there wasa discussant; hence, the issues that came out of the papers managed to beseen, discussed and appreciated from a more complete and balancedperspective.By and large, the Bangkok meeting was a successful one. Theapproximately twenty participants were generally pleased with the high qualityof papers presented and the sense of brotherhood that prevailed. The warmhospitality of the hosts from Thailand was also appreciated ...

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Politics and Research: Epistemological Moments

Law & Social Inquiry ◽

10.1111/j.1747-4469.1990.tb00278.x ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 15 (01) ◽

pp. 149-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Adelaide H. Villmoare

Keyword(s):

Social Science ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Law And Society ◽

Social Scientists ◽

The Law ◽

The Relationship

In reading the essays by David M. Trubek and John Esser and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, I thought about what I call epistemological moments that have provided contexts within which to understand the relationship between social science research and politics. I will sketch four moments and suggest that I find one of them more compelling than the others because it speaks particularly to social scientists with critical, democratic ambitions and to Trubek and Esser's concerns about politics and the intellectual vitality of the law and society movement.

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Making Nano Matter

Science Technology & Human Values ◽

10.1177/0162243911429334 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 37 (6) ◽

pp. 604-626 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Elena Simakova

Keyword(s):

Social Science ◽

Scientific Practice ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

The United States ◽

University Campus ◽

Relevant Research ◽

Societal Relevance ◽

Set Up ◽

Interpretive Flexibility

The article examines science-policy conversations mediated by social science in attempts to govern, or set up terms for, scientific research. The production of social science research accounts about science faces challenges in the domains of emerging technosciences, such as nano. Constructing notions of success and failure, participants in science actively engage in the interpretation of policy notions, such as the societal relevance of their research. Industrial engagement is one of the prominent themes both in policy renditions of governable science, and in the participants’ attempts to achieve societally relevant research, often oriented into the future. How do we, as researchers, go about collecting, recording, and analyzing such future stories? I examine a series of recent interviews conducted in a number of US universities, and in particular at a university campus on the West Coast of the United States. The research engages participants through interviews, which can be understood as occasions for testing the interpretive flexibility of nano as “good” scientific practice and of what counts as societal relevance, under what circumstances and in view of what kind of audiences.

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