Workshop on Research on the Human Dimensions of Global Change; Washington; June 1994

9415829斯特恩美国全球变化研究计划(US/GCRP)的成熟更加重视对全球变化的人文层面的研究，包括政策科学。美国/GCRP还在寻求开发更有效的方法来进行综合评估，检查物理、生物和人类系统的性质和时间，以及这些系统和政策选择之间的相互作用，以适应或缓解全球变化。像NSF这样共同管理US/GCRP的机构传统上一直指望国家科学院和国家研究委员会的组成部分就该计划的规划和实施提供指导和反馈。随着人文层面的研究进入关键的新阶段，NRC全球变化人文层面委员会将举办为期两天的研讨会，审查两个密切相关的问题：(1)全球变化人文层面和特定领域的研究需求，如综合评估的政策科学和方法；(2)各种研究支持模式的优缺点(从支持个别研究人员到支持中心)，包括考虑不同模式之间的相对平衡。这次为期两天的研讨会将于1994年6月在华盛顿举行，届时将有大约20多名顶尖的社会科学家齐聚一堂，分享他们对这些问题的经验和看法。将在研讨会结束后的几个月内提供评论的书面摘要，以便让其他人从研讨会上提出的想法中受益。通过这次研讨会，NSF和其他美国/GCRP机构的人的层面和其他全球变化项目的领导人将有机会直接听取领先研究科学家的意见。研讨会上的讨论还将为国家科学基金会的官员提供宝贵的信息，因为它正在制定可能的新研究支持模式的计划，以促进对全球变化的人类层面的研究。

9415829 STERN The maturation of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (US/GCRP) has placed greater emphasis on research on the human dimensions of global change, including the policy sciences. The US/GCRP also is looking to develop more effective methods for conducting integrated assessments that examine the nature and timing of physical, biological, and human systems as well as interactions among those sets of systems and policy options for adapting to or mitigating global change. Agencies like NSF that collectively manage the US/GCRP traditionally have looked to the National Academy of Sciences and the component parts of the National Research Council to provide guidance and feedback regarding planning and conduct of the program. As human dimensions research reaches critical new stages, the NRC Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change will conduct a two-day workshop to examine two closely related issues: (1) research needs across the breadth of the human dimensions of global change and in specific areas, such as the policy sciences and methods for integrated assessments; and (2) strengths and weaknesses of various modes of research support (ranging from support for individual investigators to support for centers), including consideration of the relative balance among different modes. This two-day workshop will take place in June 1994 in Washington, with roughly two dozen leading social scientists gathering to share their experiences and opinions with respect to these issues. A written summary of comments will be made available within a few months of the conclusion of the workshop in order to allow others to benefit from the ideas presented at the workshop. Through this workshop, leaders of human dimensions and other global change programs in NSF and other US/GCRP agencies will have to opportunity to hear directly from leading research scientists. The discussions at the workshop also will provide NSF officials with valuable information as it develops plans for possible new modes of research support to facilitate research on the human dimensions of global change.