This document discusses several "wicked problems" including invasive species, climate change, and biodiversity loss. It notes that while many ecologists study the impacts of climate change, few collaborate with social scientists. The author argues that STEM researchers should engage more in science-policy interfaces to help apply their knowledge to policy issues. Interdisciplinary collaborations are challenging but could generate innovative solutions, although the benefits are still unclear according to new "Science of Team Science" research. Ecologists can contribute ecosystem perspectives but may need to better communicate and engage with diverse partners including social scientists and policymakers.

1. Invaders,
Security,
Climate
Change:
Can
we
get
movement
on
wicked
problems?
Dawn
R.
Bazely
Biology
Department
Faculty
of
Science
26
Jan
2015
For
Understanding
Sovereignty
&
Security
in
the
Circumpolar
ArcMc
Workshop,
Munk
Centre,
UofT
(Lackenbauer
&
Greaves,
organizers)
1

2. Invaders,
Security,
Climate
Change:
Can
we
get
movement
on
wicked
problems?
Dawn
R.
Bazely
Biology
Department
Faculty
of
Science
26
Jan
2015
2

3. Invaders,
Security,
Climate
Change:
Can
we
get
movement
on
wicked
problems?
Dawn
R.
Bazely
Biology
Department
Faculty
of
Science
26
Jan
2015
3

4. Invaders,
Security,
Climate
Change:
Can
we
get
movement
on
wicked
problems?
Dawn
R.
Bazely
Biology
Department
Faculty
of
Science
26
Jan
2015
4

5. The
ecologists’
framework...
(Bazely
et
al.
in
Hoogensen
et
al.
2014)

6. 6
WWF
Living
Planet
Report
2014:
hYp://www.wwf.eu/media_centre/publicaMons/living_planet_report/

7. The
Biodiversity
Crisis
• “99%
of
all
species
that
have
existed
are
exMnct
and…
• rates
of
exMncMon
have
varied
enormously”
• “Are
we
currently
in
a
period
of
mass
exMncMon?”
• Norman
Myers
(1976,
Science
v193:198)

8. The
Biodiversity
Crisis
• “99%
of
all
species
that
have
existed
are
exMnct
and…
• rates
of
exMncMon
have
varied
enormously”
• “Are
we
currently
in
a
period
of
mass
exMncMon?”
• Norman
Myers
(1976,
Science
v193:198)
ExMnct
Woolly
Mammoth
Ivory
tusk
earrings
hYp://bit.ly/1EneKMw
I
include
cultural
diversity
in
my
definiMon
of
biodiversity
hYp://projectogeart.ca//

9. My
ecology
research
(Q.
how
do
you
define
ecology?)
9
• Tromso
grass
gunhild
hand

10. Reindeer
spit
smacks
down
plant
toxins
–
ScienMfic
American
10

11. Non-­‐indigenous
plants
• Myers
&
Bazely
is
headed
to
a
2nd
ediMon
• The
policy
chapter
will
extol
the
virtues
of
CiMzen
Science
&
Local
Knowledge
• We’re
making
an
app
for
that
(with
apologies
to
Hon.
Carolyn
BenneY)
11

12. Loads
of
ecologists
study
climate
change
impacts
on
ecosystems
12
hYp://bit.ly/1Tmn6NH

13. Few
ecologists
studying
climate
change
impacts
on
ecosystems
work
with
social
scienMsts
13

14. STEM
academics
Science,
Mech,
Engineering,
Maths
14
• Puzzle
about:
➡
• How
science
feeds
into
policy…
• How
policy
is
different
from
poliMcs
• We
need
social
scienMsts!
• And,
they
need
us
• hYp://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb102/avl1/head_banging.gif

15. Leading
to
a
common
whinge:
“why
don’t
we
get
more
respect?”
Me:
“Duh,
how
about
engage
with
diverse
colleagues
&
publics….?”
hYp://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/2015/08/why-­‐academics-­‐should-­‐regularly-­‐aYend-­‐conferences-­‐where-­‐we-­‐dont-­‐present-­‐our-­‐work-­‐pt-­‐1/

16. Leading
to
a
common
whinge:
“why
don’t
we
get
more
respect?”

17. Leading
to
a
common
whinge:
“why
don’t
we
get
more
respect?”

18. Leading
to
a
common
whinge:
“why
don’t
we
get
more
respect?”
hYp://robarts.info.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/CW_Fall2015_FINAL.pdf

19. Leading
to
a
common
whinge:
“why
don’t
we
get
more
respect?”

20. Me:
Why
not
engage
in
the
Science-­‐Policy
interface
space?

21. Students:
Nora,
Paul
&
Milissa
I took my own advice: IPY - GAPS
Gas, Arctic Peoples & Security
21

22. Movement
corridors
for
species
22

23. Non-­‐Indigenous
Plants
in
the
Northwest
Territories,
Canada
• Non-­‐indigenous
species
are
already
here
• Figure
based
on
on
Williams,
P.
A.
1997.
Ecology
and
Management
of
Invasive
Weeds.
• Wellington:
Department
of
ConservaMon.
67
p.
23

