IGERT - Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训奖(IGERT)支持在全球变化、海洋生态系统和社会方面的研究生培训。该项目将把斯克里普斯海洋研究所广泛的气候研究与加州大学圣地亚哥分校其他系的经济、法律、商业、政策和历史视角、国家海洋和大气管理局西南渔业科学中心的管理型研究以及非营利性环境法研究所结合起来。通过将全球变化的物理科学与经济行为和社会后果的分析联系起来，这个项目将使学生能够制定应对全球挑战的决策和沟通策略。主要研究主题是：从科学、经济、法律和政治角度看温室气体驱动因素对全球变化的影响；温度、海平面、径流和海洋酸化变化对生态系统的影响；人口失调、人类健康、渔业可持续性、跨国法律问题和对旅游业的影响；以及对公众认知、传播战略和公共政策的影响。这些主题将通过跨学科的“过程研究”统一起来，在这些研究中，研究小组为气候科学和全球变化的社会范围之间的问题提供专业知识。流程研究的重点是存在研究协作和主要主题融合的地理区域。教育模式包括强化跨学科暑期课程；作为论文研究的一部分，引导学生组成跨学科团队的新课程；谈判、道德和管理责任方面的指导；学生在非学术环境中应用知识的实习；以及让学生接触其他职业的职业研讨会。这种研究生教育方法促进了全球变化研究的整合，这些研究侧重于生物、社会、经济和政治问题、海洋资源管理和保护。该计划进一步致力于在一个日益复杂的社会中扩大多样性和增加研究生就业机会。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports graduate training in global change, marine ecosystems, and society. The project will combine the extensive climate research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography with the economic, legal, business, policy and historical perspectives of other University of California San Diego departments, the management-based research of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center, and the non-profit Environmental Law Institute. By linking the physical science of global change to the analysis of economic behavior and social consequences, this project will empower students to develop strategies for decision-making and communication to address global challenges. Major research themes are: global change effects of greenhouse gas drivers from the scientific, economic, legal and political perspectives; ecosystem impacts of changes in temperature, sea level, runoff, and ocean acidification; societal impacts of population dislocations, human health, sustainability of fisheries, transnational legal issues and impacts on tourism; and impact on public perception, communications strategies and public policy. These themes will be united by interdisciplinary "process studies" in which research teams bring expertise to problems at the interface between climate science and the societal extent of global change. Process studies are focused in geographic areas where research collaborations exist and where major themes coalesce. The educational model includes an intensive interdisciplinary summer course; a new course to guide students to form interdisciplinary teams as part of their thesis research; coaching in negotiation, ethics, and management responsibilities; internships where students apply their knowledge in non-academic settings; and a career seminar that exposes students to alternative professions. This approach to graduate education facilitates integration of global change research that is focused on biological, social, economic, and political issues, marine resource management and conservation. The program is further dedicated to the expansion of diversity and increasing opportunities for post-graduate employment in an ever more complex society. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.