scholarly journals Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Kathleen Hermans ◽  
Elisabeth Berger ◽  
Lisa Biber-Freudenberger ◽  
Lisa Bossenbroek ◽  
Laura Ebeler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Structural Shift ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Local Stakeholders

Place-based research faces multiple threats, including both natural and global health hazards and political conflicts, which may disrupt fieldwork. The current COVID-19 pandemic shows how these threats can drastically affect social-ecological research activities given its engagement with different local stakeholders, disciplines, and knowledge systems. The crisis reveals the need for adaptive research designs while also providing an opportunity for a structural shift towards a more sustainable and inclusive research landscape.

scholarly journals Continuous integration in urban social-ecological systems science needs to allow for spacing co-existence

AMBIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Haase
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Systems Science ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Mutual Relationship ◽  
Continuous Integration ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Interdisciplinary Journal

AbstractUrbanization brings benefits and burdens to both humans and nature. Cities are key systems for integrated social-ecological research and the interdisciplinary journal of Ambio has published ground-breaking contributions in this field. This reflection piece identifies and discusses integration of the human and natural spheres in urban social-ecological research using the following foundational papers as important milestones: Folke et al. (1997), Ernstson et al. (2010) and Andersson et al. (2014). These papers each take unique approaches that aim to uncover core properties—processes, structures, and actors—of urban systems and set them into mutual relationship. This piece will end with a forward-looking vision for the coming 50 years of urban sustainability and resilience study in Ambio.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiology Resident Training and Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Prashanth Kulkarni ◽  
Manjappa Mahadevappa
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Residency Program ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
A Current

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created an unprecedented global health emergency. This crisis has impacted educational activities worldwide, including India. It is imperative to understand the challenges faced by institutions in imparting resident training when dealing with patients during this pandemic. This correspondence briefly discusses the effect on the cardiology residency program and research activities. It also highlights the measures to impart education safely amid a current pandemic.

scholarly journals The importance of long‐term social‐ecological research for the future of restoration ecology

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 929-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry B. M. Wells ◽  
Andrew J. Dougill ◽  
Lindsay C. Stringer
Keyword(s):  
Restoration Ecology ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Future

Ecological Research for Studies of Violence: A Methodological Guide

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (23-24) ◽  
pp. 4860-4880
Author(s):  
April M. Zeoli ◽  
Jennifer K. Paruk ◽  
Jesenia M. Pizarro ◽  
Jason Goldstick
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Research Guidelines ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Ecological Unit ◽  
Existing Data

Ecological research is important to the study of violence in communities. The phrases “ecological research” and “ecologic study” describe those research studies that use grouped or geographic units of analysis, such as zip codes, cities, or states. This type of research allows for the investigation of group-level effects and can be inexpensive and relatively quick to conduct if the researcher uses existing data. And, importantly, ecological studies are an efficient means for hypothesis generation prior to, and can be used to justify, costlier individual-level studies. Ecological research designs may be employed to study violence outcomes when the research question is at the population level, either for theoretical reasons, or when an exposure or intervention is at the population level, or when individual-level studies are not feasible; however, ecological research results must not be used to make individual-level inferences. This article will discuss reasons to conduct ecological-level research, guidelines for choosing the ecological unit of analysis, frequently used research designs, common limitations of ecological research, including the ecological fallacy, and issues to consider when using existing data.

Social-ecological research in urban natural areas: an emergent process for integration

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Johnson ◽  
D. S. Novem Auyeung ◽  
Nancy F. Sonti ◽  
Clara C. Pregitzer ◽  
Heather L. McMillen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Research ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Social Ecological

Long-Term Ecological Research and Evolving Frameworks of Disturbance Ecology

BioScience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn E Gaiser ◽  
David M Bell ◽  
Max C N Castorani ◽  
Daniel L Childers ◽  
Peter M Groffman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Disturbance Ecology ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research

Abstract Detecting and understanding disturbance is a challenge in ecology that has grown more critical with global environmental change and the emergence of research on social–ecological systems. We identify three areas of research need: developing a flexible framework that incorporates feedback loops between social and ecological systems, anticipating whether a disturbance will change vulnerability to other environmental drivers, and incorporating changes in system sensitivity to disturbance in the face of global changes in environmental drivers. In the present article, we review how discoveries from the US Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network have influenced theoretical paradigms in disturbance ecology, and we refine a framework for describing social–ecological disturbance that addresses these three challenges. By operationalizing this framework for seven LTER sites spanning distinct biomes, we show how disturbance can maintain or alter ecosystem state, drive spatial patterns at landscape scales, influence social–ecological interactions, and cause divergent outcomes depending on other environmental changes.

Practices in Social Ecological Research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Rawluk ◽  
Ruth Beilin ◽  
Helena Bender ◽  
Rebecca Ford
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Research ◽  
Social Ecological
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