The Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change International Program Office

对综合地球系统中人类和自然组成部分之间复杂相互作用的研究强调了了解人类个人和集体认知和行动的必要性，因为人们既是个人，又是群体和机构的成员。 体制作为大规模环境变化的原因，以及通过直接反应和通过建立对不断变化的环境条件作出反应的框架，都占有突出地位。 该奖项为全球环境变化的机构层面项目的国际项目办公室（IPO）提供了新的支持。 IDGEC是国际全球环境变化人文因素方案（IHDP）的四大核心项目之一，IHDP是由国际科学联合会理事会（ICSU）监督的国际合作研究方案，与国际社会科学理事会（ISSC）合作。 IDGEC科学计划制定了一个研究计划，解决机构在引起和应对大规模环境变化中的作用。 该计划的重点是因果关系，性能和设计的问题，并提请注意有关机构的配合，相互作用和规模的分析主题。 IDGEC IPO提供一系列服务，旨在最大限度地提高IDGEC项目成功实现科学计划目标的可能性。 IPO承担的职能包括为IDGEC科学指导委员会（项目的主要管理机构）配备人员;与IHDP工作人员和领导人进行联络;促进IDGEC科学;介绍和出版IDGEC科学成果;管理和动员IDGEC网络。 IDGEC IPO的主要重点是为网络成员开发机会，探索使用基于网络的会议来促进IDGEC科学，并发起政策联系出版物系列IDGEC-IPO通过催化和协调追求共同研究议程的全球科学家网络，在这一研究项目的成功中发挥关键作用。通过继续支持IPO，将加强当前和未来针对这一系列重要问题开展国际合作的基础设施，美国将向其他国家发出关于重大国际合作努力的价值和效用的积极信号

Research on the complex interactions among human and natural components of the integrated Earth system have highlighted the need to understand both individual and collective perceptions and actions of human beings, because people operate both as individuals and as members of groups and institutions. Institutions figure prominently both as causes of large-scale environmental changes and through direct response and through establishment of the frameworks of responses to changing environmental conditions. This award provides renewed support for the International Project Office (IPO) of the Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC) project. IDGEC is one of four major core projects of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change Programme (IHDP), which is an international collaborative research program overseen by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), with cooperation from the International Social Science Council (ISSC). The IDGEC Science Plan lays out a research program that addresses the role of institutions in causing and confronting large-scale environmental changes. The plan focuses on issues of causality, performance, and design, and it draws attention to analytic themes relating to institutional fit, interplay, and scale. The IDGEC IPO provides a range of services designed to maximize the likelihood of IDGEC projects being successful in meeting the goals of the science plan. Among the functions undertaken by the IPO are staffing for the IDGEC Science Steering Committee, the project's main administering body; conducting liaison with IHDP staff and leaders; promoting IDGEC science; presenting and publishing IDGEC scientific results; and managing and mobilizing the IDGEC network. Major emphasis of the IDGEC IPO are developing opportunities for members of the network, exploring the uses of web-based conferencing to promote IDGEC science, and initiating a policy links publication series.The IDGEC-IPO plays a critical role in the success of this research project by catalyzing and coordinating a global network of scientists pursuing a common research agenda. Through continued support for the IPO, the infrastructure for the conduct of current and future international collaborations focusing on this important set of problems will be strengthened, and the U.S. will give a positive signal to other nations regarding the value and utility of major international collaborative efforts