The Great Lakes Futures Project

Creed, Irena F.; Laurent, Katrina L.

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.017

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“…These community‐engagement and science communication skills can enable scientists to engage with the public and teach about their science effectively and to address the need for well‐educated, engaged, and influential stakeholder communities on Great Lakes topics (Krantzberg et al 2015). Such science‐to‐society translational skills will become increasingly important as complex environmental problems, such as toxin‐producing HABs, become more prevalent and severe (Creed and Laurent 2015). Without broader impacts training (Heath et al 2014), Sandford (2015, 195) warns that “ineffective engagement is the kiss of death” during a time when a coherently coordinated Great Lakes basin governance is needed even more now than in the past.…”

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Training Early Career Great Lakes Scientists for Effective Engagement and Impact

Hunnell

Triezenberg

Doberneck

2020

Contemporary Water Research

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S ince the early 2000s, there have been calls for Great Lakes scientists to bridge science and policy communities as communication between scientists and policy makers can be an effective way to address any disconnect, especially for complex environmental problems (Rittell and Webber 1973; Innvaer et al. 2002; Krantzberg 2004; Dreelin and Rose 2008). In Michigan, nearly half of a statewide water policy fellows group, composed of representatives from academia, local governments, state agencies, environmental groups, industry, agriculture, and business, identified that not enough science is currently being used in water policy decisions (Dreelin and Rose 2008). Regionally, community engagement within policy implementation arenas is identified as critical to achieving a prosperous Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin (Krantzberg et al. 2015). Graduate students play an important role in cutting edge research; however, the graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields generally follows an apprenticeship model where graduate students learn from an established researcher (Vergara et al. 2014). Even though students are prepared to conduct independent research, the challenge is in developing skills and facilitating experiences that will help graduate students see how their research addresses

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Training Early Career Great Lakes Scientists for Effective Engagement and Impact

Hunnell

Triezenberg

Doberneck

2020

Contemporary Water Research

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“…These workshops will bring together diverse perspectives to (1) validate the model and intervention outcomes from the simulation and (2) brainstorm what factors and conditions (eg, polycentric governance systems or multisector participation) are necessary to strengthen the potential for selected interventions to combat AMR over 10-, 30-, and 50-year timeframes under the alternate future scenarios in Figure 2 [ 80 ]. These timeframes are common with foresight methods (eg, [ 81 , 82 ]).…”

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Building Social-Ecological System Resilience to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance Across the One Health Spectrum: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Lambraki¹,

Majowicz²,

Parmley³

et al. 2021

JMIR Res Protoc

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Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an escalating global crisis with serious health, social, and economic consequences. Building social-ecological system resilience to reduce AMR and mitigate its impacts is critical. Objective The aim of this study is to compare and assess interventions that address AMR across the One Health spectrum and determine what actions will help to build social and ecological capacity and readiness to sustainably tackle AMR. Methods We will apply social-ecological resilience theory to AMR in an explicit One Health context using mixed methods and identify interventions that address AMR and its key pressure antimicrobial use (AMU) identified in the scientific literature and in the gray literature using a web-based survey. Intervention impacts and the factors that challenge or contribute to the success of interventions will be determined, triangulated against expert opinions in participatory workshops and complemented using quantitative time series analyses. We will then identify indicators using regression modeling, which can predict national and regional AMU or AMR dynamics across animal and human health. Together, these analyses will help to quantify the causal loop diagrams (CLDs) of AMR in the European and Southeast Asian food system contexts that are developed by diverse stakeholders in participatory workshops. Then, using these CLDs, the long-term impacts of selected interventions on AMR will be explored under alternate future scenarios via simulation modeling and participatory workshops. A publicly available learning platform housing information about interventions on AMR from a One Health perspective will be developed to help decision makers identify promising interventions for application in their jurisdictions. Results To date, 669 interventions have been identified in the scientific literature, 891 participants received a survey invitation, and 4 expert feedback and 4 model-building workshops have been conducted. Time series analysis, regression modeling of national and regional indicators of AMR dynamics, and scenario modeling activities are anticipated to be completed by spring 2022. Ethical approval has been obtained from the University of Waterloo’s Office of Research Ethics (ethics numbers 40519 and 41781). Conclusions This paper provides an example of how to study complex problems such as AMR, which require the integration of knowledge across sectors and disciplines to find sustainable solutions. We anticipate that our study will contribute to a better understanding of what actions to take and in what contexts to ensure long-term success in mitigating AMR and its impact and provide useful tools (eg, CLDs, simulation models, and public databases of compiled interventions) to guide management and policy decisions. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/24378

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“…A critical first step of scenario analysis involves the identification of drivers of change that influence a given system or its management. In past scenario analysis, projects like the Forest Futures Project (Duinker 2008) and the Great Lakes Futures Project (Creed and Laurent 2015), drivers have ranged in scope and scale from water quality and industry profitability to climate change and geopolitics. It is important that driver identification be part of the participatory and consensus-based process that involves policy-makers and other key stakeholders so that they can provide input and so that they are invested in the scenario analysis outcomes (Duinker and Greig 2007;Alcamo 2008).…”

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Alternative scenarios for the future of the Canadian boreal zone¹

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In response to global climate change, Canada is transitioning towards a low-carbon economy and the need for policy approaches that are effective, equitable, coordinated, and both administratively and politically feasible is high. One point is clear; the transition is intimately tied to the vast supply of ecosystem services in the boreal zone of Canada. This paper describes four contrasting futures for the boreal zone using scenario analysis, which is a transdisciplinary, participatory approach that considers alternative futures and policy implications under conditions of high uncertainty and complexity. The two critical forces shaping the four scenarios are the global economy’s energy and society’s capacity to adapt. The six drivers of change are atmospheric change, the demand for provisioning ecosystem services, the demand for nonprovisioning ecosystem services, demographics, and social values, governance and geopolitics, and industrial innovation and infrastructure. The four scenarios include: (i) the Green Path, where a low-carbon economy is coupled with high adaptive capacity; (ii) the Uphill Climb, where a low-carbon economy is instead coupled with low adaptive capacity; (iii) the Carpool Lane, where society has a strong capacity to adapt but a reliance on fossil fuels; and (iv) the Slippery Slope, where there is both a high-carbon economy and a society with low adaptive capacity. The scenarios illustrate the importance of transitioning to a low-carbon economy and the role of society’s adaptive capacity in doing so. However, they also emphasize themes like social inequality and adverse environmental outcomes arising from the push towards climate change mitigation.

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The Great Lakes Futures Project

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

Training Early Career Great Lakes Scientists for Effective Engagement and Impact

Training Early Career Great Lakes Scientists for Effective Engagement and Impact

Building Social-Ecological System Resilience to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance Across the One Health Spectrum: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Alternative scenarios for the future of the Canadian boreal zone¹

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Training Early Career Great Lakes Scientists for Effective Engagement and Impact

Training Early Career Great Lakes Scientists for Effective Engagement and Impact

Building Social-Ecological System Resilience to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance Across the One Health Spectrum: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Alternative scenarios for the future of the Canadian boreal zone1

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