Delivering technical and social innovations that support sustainable and resilient communities

Delivering technical and social innovations that support sustainable and resilient communities A James Hutton Institute Science Challenge Gary Polhill

James Hutton Institute Science Challenges  Develop new crops and production methods that help deliver food security while better protecting the environment  Glenn Bryan

 Protect and enhance resilience of ecosystems for multiple benefits  Alison Hester

 Deliver technical and social innovations that support sustainable and resilient communities  Gary Polhill

Contact Points

Science for sustainability and resilience  We know the environment is in trouble  Solutions require transdisciplinary approach  Interdisciplinary science working with non-academics on shared problems  Co-constructed knowledge/solutions

 Various researchers at Hutton working in relevant areas with internal and external partners

Tag cloud of words in papers with Hutton co-authors mentioning transdisciplinarity

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Social-Ecological Systems Understanding complexity Visualization Semantic integration Formalizing social theories Hybrid Agent-Based Social Simulation  Social / big data; interactions  (…to be co-constructed…)

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Fundamental underpinning science

Adapted from ideas in Voinov & Shugart (2013) EMS 39, 149-158

Other collaboration points  Case studies, end-user communities  Who will say, “Science is helping us be more resilient and/or sustainable”?

 Designing science to achieve these ends  Workshops, conference sessions, position papers…

 Overcoming institutional obstacles to undertaking this kind of research