Carnegie Mellon Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change

作为NSF全球变化人文因素研究联盟的一部分，该奖项支持全球变化人文因素综合研究中心。 该中心的活动，通过卡内基-梅隆大学协调，将由来自世界七个国家的十四个机构的三十多名研究人员进行。 该中心的任务是系统整合全球变化研究。 这种系统的整合可以从现有的知识体系中揭示新的见解，帮助确定被忽视的问题，并促进必要的研究。 虽然综合分析将构成中心工作的核心，但这种分析将得到对选定的实质、理论和方法问题的基础和应用研究的支持。 这项工作将涉及：描述性和行为研究旨在了解人类如何感知和在其环境中的行为，规范性和分析性研究旨在描述环境变化的力量并评估替代政策选择。 除了研究，该中心将积极促进公众，学生，决策者和研究人员之间更好的沟通。 总之，该中心将：（1）提供一个单一的研究框架，在此框架内分析和比较全球变化的各种不同方面;（2）成为新研究思想的一个动态来源，并促进关于全球变化中人的方面的基础研究活动;（3）推进综合研究和建模的艺术水平; 4）促进社会科学家和自然科学家在共享分析环境的背景下，在跨机构和跨国的基础上进行更大的合作; 5）为研究人员、公众和世界各地的关键决策者之间就全球变化问题进行讨论提供重要的工具; 6）为公民团体、学校、大学和决策者提供创新的教育服务。

As part of an NSF Consortium for Research on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, this award supports the Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change. The Center activities, coordinated through Carnegie-Mellon University, will be conducted by more than thirty researchers from fourteen institutions located in seven countries around the world. The mandate of this Center is the systematic integration of global change research. Such a systematic integration can reveal new insights from the existing body of knowledge, help identify the neglected issues, and promote the necessary research. While integrated analysis will form the core of the Center's efforts, this analysis will be supported with basic and applied research on selected issues of substance, theory, and methods. This work will involve: Descriptive and behavioral studies which aim to understand how humans perceive and behave in their environment, and normative and analytical studies which aim to characterize forces of change in the environment and evaluate alternative policy options. In addition to research, the Center will be active in facilitating better communication between the public, students, decision-makers, and researchers. In summary, the Center will: 1) Provide a single research framework within which to analyze and compare a variety of different aspects of global change; 2) Be a dynamic source of new research ideas and a stimulus for basic research activity on the human dimensions of global change; 3) Advance the state of the art of integrated research and modeling; 4) Facilitate greater collaboration between social and natural scientists on a cross-institutional and cross-national basis in the context of a shared analytical environment; 5) Provide an important vehicle for discourse on global change issues between researchers, the public, and key decision makers around the world; and 6) Provide innovative educational services to citizen groups, schools, universities, and decision-makers.