Doctoral Dissertation Research: Soil Frontiers: Exploring the Culture and Politics of Soil Microbiology Research

博士论文研究：土壤前沿：探索土壤微生物学研究的文化和政治

• 批准号: 2043614
• 负责人: Anne Rademacher
• 金额: $ 1.58万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-04-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2043614&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Soil; Frontiers

This project examines how networks of collaborative research are challenging the way we study about soils. Contemporary understanding of soil focus on how it is a one of the most biodiverse and critical ecosystems on the planet. This project will trace how scientific practices of studying soil microbes are driving terrestrial cycles of carbon, water, phosphorous, and nitrogen. It will follow scientists as they investigate soil microbial activity in relation to climate conditions, plant pathogens, and medicinal resources for humans. The project will document how novel research techniques are helping scientists design soil microbial processes to respond to changing climate conditions and soil issues. The project will provide insight for natural scientists, social scientists, and policymakers to better understand how specific soil science practices inform current priorities and challenges of soil health.The central focus of this research project is the collaborative networks of soil scientists and biotech engineers. The project uses ethnographic strategies to trace the social and technical infrastructure of soil microbiology research through which scientists assemble their understanding of soils as living systems. Its analysis draws on qualitative data from interviews with scientists and participant observation in soil research settings. While human-soil interactions are often examined in agricultural contexts, this project is among the first to examine how scientists construct new meanings and materialities of soils in their research practices. Scientific explorations of soil microbiomes are contributing to mapping new frontiers of ecological knowledge. This project will study how political and cultural transformations can support new possibilities for human adaptation and survival on a rapidly changing planet.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目研究了协作研究网络如何挑战我们研究土壤的方式。当代对土壤的理解集中在它是地球上最生物多样性和最关键的生态系统之一。该项目将追踪研究土壤微生物的科学实践如何驱动碳，水，磷和氮的地面周期。它将跟随科学家研究与人类的气候条件，植物病原体和药用资源有关的土壤微生物活性。该项目将记录新型研究技术如何帮助科学家设计土壤微生物过程，以应对不断变化的气候条件和土壤问题。 该项目将为自然科学家，社会科学家和政策制定者提供洞察力，以更好地了解特定的土壤科学实践如何为土壤健康的当前优先事项和挑战提供依据。该研究项目的主要重点是土壤科学家和生物技术工程师的协作网络。该项目使用人种学策略来追踪土壤微生物学研究的社会和技术基础设施，科学家将其作为生活系统的理解汇集了。它的分析借鉴了来自科学家的访谈和土壤研究环境中参与者观察的定性数据。尽管经常在农业背景下检查人土壤相互作用，但该项目是最早研究科学家如何在其研究实践中构建土壤的新含义和物质的项目之一。土壤微生物组的科学探索有助于绘制生态知识的新边界。该项目将研究政治和文化转型如何在快速变化的星球上支持人类适应和生存的新可能性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估评估标准来通过评估来支持的。