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The Integration Core: Lessons Learned. Lilian Na’ia Alessa , Ph.D., P.Reg.Biol . New Integrat ( ed ) Team Members. Claire Kione. Abigail Liisa. Modes of Inquiry. Types of Integration. Tress et al. 2005. A Few of the Core Products.
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The Integration Core: Lessons Learned LilianNa’iaAlessa, Ph.D., P.Reg.Biol.
New Integrat(ed) Team Members Claire Kione Abigail Liisa
Types of Integration Tress et al. 2005
A Few of the Core Products • Social Ecological (SES) Hotspots Mapping: social, economic, and biological data. • Agent-Based Modeling to Forecast the Environmental Resilience of Arctic Landscapes (FERAL): social, biological, physical data. • Arctic Water Resources Vulnerability Index (AWRVI): social, biological, physical, engineering data.
Integration • Initially, solicited data. • Eventually, retrieved data from publicly available sources. Lesson Learned: Importance of access to data.
Integration • Based inquiry on questions that were independent of classical scientific tradition (i.e., not necessarily hypothesis driven). • Questions embedded in complicated and emergent phenomena requiring attention by society (e.g., water management). Lesson learned: Importance of framing the question(s).
Integration • Utilized and developed cutting edge methodologies to engage data across scales and contexts. • Borrowed from various disciplinary traditions to develop approaches. Lessons learned: Need for innovative and appropriate methods.
Integration • Often marginalized by disciplines. • Difficult and frustrating but immensely rewarding. • Only successful through collaboration. Lesson learned: Training is important but attitude is everything.