RII Track-2 FEC: Strengthening the scientific basis for making decisions about dams: Multi-scale, coupled-systems research on ecological, social, and economic trade-offs

非技术描述这项以研究基础设施改善Track-2为重点的EPSCoR*协作(RII Track-2 FEC)涉及来自新英格兰三个州的研究人员：新罕布夏州(NH)、缅因州(ME)和罗德岛(RI)。研究小组将开发和测试一个框架，让利益相关者参与了解大坝的多种功能如何受到管理决策结果的影响。该项目由新汉普郡大学(UNH)与基恩州立学院(KSC)、罗德岛大学(URI)、罗德岛设计学院(RISD)和缅因州大学(UM)合作领导。研究小组将开发角色扮演模拟并设计特征，以促进具有不同视角的利益相关者之间的对话。跨学科的科学、技术、艺术、工程和数学(STEAM)研究活动将与12名职业早期教师、2名博士后、2名研究人员和13名研究生的培训和领导力发展相结合。技术说明RII Track-2 FEC项目将解决两个主要且相互关联的问题：1)不同大坝管理方案的生态系统服务之间的主要权衡、阈值和反馈是什么？2)协作知识生产如何影响对大坝SES的科学理解，以及在大坝决策中使用科学？研究主题包括鱼类迁徙、氮通量、能源经济学、媒体话语分析、选择实验调查和多准则决策模型。该项目将通过将生物物理学和社会经济研究与社会科学研究相结合，以了解知识系统在决策过程中的作用，从而促进可持续发展科学。该小组将在耦合的社会生态系统(SES)和大坝的多种功能(例如生态系统服务、蓄水、防洪、水力发电和娱乐)的背景下调查大坝的动态行为。新英格兰高风险大坝的数量，加上它们在清洁能源中的重要作用，将为假设检验和描述修复、恢复、重建、拆除、退役或其他替代大坝未来的后果和权衡提供基础。*促进竞争性研究的实验计划

Non-technical descriptionThis Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-2 Focused EPSCoR* Collaboration (RII Track-2 FEC) involves researchers from three New England states: New Hampshire (NH), Maine (ME) and Rhode Island (RI). The research team will develop and test a framework for engaging stakeholders in understanding how the multiple functions of dams are impacted by the outcomes of management decisions. The project is led by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in partnership with Keene State College (KSC), the University of Rhode Island (URI), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and the University of Maine (UM). The research team will develop role-play simulations and design charrettes to foster dialog among stakeholders with diverse perspectives. The interdisciplinary Science, Technology, Art, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEAM) research activities will be integrated with training and leadership development of 12 early-career faculty, two post-docs, two research staff, and 13 graduate students. Technical descriptionThe RII Track-2 FEC project will address two overarching and interrelated questions: 1) What are the major trade-offs, thresholds, and feedbacks among ecosystem services for different dam management options? and 2) How does collaborative knowledge production influence scientific understanding about dam SES, and the use of science in dam decision making? Research topics include fish migration, nitrogen flux, energy economics, media discourse analysis, choice experiment surveys, and multi-criteria decision models. This project will contribute to sustainability science through coupling biophysical and socioeconomic research with mixed-methods social science research to understand the roles of knowledge systems in decision processes. The team will investigate the dynamic behavior of dams in the context of coupled social ecological systems (SES) and the multiple functions of dams (e.g. ecosystem services, water storage, flood control, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation). The number of high-hazard dams in New England coupled with their significant clean energy role will provide a basis for hypothesis testing and delineating the consequences and trade-offs of rehabilitating, restoring, rebuilding, removal, decommissioning, or other alternative dam futures. *Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research