Catalyzing International Partnerships in Community-related Environmental and Sustainability Research and Education: Ethical, Structural and Institutional Issues of Collaboration

促进社区相关环境和可持续发展研究与教育方面的国际伙伴关系：合作的道德、结构和制度问题

• 批准号: 1160874
• 负责人: Robert Swap
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1160874&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Catalyzing; International; Partnerships; Community; related

The project will convene a group of researchers and students from the U.S., Africa, and Asia to catalyze the expansion of a unique international collaborative model of education and research. It will support the participation of environmental, sustainability and community engagement researchers and practitioners focused on improved resilience of environmental systems in developing regions of eastern and southern Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa), as well as the Asian highlands of Nepal, Mongolia and Myanmar/Burma. Current and potential international colleagues will participate in a structured writing clinic that aims to focus on: 1) the synthesis of education and research best practices regarding ethical, structural and institutional issues of international collaborations; and 2) the collaborative generation of interdisciplinary research related to community development focused on environmental change and sustainability. Broad environmental research and education interests that underpin the larger workshop include the functioning and resilience of forested ecosystems in developing areas of Africa and Asia.The workshop will provide a venue for international collaborators to share their experiences and perspectives on participating in international research and teaching partnerships. It has been the researchers? experience that this approach helps to foster cross-cultural knowledge exchange within a community of trust and equity for all partners. At the same time, the workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for U.S. based scientists, researchers, educators and students to learn from these interactions and to disseminate this knowledge through the development of a special higher education journal issue. Articles and potential topics that will be addressed and disseminated in the special edition journal include: improved teaching and methodological approaches for preparing students to engage in international environmental research and education projects, measuring student learning outcomes from interdisciplinary research experiences, new pedagogies for community and faculty collaboration in environmental sustainability initiatives, and ethics, protocols and practices of cross-disciplinary and international environmental sustainability research. Dissemination will also include presentations at major symposia.This workshop will promote interdisciplinary research and education collaborations between U.S. and international colleagues that would have not been possible otherwise. Specifically, it will support the participation of graduate students, beginning investigators, as well as professionals from predominantly four-year institutions. It is anticipated that the workshop will yield information that improves future curricula focusing on environmental sustainability, community engagement and sustainable development. Meeting results and recommendations will be disseminated including: perspectives on interdisciplinary collaboration, best practices regarding student preparation to conduct ethical and responsible international research in a special higher education journal issue as well as through the expansion of our project website and other digital media.

该项目将召集一组来自美国、非洲和亚洲的研究人员和学生，以促进一种独特的国际教育和研究合作模式的扩展。它将支持环境、可持续性和社区参与的研究人员和从业人员的参与，重点是提高东部和南部非洲发展中地区(乌干达、肯尼亚、莫桑比克、南非)以及尼泊尔、蒙古和缅甸/缅甸等亚洲高地的环境系统的复原力。现有的和潜在的国际同事将参加一个结构化的写作诊所，其目的是：1)综合关于国际合作的伦理、结构和体制问题的教育和研究最佳做法；以及2)合作产生与社区发展有关的跨学科研究，重点是环境变化和可持续性。支持大型研讨会的广泛环境研究和教育兴趣包括非洲和亚洲发展中地区森林生态系统的功能和弹性。研讨会将为国际合作者提供一个场所，分享他们参与国际研究和教学伙伴关系的经验和观点。是研究人员干的吗？经验表明，这种方法有助于在信任和平等对待所有合作伙伴的社区内促进跨文化知识交流。与此同时，研讨会寻求为美国的科学家、研究人员、教育工作者和学生提供一个从这些互动中学习的机会，并通过开发一期特别的高等教育期刊来传播这些知识。将在特别版期刊中讨论和传播的文章和潜在主题包括：为学生参与国际环境研究和教育项目做准备的改进的教学和方法方法，衡量学生从跨学科研究经验中获得的学习成果，社区和教师在环境可持续发展倡议中合作的新教学法，以及跨学科和国际环境可持续发展研究的伦理、协议和实践。这次研讨会将促进美国和国际同行之间的跨学科研究和教育合作，否则是不可能的。具体地说，它将支持研究生、初级调查人员以及主要来自四年制院校的专业人员的参与。预计讲习班将提供信息，改进今后侧重于环境可持续性、社区参与和可持续发展的课程。将传播会议结果和建议，包括：跨学科合作的观点，在高等教育期刊特刊上为学生开展道德和负责任的国际研究做准备的最佳做法，以及通过扩大我们的项目网站和其他数字媒体。