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

这项研究基础设施改善轨道2重点EPSCoR*合作（RII轨道2 FEC）涉及来自新英格兰三个州的研究人员：新罕布什尔州（NH），缅因州（ME）和罗德岛州（RI）。研究小组将开发和测试一个框架，让利益相关者了解水坝的多种功能如何受到管理决策结果的影响。该项目由新罕布什尔大学（UNH）牵头，与基恩州立学院（KSC）、罗德岛大学（URI）、罗德岛设计学院（RISD）和缅因大学（UM）合作。研究小组将开发角色扮演模拟和设计夏洛特，以促进持不同观点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名早期职业教师、两名博士后、两名研究人员和13名研究生的培训和领导力发展相结合。技术描述ii轨道2 FEC项目将解决两个首要且相互关联的问题：1)不同水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)协同知识生产如何影响对大坝SES的科学理解，以及科学在大坝决策中的应用？研究课题包括鱼类洄游、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和社会经济研究与混合方法的社会科学研究结合起来，了解知识系统在决策过程中的作用，从而为可持续发展科学做出贡献。该团队将在耦合社会生态系统（SES）和水坝的多种功能（如生态系统服务、蓄水、防洪、水力发电和娱乐）的背景下研究水坝的动态行为。新英格兰地区高风险水坝的数量以及它们在清洁能源方面的重要作用，将为假设检验和描述修复、恢复、重建、拆除、退役或其他替代水坝未来的后果和权衡提供基础。*刺激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