Future directions in human-environment research

Human-environment research in the 21st century will need to change in major ways. It will need to integrate the natural and the social sciences; it will need to engage stakeholders and citizens in the design of research and in the delivery of science for the benefit of society; it will need to addre...

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Published in:Environmental research 2016-01, Vol.144 (Pt B), p.1-7
Main Authors: Moran, Emilio F., Lopez, Maria Claudia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conservation of Natural Resources - economics
Consumption
Ecology - economics
Ecology - methods
Ecosystem
Ethics
Institutions
Research Design
Social ecological systems
Sustainability
Transdisciplinarity
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Summary:Human-environment research in the 21st century will need to change in major ways. It will need to integrate the natural and the social sciences; it will need to engage stakeholders and citizens in the design of research and in the delivery of science for the benefit of society; it will need to address ethical and democratic goals; and it will need to address a myriad of important theoretical and methodological challenges that continue to impede progress in the advance of sustainability science. •Citizen science and stakeholder-driven science will gain ground in the years ahead.•Training needs to ensure capacity to cross the natural sciences and the social sciences.•Ethical dimensions of sustainability science needs to address obligations to nature and to society.•Increased capacity for computationally sophisticated socio-ecological research is needed.
ISSN:0013-9351
1096-0953
DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.019