24. Q.
What
should
a
STEM
researcher
do
with
this
knowledge?
A.
Drag
it
into
the
policy
ecosystem
(Hoogensen
v.
2
of
an
evolving
model)
24

25. Interdisciplinary
collaboraMons
• Are
not
all
equal
• science
academics
+
NGOs
+
government
bureaucrats
(mulMple
stakeholder
groups)
• ≠
• collaboraMons
between
science
academics
and
different
kinds
of
academics
from
the
social
sciences
and
humaniMes
25

26. •
Not
all
academics
share
the
same
goals
•
e.g.
PoliMcal
Ecologists
offer
a
criMque
that
includes
the
“science
agenda”
and
ecologists
(tnx
Tim
Forsyth)
Uncomfortable space (& not for all)
26

27. Benefits
of
interdisciplinary
collaboraMons
are
sMll
unclear
• Science
of
Team
Science
research
asks
IF
&
HOW
collaboraMon
generates
novel,
innovaMve,
transdisciplinary
soluMons
• Previously,
there
was
liYle
rigorous
assessment
27

28. Benefits
of
interdisciplinary
collaboraMons
are
sMll
unclear
• Science
of
Team
Science
research
asks
IF
&
HOW
collaboraMon
generates
novel,
innovaMve,
transdisciplinary
soluMons
• Previously,
there
was
liYle
rigorous
assessment
see
report
28

29. What
do
ecologists
bring?
• …
to
the
broader
collaboraMve,
interdisciplinary
table?
• kick-­‐ass
flow
charts
&
#DataViz
ideas
• I
have
ideas
for
you,
Will
&
Whitney!
29

30.
ICYMI:
Ecology’s
Standard
Conceptual
Research
Framework
• Ecology
research
operates
simultaneously
on
different
spaMal
&
temporal
scales
• Why?
• Because:
Blind
Men
&
the
Elephant

31. SpaMal
Scales
in
Ecology
31

32. SpaMal
Scales
in
Ecology
32

33. SpaMal
Scales
in
Ecology
33

34. Conceptualizing
“Knowledge
as
a
nutrient”
was
inspired
by
working
with
social
scienMsts
34

35. Hypothesis:
resilience,
good
governance
&
human
security
will
increase
with
increased
knowledge
availability
35

36. HOW
to
test
this?
With
the
Open
Access
ecosystem
–
Our
2015
survey
of
YorkU
STEM
academics
found
limited
understanding
of
the
breadth
of
OA

37. Suggested
reading
for
my
social
sciences
colleagues
hYp://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/12/09/poor-­‐citaMon-­‐pracMces-­‐humaniMes-­‐and-­‐social-­‐sciences/
37

38. Our
Open
Access
InsMtuMonal
Repository
Digital
CollecMon
on
Churchill
MB
research
38

39. Who has already animated this concept?
Dr. Carlos Nobre, Brazil IPCC
39

40. Stephen
Harper’s
Climate
Change
flowchart
(AdaptaMon
Futures
Conference,
Brazil
2014)
• NB
Paucity
of
arrows
&
floaty
words
40

41. Read
about
Knowledge
as
a
Nutrient,
Tecnologia
Social
&
Open
Access
here:
41

42. PredicMon:
beYer
governance
&
Human
Security
will
emerge
from:
42
① Commiwng
to
Open
Access
(knowledge
&
data)
② Not
reinvenMng
wheels:
see
Brazil’s
Tecnologia
Social/Social
Technology
Framework
③ Blogging
about
it
&
using
Social
Media
to
reach
like-­‐minded
colleagues
&
publics
hYp://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/01/25/how-­‐to-­‐write-­‐a-­‐blogpost-­‐from-­‐your-­‐journal-­‐arMcle/

43. Acknowledgements
• The
InternaMonal
Polar
Year
programme:
Governments
of
Norway
&
Canada
(laYer
administered
by
CIHR)
• The
Leiv
Eiriksson
Mobility
Programme,
Government
of
Norway
• NSERC
• CFCAS
• SSHRC
43

44. A
Wordle
for
Will
G.
(with
the
Highlights
secMon
of
WDGordon
FoundaMon
Latest
Survey)
44

45. Venn
Diagram
For
Whitney
L.
–
you
can
fill
in
the
overlapping
areas
with
keywords…
Play
the
Google
Doodle
game:
hYp://www.google.com/doodles/john-­‐venns-­‐180th-­‐birthday
Sovereignty
Security
45
Defence

46. For
me:
Science
Policy
PoliMcs
Harper’s
#WarOnScience

47. Best
Feedbacks
graphic
I
have
ever
seen
–
for
Jessica
S.
47
hYp://www.climateemergencyinsMtute.com/uploads/self_feedback_loop.png