scholarly journals Understanding Stakeholder Synergies Through System Dynamics: Integrating Multi-Sectoral Stakeholder Narratives Into Quantitative Environmental Models

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Gjelsvik Tiller ◽  
Georgia Destouni ◽  
Mariana Golumbeanu ◽  
Zahra Kalantari ◽  
Erasmia Kastanidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Quantitative Model ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Environmental Models ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Ground Validation ◽  
Or Economics ◽  
To Come ◽  
Deep Integration ◽  
Change Requests

To reach the global aspiration of 17 ambitious SDGs, local realities must be integrated. Often, models are developed based on quantitative statistical data sources from databases on environmental indicators or economics to assess how a given SDG can be achieved. This process however removes the local realities from the equation. How can you best include stakeholders in this mathematical modelling processes distanced from their local realities, though, and ensure higher probability of future compliance with top-down global decisions that may have local consequences once implemented? When researching stakeholder involvement and their ability to form public policy, their opinions often get reported as a single assessment, like counting the fish in the ocean once and stating that as a permanent result. Too seldom do stakeholders get invited back and given the opportunity to validate results and allow researchers to adjust their models based on on-the-ground validation or change requests. We tested the full integration of stakeholders in the modelling process of environmental topics in six different case areas across Europe, with each area holding six sectoral and one inter-sectoral workshops. In these workshops, the scope of the issues relevant to the stakeholders was driven by first the sectoral priorities of the given sector, followed by a merging of issues. In this process, we were able to identify what the commonalities between different sectors were and where synergies lay in terms of governance paths. These results were then returned to the stakeholders in a mixed session where they were able to come with feedback and advice on the results researchers presented, so that the models reflected more closely the perceptions of the regional actors. We present these methods and reflect on the challenges and opportunities of using this deep-integration method to integrate qualitative data from stakeholder inclusion in a quantitative model.

scholarly journals Researcher perspectives on challenges and opportunities in conservation physiology revealed from an online survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine L Madliger ◽  
Oliver P Love ◽  
Vivian M Nguyen ◽  
Neal R Haddaway ◽  
Steven J Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Reference Ranges ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Conservation Physiology ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

Abstract Conservation physiology represents a recently emerging arm of conservation science that applies physiological tools and techniques to understand and solve conservation issues. While a multi-disciplinary toolbox can only help to address the global biodiversity crisis, any field can face challenges while becoming established, particularly highly applied disciplines that require multi-stakeholder involvement. Gaining first-hand knowledge of the challenges that conservation physiologists are facing can help characterize the current state of the field and build a better foundation for determining how it can grow. Through an online survey of 468 scientists working at the intersection of physiology and conservation, we aimed to identify characteristics of those engaging in conservation physiology research (e.g. demographics, primary taxa of study), gauge conservation physiology’s role in contributing to on-the-ground conservation action, identify the perceived barriers to achieving success and determine how difficult any identified barriers are to overcome. Despite all participants having experience combining physiology and conservation, only one-third considered themselves to be ‘conservation physiologists’. Moreover, there was a general perception that conservation physiology does not yet regularly lead to tangible conservation success. Respondents identified the recent conceptualization of the field and the broader issue of adequately translating science into management action as the primary reasons for these deficits. Other significant barriers that respondents have faced when integrating physiology and conservation science included a lack of funding, logistical constraints (e.g. sample sizes, obtaining permits) and a lack of physiological baseline data (i.e. reference ranges of a physiological metric’s ‘normal’ or pre-environmental change levels). We identified 12 actions based on suggestions of survey participants that we anticipate will help deconstruct the barriers and continue to develop a narrative of physiology that is relevant to conservation science, policy and practice.

