Resources for Conducting S-E Research

Resources from SESYNC for those who are interested in conducting interdisciplinary socio-environmental research. More to come.

Resource Title	Brief Summary
Video: Understanding the Grand Challenges of Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling Webinar	Jun 23, 2021 Video: Understanding the Grand Challenges of Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling Webinar Based on the 2020 article “Eight grand challenges in socio-environmental systems modeling,” this recorded webcast explores the present status and future of SES modeling, while highlighting current challenges and paths forward.
Article: Perspectives in Political Ecology	May 12, 2021 Perspectives in Political Ecology This brief explainer article provides an overview of the basic concepts of political ecology.
Journal Article: The Value of Facilitation in Interdisciplinary Socio-Environmental Team Research	May 04, 2021 The Value of Facilitation in Interdisciplinary Socio-Environmental Team Research This journal article published in Socio-Ecological Practice Research proposes that the use of facilitation as a research method can improve the collaborative synthesis of interdisciplinary teams’ socio-environmental work.
Article: New Modeling Approach Builds Bridges Across Disciplines to Transform S-E Research	Apr 06, 2021 New Modeling Approach Builds Bridges Across Disciplines to Transform S-E Research Dr. Elizabeth Borer explains how an innovative modeling approach developed by her SESYNC project team helped to bridge the divide between ecosystem ecology and disease ecology and further their research.
Article: Taking Collaboration to the Next Level: An Interview with Rebecca Freeth	Mar 09, 2021 Taking Collaboration to the Next Level Dr. Rebecca Freeth explains the importance of prioritizing collaboration among research teams and outlines key learning strategies to leverage collaboration as a tool to advance project goals.
Article: Socio-Hydrology: What Is It?	Mar 09, 2021 Socio-Hydrology: What Is It? This brief explainer article goes over the basics of the topic of socio-hydrology.
Video: Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 2	Mar 08, 2021 Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 2 In the second video of this four-part series, Dr. Deana Pennington introduces some standard vocabulary used by people who study interdisciplinary research teams.
Video: Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 3	Mar 08, 2021 Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 3 In the third video of this four-part series, Dr. Deana Pennington explains the concept of mental models and their role in interdisciplinary collaboration.
Video: Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 4	Mar 08, 2021 Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 4 In the final video of this four-part series, Dr. Deana Pennington discusses strategies for integrating knowledge and ways to test these strategies.
Video: Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 1	Mar 08, 2021 Knowledge Integration Across Disciplines Part 1 In the first video of this four-part series, Dr. Deana Pennington introduces the concept of collaboration across discplines by first reviewing some empirical data collected about interdisciplinary research teams and then explaining how to think of interdisciplinary teams as cognitive systems.

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