The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) is pleased to announce the first Distinguished Scholar Workshop of its Socio-Environmental Immersion Program, which takes place August 31–September 3, 2015. Workshop lectures on foundational theories and methods in ecology will be live webstreamed, as well as accessible after the workshop as an archived video. Future workshops focusing on economics, sociology, anthropology, and the science of change will also have lectures that will be live streamed. All lecture content will also be available after the close of the workshops.
ABOUT THE IMMERSION PROGRAM SESYNC's Immersion Program is organized to explore the foundations of key disciplines in socio-environmental science, and to study the following questions: How do the theories, epistemologies, frameworks, methods, and approaches of these disciplines (economics, sociology, ecology, anthropology, the science of change) relate to one another? What level of knowledge of the different traditions is desirable for researchers from one discipline to work productively in transdisciplinary groups? The Immersion Distinguished Scholar Workshops are based on the immersion principle: that diving into new ideas in the context of problems familiar from one’s own disciplinary tradition will support learning and later application of the new ideas. For more information: http://www.sesync.org/for-you/educator/programs/immersion IMMERSION DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR WORKSHOP: ECOLOGY During the workshop, scholars will present one lens through which ecology approaches socio-environmental problems and to immerse expert and non-expert participants in foundational theories from ecology. Scholars will situate this knowledge within the broader field—i.e., how does the lens they discuss relate to the field of ecology overall? When and why is it used in ecology? In socio-environmental science? These lectures are accompanied by reading material identified by each scholar, and each lecture will be live webstreamed, as well as available after the workshop as an archived video. For more information: http://www.sesync.org/events-announcements/immersion-ecology WORKSHOP & LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE Monday, August 31 9:30–10:15 a.m. Brian McGill: What is Ecology? Big Picture Summary of History & Traditions 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Whendee Silver: Ecosystem Ecology: Theory, Methods, Lenses 1:30–3:30 p.m. William Fagan: Population & Spatial Ecology: Theory, Methods, Lenses Tuesday, September 1 8:45–10:45 a.m. Daniel Simberloff: Community Ecology: Theory, Methods, Lenses 2–4 p.m. Brian McGill: Macroecology: Theory, Methods, Lenses Details: http://www.sesync.org/events-announcements/immersion-ecology QUESTIONS? Email Dr. Kristal Jones at: [email protected]