“Don't We Take Care of Our Veterans?” The Critical Need for Veteran's Health Services Infertility Services for Veterans: Policies, Challenges, and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (05/06) ◽  
pp. 227-231
Author(s):  
Lee Woodruff ◽  
Gilbert L. Mottla
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Home Front ◽  
Veterans Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
After Effects ◽  
Global War On Terrorism ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Veteran’S Health ◽  
To Come ◽  
Global War

AbstractSince October 2001, more than 2.7 million men and women of the armed forces have been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, or in support of the “Global War on Terrorism.” Like previous wars, our nation will feel the after-effects of those deployments for a generation to come, as the wounds of war do not just affect the veteran, but impact their family and friends once they return to the home front. But unlike previous wars, less than 1% of our population serves their country in an all-volunteer military. This small percentage of Americans who volunteer to serve us and protect our freedoms (no matter what you might think about the politics surrounding wars) is increasingly removed from the rest of the population who choose other careers and options. Therefore, most of us are uneducated and unconnected to the often isolating experiences and frustrations of our veterans when they return to the home front and try to retake the stage of their former lives. In this discussion, we share the compelling stories of military members and veterans who struggle with infertility. We describe the need for policy and expansion of services for infertility care in the Department of Defense and Veterans Health Administration, and the challenges and opportunities that exist.

scholarly journals The state of psychogeriatrics in Europe: challenges and opportunities in six European countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1243-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Fernandes ◽  
Raimundo Mateos ◽  
Knut Engedal ◽  
Armin von Gunten ◽  
Max L. Stek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health ◽  
Know How ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
To Come ◽  
New Policies ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
National Governments

With the increase in aging all over the world, and the elderly population nearly tripling from 524 million (8% of the world's population) in 2010 to 1.5 billion (16% of the world's population) in 2050, we will face new challenges and opportunities in providing healthcare. In 2050, it is estimated that Europe will see an increase of 70% in elderly population aged over 65 years, and 170% in those aged over 80 years (World Health Organization (WHO), 2011). It is vital to respond to the needs of this emerging population and the consequent rise in chronic diseases, especially dementia and mental health disorders, which will overload the healthcare system, as well as raise health and social costs, and demand new policies from national governments (World Health Organization, 2012). We urgently need to know how to organize healthcare for elderly people in the years to come.

scholarly journals ASEAN’s Cognition of China–US Gaming and Its Role in Regional Cooperation

2021 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 2150006
Author(s):  
Yunhua Cao
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Industrial Chain ◽  
The Us ◽  
To Come ◽  
Deep Integration ◽  
State Relations

China–US relations will stagnate in a strategic game for some time to come and even for a long historical period. ASEAN will find itself confronted with a new problem and a new challenge as it has to navigate through this situation and cope with inter-state relations and international affairs under this context. As the largest neighbor of China and a main partner to the US in Asia, ASEAN insists on “not choosing any side” and sticks to the “balance of power”. The intensified China–US game has some potential impact on China-ASEAN relations. Securing the centrality of ASEAN in regional cooperation not only helps maintain lasting peace, stability and prosperity in Southeast Asia, but also is in line with the long-term strategic interests of China and the US in the region. China will continue to support the centrality of ASEAN in regional cooperation, promote deep integration of the “Belt and Road” initiative with different institutional arrangements that ASEAN makes for regional integration, and give positive considerations to building production bases in Southeast Asia to improve its global industrial chain.

scholarly journals Stakeholder Involvement in Developing Environmental Indicators for the Lam Nam Yang Part 1 Watershed in the Northeastern Thailand

2018 ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Warintorn Khunanake ◽  
Art-ong Pradatsudara ◽  
Sura Pattanakiat
Keyword(s):  
Watershed Management ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Dpsir Framework ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Biodiversity Decline

Stakeholder involvement is recognized as critical to successful long-term watershed management.Approaches to developing sustainable watershed management plans are based upon selection and weighting of a set of relevant indicators on which the watershed’s sustainability and health can be measured. This study aimed to identify key environmental issues affecting the Lam Nam Yang Part 1 watershed in Thailand, and to work with stakeholders to develop a set of environmental indicators to support sustainable watershed management. The study used a community survey and key informant interviews to obtain stakeholder inputs into the process. Applying the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework, key environmental issues were identified and used to frame environmental indicators for the Lam Nam Yang Part 1 watershed. Key environmental issues identified included drought and water shortage, forest area depletion, biodiversity decline, and soil deterioration. A total of 101 candidate indicators were identified for monitoring the sustainability of the Lam Nam Yang Part 1 watershed, with 31 prioritized.

scholarly journals Putting the public back in behavioral public policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICIA DE JONGE ◽  
MARCEL ZEELENBERG ◽  
PEETER W.J. VERLEGH
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Persuasion Knowledge ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Additional Challenge ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
To Come ◽  
Influence Attempts ◽  
Influence Behavior

AbstractBehavioral public policies are aimed at influencing the behavior of the public in a way that is advantageous for the public itself and within the law. Sanders, Snijders and Hallsworth (2018, this issue) summarize the state of the art of this new field of study and introduce a number of challenges and opportunities for the time to come. We address an additional challenge that is present and central in all attempts to influence behavior, namely the public – the people that are the target of behavioral public policies. We review evidence revealing that people do not passively accept those influence attempts, but often show reactant responses. We propose that the Persuasion Knowledge Model provides a framework both to understand the reactions of the public and to facilitate communication between academic researchers and practitioners.

scholarly journals Whither Oxide Electronics?

