Collaborative Research Workshop: Strengthening Institutions - Strategies for Cooperative, Ecosystem-based Management in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas

这项支持是为2011财年将在阿拉斯加大学举办的研讨会提供支持，该研讨会将社会科学家、政策制定者、政府机构和当地社区领导人聚集在一起，探索减少冲突和改善基于生态系统的海洋资源管理的新治理模式。讲习班有五个主要目标：1)促进不同学科的社会科学家与不同的理论和应用专门知识之间的协同；2)将社会科学研究的见解带到围绕海洋治理机构设计的对话中；3)在参与式民主、行政复杂性和基于生态系统的管理领域产生新的知识和理论改进。4)制定后续研究议程。5)编写一份确定问题的政策报告，为评估减少冲突和生态系统管理的备选方案制定理论原则和标准。受邀者包括一大批环境和法律学者，以及政治学、社会学、环境科学和经济学领域的院士。此外，社区领导人(NSB市长和AEWC主席)以及联邦和州机构人员(NOAA、DOI、阿拉斯加州)将参加。该项目将支持50多名参与者中的19名，以及组织费用。讲习班解决了海洋政策特别工作组(2009)提出的适用于美国北极的政策问题，并符合环境法研究所(2009)对州、联邦、地方和部落利益攸关方进行有针对性教育的规定。在墨西哥湾漏油事件之后，这一点变得更加及时，因为围绕社区弹性和石油和天然气开发的问题无疑将变得更具争议性。讲习班可为该事件发生后的机构发展提供信息。

This support is for a workshop to be held at the University of Alaska in FY2011, bringing together social scientists, policy makers, government agencies, and local community leaders to explore new models of governance for reducing conflict and improving ecosystem-based management of ocean resources. The workshop has five main objectives: 1) Foster synergy among social scientist of diverse disciplines with diverse theoretical and applied expertise.2) Bring insights of social science research to the dialog surrounding institutional design for ocean governance.3) Generate new knowledge and theoretical refinement in the fields of participatory democracy, administrative complexity and ecosystem-based management. 4) Set an agenda for follow-up research.5) Produce a policy report identifying issues, framing the theoretical principles and criteria for evaluating alternatives for conflict reduction and ecosystem stewardship.The invitees include a strong list of environmental and legal scholars, as well as academicians in the fields of political science, sociology, environmental science, and economics. In addition, community leaders (NSB Mayor and AEWC Chairman), and Federal and State agency personnel (NOAA, DOI, State of Alaska) will be participating. This project will support 19 of the 50 plus participants, as well as the organizational expenses.The workshop addresses the policy questions posed by the Ocean Policy Task Force (2009), applied to the US Arctic, and meets the Environmental Law Institute (2009) prescription for targeted education for state, federal, local and tribal stakeholders. It is all the more timely in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, as issues surrounding community resilience and oil and gas development will no doubt become more contentious. The workshop may inform institutional developments in the wake of that incident.