International: Developing an Adriatic Summer Institute for Marine Environmental Complexity

这一为期一年的项目将通过建立一个平衡的研究和教育机制，作为亚得里亚海海洋环境复杂性夏季研究所的基础，促进社会科学和自然科学领域的国际合作。阿拉巴马州Dauphin岛海洋实验室的William M.Graham将与他的同行、斯洛文尼亚国家生物研究所的Alenka Malej和克罗地亚海洋和渔业研究所的Adam Benovic合作，领导这项工作。合作伙伴将汇集一个由美国、斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚的高级和初级海洋科学家、社会科学家和建模专家组成的团队，他们具有互补的专业知识：1)通过对亚得里亚海北部和南部复杂海洋生态系统的区域研究，确定一种有效的方法，将研究和教育结合起来；2)整合多国规划，并将重点放在与研究所管理、参与活动、活动和建模相关的一系列问题上：1)通过对亚得里亚海北部和南部复杂的海洋生态系统的区域研究，确定一种有效的方法来整合研究和教育；2)整合多国规划，并将重点放在与研究所管理、参与活动、以及3)确定和保护必要的资源，包括对反映不同亚得里亚海系统的设施、研究地点和数据集的访问。预期结果将使总部设在外地的暑期学校有一个完善的业务框架，并具有很强的教育成分。成功将提高我们识别、量化和模拟亚得里亚海生物复杂性的能力，这对分析和应用到其他全球站点具有重要意义。这种跨学科的努力通过使美国和中南欧的专家能够结合互补的人才，并在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域共享研究和教育资源，实现了促进科学知识的计划目标。通过访问斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚的海洋机构，指导，以及直接参与跨界实地工作和人与自然耦合系统的建模，计划中的夏季研究所应该会产生更广泛的影响，向国际社会介绍美国初级研究人员。

This one-year project will facilitate international collaboration across boundaries of social and natural sciences by developing a balanced mechanism for research and education that can serve as the basis for an Adriatic Summer Institute on Marine Environmental Complexity. William M. Graham of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama, will lead the effort in cooperation with his counterparts, Alenka Malej of the Slovenia National Institute of Biology, Prian, and Adam Benovic of the Croatian Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries, Dubrovnik.The partners will bring together a team of senior and junior U.S., Slovenian and Croatian marine scientists, social scientists, and modeling experts with complementary expertise to: 1) define an effective approach for integrating research and education through regional study of complex marine ecological systems in the northern and southern Adriatic, 2) integrate multinational planning and bring focus to a range of issues related to institute management, participant activities, and associated logistics and 3) identify and secure necessary resources including access to facilities, research sites, and data sets that reflect diverse Adriatic systems. Results are expected to lead to a refined operational framework for a field-based summer institute with a strong educational component. Success should enhance our ability to identify, quantify, and model Adriatic biocomplexity in terms of coupled human and natural systems, with implications for analysis and application to other global sites.This interdisciplinary effort fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling experts in the United States and South Central Europe to combine complementary talents and share research and education resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence. The intended summer institute should have broader impact by introducing U.S. junior researchers to the international community through visits to Slovenian and Croatian marine institutions, mentoring, and direct involvement in transboundary field work and modeling of coupled human and natural systems.