<NOTE – this was sent this morning. Perhaps did not arrive?>
Many months ago in this group, a colleague (apologies, it is now lost in my email graveyard) requested input on the priorities of applying coupled human and natural system research to questions of sustainability. The paper “Top 40 Questions in Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Research” was still being shaped. Now published in Ecology and Society, we hope it can spark discussion. Sustainability scholars across the globe have made the leap to embrace integrative and interdisciplinary research, yet where to best place that energy hadn’t been well defined. In the journal Ecology and Society, a focus for understanding and managing coupled human and natural systems is gaining clarity thanks to surveys that asked scholars what were the most important questions In part, it’s an acknowledgment of the mainstreaming and maturing of integrative research. Earlier generations of scientists were regarded as renegades if they branched out into separate disciplines. Now, the International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems, known as CHANS-Net, has served as a groundswell of thought of where such science should go… The paper can be found here: http://csis.msu.edu/sites/csis.msu.edu/files/ES-2017-9429.pdf And the full release on the work here: http://csis.msu.edu/news/sustainability-40-biggest-questions Sue Nichols Assistant Director/Strategic communications Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Michigan State University (517) 432-0206<tel:(517)%20432-0206> @suegnic<http://csis.msu.edu/> CSIS homepage<http://csis.msu.edu/>, CSIS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/MichStateCSIS> PandasandPeople.org<http://csis.msu.edu/content/pandas-and-people> Telecoupling.org<http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling>
