resilienceSci on Twitter- resilienceSci: For Swedish speakers- Swedish EPA interviews Carl Folke about ecosystem services. Podcast from @Miljodep: http://t.co/vPzNAlolN6 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Rate of zoonotic disease emergence is closely tied to ag-environmental interactions, but limited ability to predict http://t.co/3eagecRaGH May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Impact of 2008 crisis on inequality across OECD: Income inequality rose but taxes & transfers mitigated impact http://t.co/RQBOEurjQT May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Impact of 2008 crisis on poverty across OECD: Poorer households did worse than rich, children worse than elderly http://t.co/RQBOEurjQT May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Diverse & strong PNAS special feature on agricultural innovation to protect environment - papers are open access http://t.co/MCSZIfQm60 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @EcologyLetters: Response diversity to land use occurs but does not consistently stabilise ecosystem services provided by native po... h… May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Bridging cultural divide between qual & quant methods in social sciences http://t.co/i82qoWOnIg Expect useful for Social-ecological science May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Interesting lit review of trans-disciplinary environmental research from group @Leuphana_Uni http:/dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.008 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: Water in the #anthropocene: a global overview. New video via collaborative project Welcome to the Anthropocene: https:… May 21, 2013
- resilienceSci: Reading "Happiness is greater in natural environments" paper using phone app monitoring of subjective wellbeing http://t.co/2xb2nMikRs May 21, 2013
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Ocean acidification and resilience: a guest post from Beatrice Crona
This is a guest post from my colleague Beatrice Crona at the Stockholm Resilience Center. During the past week I have spent my days wrapping my head around complex climate and ocean models during the Third symposium on Oceans in a … Continue reading
Remembering Elinor Ostrom 1933 – 2012
Lin Ostrom will have a lasting effect, not only on those who were privileged to know her. The following comments from friends and colleagues in the RA community have several common themes and one doesn’t have to read far to … Continue reading
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Political Ecology and Resilience
I will be participating in a public discussion Resilience and Political Ecology at Upssala University April 27th in a moderated discussion with Prof. Alf Hornborg a professor of Human Ecology at Lund University, which will be moderated by Eva Friman from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alf Hornborg, debate, Garry Peterson, political ecology, resilience
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Impacts of Geoengineering on Biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity just released a report [PDF] put together by their Liaison Expert group on geo-engineering and biodiversity. The report – to which I have contributed as one of several lead authors – brings together peer-reviewed literature … Continue reading
Sustainability in the Anthropocene: A Techno-Political Project (not a Scientific one)
This is a guest post by Thad Miller, Assistant Professor in Urban Civic Ecology and Sustainable Communities at Portland State University’s Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. You can visit his website here and follow him on Twitter at … Continue reading
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Can Geoengineering and Planetary stewardship be combined?
Should we deliberately intervene in the Earth system to counteract the negative impacts of climate change? Certainly not, if we ask prominent Earth system scholar Will Steffen. In a recent article published in Ambio , Steffen and colleagues argue that … Continue reading
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Tagged Geoengineering, planetary boundaries, planetary stewardship
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Montpellier Panel – Growth with Resilience: Opportunities in African Agriculture
The Montpellier Panel, a group of experts from the fields of agriculture, sustainable development, trade, policy, and global development chaired by Gordon Conway from UK’s Imperial College, have a new report ‘Growth with Resilience: Opportunities in African Agriculture’. The report looks at … Continue reading
Resilience Science on Twitter
The Resilience Science weblog is on twitter, and has been for a little while. @resilienceSci contains tweets by me plus links to resilience science posts by all contributors. If you are on twitter you can follow to get links to … Continue reading
Arctic Resilience Assessment research position at SRC
Stockholm Resilience Centre is looking for a researcher in Resilience in Arctic Social-Ecological Systems. Applications are due Jan 23. The job ad states: In a joint venture with the Stockholm Environmental Institute, Stockholm Resilience Centre seeks a researcher to be … Continue reading
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Three social science and sustainability positions at ASU
While Stockholm is looking for one professor in the environmental social sciences, ASU is looking for 3 social scientists working on sustainability. The job ad is below and applications are due in early January: The School of Sustainability at Arizona … Continue reading