Social Science and Sea Grant

Heather A. Triezenberg

Sea Grant Week – New Orleans

October 18, 2010

Outline• Vision for SG’s social science• Some implementation ideas• Discussion

Vision for SG’s Social Science• Information about social, economic,

and governance context• Stakeholder engagement• Decision-making• Impact evaluation

Social and Economic Context• Social/economic aspects of ecosystem-based

management (NOP, 2010)• Social drivers of ecological change, human

response, and consequences (Bauer et al., 2009); climate change – Risk perception and communication– Values, attitudes, behavioral intentions– Management networks– Issues of scale

• Institutional governance (Jacobson et al., 2008, 2009)

Stakeholder Engagement• Science communication (Duschl, 2008)• Citizen science (Dickinson & Bonney, in

review; Van Den Berg, Dann, & Dirkx, 2009)• For an informed citizenry (Lauber & Knuth,

2000)• For management processes (Leong et al.,

2009)

Decision-making• Ecosystem-based management (Grumbine,

1994)• Adaptive management (Williams et al.,

2007)• Adaptive impact management (Riley et al.,

2002)• Conflict resolution (Fisher & Ury, 1990;

Forrester, 2009)

Impact Evaluation• Processes and indicators for determining

impacts of:– Applied research– Extension– Education

• …on social and ecological components• Continue to invest in programs that achieve

goals in the most critical areas

Some Implementation Ideas• RFP’s and technical review panel• Evaluation professional development• Information sharing

– Listserve– Regular conference calls– Share SG’s SS with NOAA

• Articulate social science vision

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Thank you

Heather A. TriezenbergSocial Science Program Leader

NOAA National Sea Grant College Programheather.triezenberg@noaa.gov

301-734-1274