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1006-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramamoorthy Ramesh ◽  
Darrell G. Schlom
Keyword(s):  
Colossal Magnetoresistance ◽  
High Temperature Superconductivity ◽  
Electronic Materials ◽  
Electron Gases ◽  
Oxide Systems ◽  
Oxide Electronics ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
To Come ◽  
Ferroelectric Memories ◽  
High Dielectric

AbstractIn this issue we have endeavored to answer the question, “Whither oxide electronics?” This issue provides a framework and perspective on the progress in the field of oxide electronics over the past several decades, as well as the challenges and opportunities in the years to come. Building on the foundations laid by the pioneers in the materials community and spurred by the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, there has been both tremendous progress in understanding the complex science of oxide electronic materials and the discovery of other fascinating new phenomena, including colossal magnetoresistance, multiferrocity, and two-dimensional electron gases in correlated oxide systems. Thin-film heterostructures provide a pathway to create novel devices and combinations of physical phenomena. Indeed, the ability to synthesize and control oxide heterostructures using sophisticated deposition techniques has become a key enabler of the recent advances in this field. These oxides are beginning to enter mainstream products because of their higher performance, for example, ferroelectric memories and oxides with high dielectric constant for computers that run at higher speed and use less power.

scholarly journals Research on the transformation and upgrading of new energy vehicles industry under the background of digital economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 300 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Hongfen Lv ◽  
Yang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Economy ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Industrial Transformation ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Deep Integration ◽  
New Energy Vehicles

The digital economy has increasingly become an important force to promote the development of social production, which will play an extremely important role in the integration of resources worldwide and the internationalization of industrial chains in various countries. Countries all over the world are working hard to promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy. The distinctive features of digital industrialization and industrial digital economic development have become the main signs that society has entered a new stage of digital productivity. While digital technology brings convenience to people, it also has a profound impact on industrial transformation. This article mainly explores the current serious environmental pollution that makes new energy vehicles the focus of attention of all countries in the world, the challenges and opportunities that new energy vehicles encounter in the digital economy era, and how new energy automobile companies should make good use of the advantages of the digital economy to build China. “Smart” manufacturing, vigorously develop Chinese’s new energy vehicles industry.

scholarly journals Making Everything Available. British Library Research Services and Research Data Strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
Rachael Kotarski ◽  
Torsten Reimer
Keyword(s):  
Research Data ◽  
British Library ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
Open World ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Service Portfolio ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

The way that researchers generate, analyse and share information keeps evolving at a rapid pace. To ensure that it is well equipped to serve its global user base for years to come, the British Library is transforming the way it works too, from the physical buildings to its digital service portfolio. One key programme, Everything Available, will ensure the Library’s continued support for research with services to enable access to information in an open and timely manner. This paper will describe the activities planned within Everything Available, with a particular focus on the aims of the Library’s recently refreshed Research Data Strategy. It will give an insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by a National Library in providing relevant services in an ‘open’ world.

scholarly journals Convergence education—an international perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. C. Herr ◽  
Bushra Akbar ◽  
Jennifer Brummet ◽  
Sarah Flores ◽  
Ashley Gordon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
The Us ◽  
National Science ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Deep Integration ◽  
The University

Abstract The US National Science Foundation defines convergence as the deep integration of knowledge, techniques, and expertise from multiple fields to form new and expanded frameworks for addressing scientific and societal challenges and opportunities. Because convergence research is progressing at a rapid clip, the quick evolution of non-traditional perspectives that it engenders will present a number of challenges/opportunities to education. NSF, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine; and the University of Southern California sponsored a workshop, with global participation, to explore actions that would facilitate convergence in education. A descriptive of the workshop and the key action items it identified are presented.

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