Don't sell social science short


Autoria(s): Ojima, Dennis S.; Wall, Diana H.; Moore, John; Galvin, Kathy; Hobbs, N. T.; Hunt, William H.; Paustian, Keith; Swift, David; Boone, Randall B.; Conant, Richard T.; Klein, Julia; Christensen, Lindsey; Sankaran, Mahesh; Ratnam, Jayashree; Ayres, Ed; Steltzer, Heidi; Simmons, Breana; Williams, Gary
Data(s)

2006

Resumo

The News of the Week article that reports on Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) questioning the need to fund social science research at the National Science Foundation is alarming and shortsighted ("Senate panel chair asks why NSF funds social sciences," 12 May, p. 829). Social science research is at the fundamental core of basic research and has much to contribute to the economic viability of the United States. Twenty years of direct and jointly funded social and ecosystem science research at Colorado State University's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory has produced deep insights into environmental and societal impacts of political upheaval, land use, and climate change in parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Beyond greatly advancing our understanding of the coupled human-environmental system, the partnership of social and ecosystem science has brought scientists and decision-makers together to begin to develop solutions to difficult problems.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/37772/

Publicador

Amerivcan Association for the Advancement of Science

Relação

DOI:10.1126/science.312.5779.1470b

Ojima, Dennis S., Wall, Diana H., Moore, John, Galvin, Kathy, Hobbs, N. T., Hunt, William H., Paustian, Keith, Swift, David, Boone, Randall B., Conant, Richard T., Klein, Julia, Christensen, Lindsey, Sankaran, Mahesh, Ratnam, Jayashree, Ayres, Ed, Steltzer, Heidi, Simmons, Breana, & Williams, Gary (2006) Don't sell social science short. Science Magazine, 312(5779), p. 1470.

Fonte

Institute for Sustainable Resources

Palavras-Chave #059900 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES #Social science research #NSF funds social sciences
Tipo

Journal Article