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Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

Bridging boundaries for research & discovery.

The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) brings together the science of the natural world with the science of social systems and decision making to solve problems at the human-environment interface. For 10 years, SESYNC has accelerated research and learning that seeks to understand the structure, functioning, and sustainability of coupled social and environmental systems. To further this work, we invite you to explore our research and learning resources.

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Center Highlights

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Blog on Complex, Actionable Team Science—Started at SESYNC—Celebrates Its 10th Birthday
A popular blog that emerged from the cross-collaboration of three SESYNC synthesis projects is celebrating its 10th year of publication.
A preview of the April 2026 newsletter with an illustrated graphic of people birdwatching large birds in a pond from a bridge. The bottom text reads: "Humans & Their Ecosystems: A Complex Relationship"
Our Latest Newsletter – April 2026
Explore the different avenues in which researchers think about ecosystems, including the services that ecosystems provide and that humans derive benefit from; the ways we assign value to ecosystems from an economic standpoint; and
the impacts of evolving or new ecosystems that appear amidst ever- changing socio-environmental
conditions.
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Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams, A Two-Session Exercise
In this resource, learners practice the art of selecting, recruiting, and synergizing an interdisciplinary research team.