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Author Archives: Garry Peterson
Bruno Latour thinks about the Anthropocene
Bruno Latour‘s Gifford Lectures Facing Gaia: A new enquiry into Natural Religion, which were given at University of Edinburgh over the last few months are now on the web. Lecture 1: ‘Once Out of Nature’ – natural religion as a pleonasm Lecture 2: A … Continue reading
Connecting the Instability of Markets and Ecosystems – C.S. Holling and Hyman Minsky
Both markets and ecosystems can, and have, been viewed as being shaped by feedback processes that push them towards a steady state – in markets this is the “invisible hand” – in ecology it is “succession.” However, what has been … Continue reading
Ecology & Society papers that best connect different author groups
As part of a project I am working on, I did a quick network analysis of co-authorship structure among papers in Ecology and Society. Based on this preliminary analysis, the papers below are the papers that most connect different research … Continue reading
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Tagged bibliometrics, Ecology & Society, networks analysis
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Ecology and Society’s most ‘typical’ paper
The journal Ecology and Society publishes a lot of work related to resilience and social-ecological systems. As part of a project I am working on, I did a quick network analysis of co-authorship structure among papers in E&S, and based … Continue reading
WEF’s Risk Report and the misperception of environmental risks
World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2013 report is an interesting, but one eyed view of the global risk landscape. I think the main weakness is lack of consideration of how the financial, economic, and social systems that support the global … Continue reading
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Tagged Davos, environmental science, experts, risk perception, Risk Report 2013, World Economic Forum
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Two research positions at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to work with SRC
Exciting job opportunities here in Stockholm at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to work with Stockholm Resilience Centre: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce two positions as Early Career Academy Researcher, one for a scholar with a … Continue reading
Resilience Alliance & the Integration of Social and Natural Science in Global Change Research
In a new paper Evolution of natural and social science interactions in global change research programs in PNAS (doi:10.1073/pnas.1107484110), Harold A. Mooney, Anantha Duraiappah, & Anne Larigauderie look back on the history of the integration of Social and Natural Science … Continue reading
Seminar on Role of Design in Anthropocene @ Konstfack, Stockholm – updated
For readers near Stockholm. I’ll be speaking Jan 14th at a seminar on design in the Anthropocene at Konstfack, the University College of Arst, Crafts, and Design in Stockholm. I’ll give a talk “Co-Creating the Anthropocene: What are some possible … Continue reading
Readings on ES in a Social-Ecological Context (with a resilience emphasis)
Recently I developed a short reading list for PhD students working on ecosystem services at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. This list seeks to cover and introduce a broad area of ecosystem service research with a focus on understanding ecosystem services … Continue reading