Linking S-E Science to S-E Change

Largely missing from the literature on linking knowledge to action is an empirically and conceptually rich understanding of how social and environmental change occurs. Furthermore, there are considerable epistemic, ontological and institutional barriers to conducting such integrative and solutions-oriented research. The proposed workshop will address the following issues in order to spur SESYNC initiatives and research in the socio-environmental sciences, more broadly, that is oriented toward generating more sustainable outcomes: (1) development of a rigorous interdisciplinary research agenda for exploring how socio-environmental science can contribute to actions that lead to more sustainable outcomes; (2) examine the epistemic, ontological, and institutional barriers to constructing such an agenda; and, (3) explore how research and education efforts—in our respective fields, through new collaborations and at SESYNC—that might overcome these barriers can be encouraged.