Decision-Making in Earth System Models
Recognizing that humans are major drivers of global environmental change, a workshop was convened to explore the challenges and possibilities of integrating human decision-making into regional and...
View ArticleExploring Land-Livelihood Transitions
Rural livelihoods are changing rapidly with economic globalization and global environmental change, which have direct impacts to environmental and socio-economic suitability. All too often the most...
View ArticleGlobal Agro-Climatic Zones
If you are interesting in global patterns of agricultural change, as I am, you might find this recently published paper helpful for selecting the most appropriate global framework. van Wart, J., van...
View ArticleNRC Report on Land Change Modeling
Essential reading for all you land change modelers out there! The report Advancing Land Change Modeling: Opportunities and Research Requirements was released recently in pre-publication format via the...
View ArticleNew Funding Opportunity: Data-Intensive Analysis and Modeling for...
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) is inviting proposal submissions for a special funding opportunity designed to support projects pushing the boundaries of computational...
View ArticleThe Maturation of Socio-Environmental ABMs: Older and Wiser?
After the avalanche of work that was November and December – and the unintentional hiatus from blogging that created – I have now come up for air and am ready to get back to it. Whether it is a...
View ArticleCross-site Comparison of Land-Use Decision-Making
The cumulative effects of local land-use and livelihood changes are a global force of environmental and socio-economic change. Land-use changes result from decisions of individual farmers,...
View ArticleSecond Round RFP: Data-Intensive Analysis and/or Modeling for...
After a successful inaugural call for proposals, the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) invites applications for the second round of data-intensive analysis and/or modeling projects...
View ArticleLet’s talk about … synthesis!
Check out the marvelous work of SESYNC’s communications officer, Melissa Andreychek, in this new post to SESYNC’s blog about some of the synthesis and modeling work my colleagues and I have been doing....
View ArticleHiring! Postdoctoral Research Associate in Global Synthesis of Large-Scale...
In collaboration with colleagues of mine at the University of Maryland, we are starting an exciting interdisciplinary project with global impact! And we’re hiring! Postdoctoral Research Associate in...
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