IGERT: Global-Local Interactions: Resilience and Adaption of Social-Ecological Systems in a Rapidly Changing North

IGERT：全球-地方相互作用：快速变化的北方社会生态系统的复原力和适应能力

• 批准号: 0654441
• 负责人: Gary Kofinas
• 金额: $ 318.72万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-10-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0654441&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Global; Local; Interactions; Resilience

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) supports graduate training that integrates social and natural sciences and considers the dynamics of change across temporal and spatial scales. Alaska and the Circumpolar North are appropriate places to train scholars to research the dynamics of social-ecological systems because of their pronounced rates of climatic, cultural and socio-economic change. The curriculum and research of this IGERT prepares students in the theoretical and applied underpinnings of resilience theory, vulnerability analysis, and sustainability science. This renewal builds on the previous IGERT at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) by adding: (1) a focus on global-local linkages that shape sustainability at all scales, (2) a bridging program with UAF rural campuses makes this PhD program more accessible to Alaska Native students, and (3) opportunities for graduate students to participate in activities of the International Polar Year. This IGERT establishes new institutional partnerships and trains a new cadre of scholars who have the interdisciplinary skills to address the complex challenges of sustainability. These scholars will contribute to society through their skills in integrating knowledge and informing policy makers in mitigation and adaptation. This IGERT strongly supports the training of Alaska Native PhDs in this area who are needed to serve as university faculty, researchers, educators, and community leaders. This IGERT represents a US contribution to the International Polar Year through the establishment of a consortium of graduate programs with a focus on northern social-ecological resilience. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

该综合研究生教育和研究培训计划（IGERT）支持整合社会科学和自然科学的研究生培训，并考虑跨时间和空间尺度的变化动态。阿拉斯加和环北极地区是培训学者研究社会生态系统动态的合适地点，因为它们的气候、文化和社会经济变化速度显着。该 IGERT 的课程和研究为学生提供复原力理论、脆弱性分析和可持续性科学的理论和应用基础知识。此次更新以阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校 (UAF) 之前的 IGERT 为基础，增加了：(1) 注重在各个层面塑造可持续性的全球与本地联系，(2) 与 UAF 农村校区的衔接项目使阿拉斯加原住民学生更容易参与该博士项目，以及 (3) 为研究生提供参与国际极地年活动的机会。 IGERT 建立了新的机构合作伙伴关系，并培训了一批新的学者，他们拥有跨学科技能，可以应对可持续发展的复杂挑战。这些学者将通过他们整合知识和为决策者提供缓解和适应信息的技能为社会做出贡献。 IGERT 大力支持该领域阿拉斯加本土博士的培训，他们需要担任大学教师、研究人员、教育工作者和社区领袖。该 IGERT 代表了美国通过建立一个研究生项目联盟对国际极地年的贡献，该联盟的重点是北方社会生态恢复力。 IGERT 是一项 NSF 范围内的计划，旨在应对美国博士生教育的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，对所选学科有深厚的知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，促进研究生教育的文化变革。