REU Site: Globalization and Sustainable Development in Latin America

REU 网站：拉丁美洲的全球化与可持续发展

• 批准号: 0353969
• 负责人: James Biles
• 金额: $ 19.09万
• 依托单位: Western Michigan University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-02-01 至 2007-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0353969&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Globalization; Sustainable; Development

This award provides funds for an REU Site focusing on social and environmental issues association with globalization in Latin America. This intensive eight-week summer program will be based in Merida, Mexico and housed at the Universidad Auntonoma de Yucatan. The intellectual focus of the project is economic geography, and the primary objective is to provide a diverse group of undergraduate students from a variety of academic disciplines with the opportunity to work collaboratively on inter-disciplinary research in an international setting. Based on their backgrounds and academic interests, students will carry out research on social and environmental topics under the close supervision of WMU and local faculty. Specifically, undergraduates will learn how to design, conduct, and report applied field-based research. Furthermore, in carrying out their research, students will gain first-hand appreciation of the social and environmental problems associated with globalization in Latin America. REU students will be challenged to understand how local outcomes are related to global processes and, in doing so, will be encouraged to use a variety of viewpoints and methods to carry out their research. This award contributes to the Foundation's continuing efforts to attract talented students into careers in science through active undergraduate research experiences.

该奖项为 REU 网站提供资金，重点关注与拉丁美洲全球化相关的社会和环境问题。 这个为期八周的强化夏季课程将在墨西哥梅里达尤卡坦自治大学举行。 该项目的知识重点是经济地理学，主要目标是为来自不同学科的不同本科生群体提供在国际环境中合作进行跨学科研究的机会。 根据他们的背景和学术兴趣，学生将在西密歇根大学和当地教师的密切监督下开展社会和环境主题的研究。 具体来说，本科生将学习如何设计、进行和报告基于领域的应用研究。 此外，在进行研究时，学生将获得对拉丁美洲与全球化相关的社会和环境问题的第一手资料。 REU 学生将面临理解当地结果如何与全球进程相关的挑战，并在此过程中鼓励使用各种观点和方法来开展研究。该奖项有助于基金会不断努力通过积极的本科生研究经验吸引有才华的学生进入科学领域。