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)  

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Invaders,  Security,  Climate  Change:    

Can  we  get  movement  on  

wicked  problems?  

Dawn  R.  Bazely  Biology  Department  Faculty  of  Science  26  Jan  2015  

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Invaders,  Security,  Climate  Change:    

Can  we  get  movement  on  

wicked  problems?  

Dawn  R.  Bazely  Biology  Department  Faculty  of  Science  26  Jan  2015  

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Invaders,  Security,  Climate  Change:    

Can  we  get  movement  on  

wicked  problems?  

Dawn  R.  Bazely  Biology  Department  Faculty  of  Science  26  Jan  2015  

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

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

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)  

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//          

My  ecology  research    (Q.  how  do  you  define  ecology?)  

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•  Tromso  grass  gunhild  hand  

Reindeer  spit  smacks  down  plant  toxins  –  ScienMfic  American  

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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)  

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Loads  of  ecologists  study  climate  change  impacts  on  ecosystems  

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hYp://bit.ly/1Tmn6NH  

Few  ecologists  studying  climate  change  impacts  on  ecosystems  work  

with  social  scienMsts  

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STEM  academics  Science,  Mech,  Engineering,  Maths  

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•  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  

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/    

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

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

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

hYp://robarts.info.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/CW_Fall2015_FINAL.pdf    

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

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

Students:  Nora,  Paul  &  Milissa  

I took my own advice: IPY - GAPS Gas, Arctic Peoples & Security

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Movement  corridors  for  species  

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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.  

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Q.  What  should  a  STEM  researcher  do  with  this  knowledge?  

A.  Drag  it  into  the  policy  ecosystem    (Hoogensen  v.  2  of  an  evolving  model)  

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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

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•   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)

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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  

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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    

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What  do  ecologists  bring?  

•  …  to  the  broader  collaboraMve,  interdisciplinary  table?  

•  kick-­‐ass  flow  charts  &  #DataViz  ideas  •  I  have  ideas  for  you,  Will  &  Whitney!  

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   ICYMI:  Ecology’s  Standard  Conceptual  Research  Framework  

•  Ecology  research  operates  simultaneously  on  different  spaMal  &  temporal  scales  

•  Why?    

•  Because:  Blind  Men  &  the  Elephant  

SpaMal  Scales  in  Ecology  

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SpaMal  Scales  in  Ecology  

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SpaMal  Scales  in  Ecology  

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

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

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

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

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Our  Open  Access  InsMtuMonal  Repository  Digital  CollecMon  on  Churchill  MB  research  

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

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Stephen  Harper’s  Climate  Change  flowchart  (AdaptaMon  Futures  Conference,  Brazil  2014)  

•  NB  Paucity  of  arrows  &  floaty  words  

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

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PredicMon:  beYer  governance  &  Human  Security  will  emerge  from:  

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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/    

 

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  

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

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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  

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Defence  

For  me:  

Science   Policy  

PoliMcs  

Harper’s  #WarOnScience  

Best  Feedbacks  graphic  I  have  ever  seen  –  for  Jessica  S.  

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