International: Developing an Adriatic Summer Institute for Marine Environmental Complexity

这个为期一年的项目将通过建立一个平衡的研究和教育机制，促进跨社会科学和自然科学边界的国际合作，该机制可以作为亚得里亚海海洋环境复杂性暑期研究所的基础。阿拉巴马州海豚岛海洋实验室的威廉·m·格雷厄姆将与普利安斯洛文尼亚国家生物研究所的阿连卡·马雷和杜布罗夫尼克克罗地亚海洋学和渔业研究所的亚当·贝诺维奇合作，领导这项工作。合作伙伴将汇集一支由美国、斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚的资深和初级海洋科学家、社会科学家和建模专家组成的团队，他们的专业知识互补，以便：1)通过对亚得里亚海北部和南部复杂海洋生态系统的区域研究，确定一种有效的方法来整合研究和教育；2)整合多国规划，并将重点放在与研究所管理、参与者活动和相关后勤相关的一系列问题上；3)确定并确保必要的资源，包括设施、研究地点和反映亚得里亚海不同系统的数据集。预期结果将导致一个具有强大教育成分的实地暑期研究所的精细化业务框架。成功将增强我们在人类和自然耦合系统方面识别、量化和模拟亚得里亚海生物复杂性的能力，并对其他全球站点的分析和应用产生影响。这项跨学科的努力实现了推进科学知识的计划目标，使美国和中欧南部的专家能够结合互补的人才，并在共同感兴趣和有能力的领域分享研究和教育资源。通过访问斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚的海洋机构，指导和直接参与跨界实地工作以及人类和自然耦合系统的建模，计划中的夏季研究所应通过向国际社会介绍美国初级研究人员，产生更广泛的影响。

This one-year project will facilitate international collaboration across boundaries of social and natural sciences by developing a balanced mechanism for research and education that can serve as the basis for an Adriatic Summer Institute on Marine Environmental Complexity. William M. Graham of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama, will lead the effort in cooperation with his counterparts, Alenka Malej of the Slovenia National Institute of Biology, Prian, and Adam Benovic of the Croatian Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries, Dubrovnik.The partners will bring together a team of senior and junior U.S., Slovenian and Croatian marine scientists, social scientists, and modeling experts with complementary expertise to: 1) define an effective approach for integrating research and education through regional study of complex marine ecological systems in the northern and southern Adriatic, 2) integrate multinational planning and bring focus to a range of issues related to institute management, participant activities, and associated logistics and 3) identify and secure necessary resources including access to facilities, research sites, and data sets that reflect diverse Adriatic systems. Results are expected to lead to a refined operational framework for a field-based summer institute with a strong educational component. Success should enhance our ability to identify, quantify, and model Adriatic biocomplexity in terms of coupled human and natural systems, with implications for analysis and application to other global sites.This interdisciplinary effort fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling experts in the United States and South Central Europe to combine complementary talents and share research and education resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence. The intended summer institute should have broader impact by introducing U.S. junior researchers to the international community through visits to Slovenian and Croatian marine institutions, mentoring, and direct involvement in transboundary field work and modeling of coupled human and natural systems.