Coupled Human and Environmental Systems
March 14-15, 2016; Washington, D.C.
Organized by Alison Galvani, Lord Robert May, Simon Levin, Burton Singer, Madhur Anand and Chris Bauch
Overview
This colloquium was held in Washington, D.C. on March 14-15, 2016.
The goal of this colloquium is to bring together researchers joined by an interest in using the paradigm of coupled human-natural systems to advance our understanding of ecosystem and human health. Research on coupled human-environment systems has often been conducted separately in ecology, epidemiology, geography and other fields for many years, depending on the study system of interest. Bringing together groups from these disciplines will facilitate collaborations and synergies that cut across the boundaries of traditional disciplines, resulting in greater progress than would not be possible with these groups working in isolation from one another.
Videos of the talks are availble on the Sackler YouTube Channel here.
Agenda
Monday, March 14
Welcome remarks and overview, Simon Levin, Princeton University
Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis, Time scales and population biology: implications for the dynamics of coupled human and environmental systems
Stephen J. Walsh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Process Understanding in Coupled Human-Natural Systems: Interactions of Social, Terrestrial, and Marine Sub-systems in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
David N. Fisman, University of Toronto, Untangling Environmental Influence on Infection Risk in High Income Countries: Problems of Scale, Complexity and Geography
Bryan Grenfell, Princeton University, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Drivers and the Dynamics and Control of Acute Immunizing Infections
Alison Galvani and Meagan Fitzpatrick, Yale University, One-health approach to rabies control
Thayer Scudder, California Institute of Technology, Large Dams versus Free Flowing Rivers
Madhur Anand, University of Guelph, Complex dynamics in mosaic ecosystems
Gretchen Daily, Stanford University, Valuing Nature in Decision-Making
General Discussion/Q & A, Burton Singer, University of Florida
16th Annual Arthur M. Sackler Lecture
Introduction, Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University, Enough with the doom and gloom! Holistic approaches bring hope for people and the ocean
Tuesday, March 15
Scott Barrett, Columbia University, Transnational & Global Challenges
Marc Mangel, University of California, Santa Cruz, Whales, Science, and Scientific Whaling in the International Court of Justice
Jeffrey Townsend, Yale University, Climatic and evolutionary drivers of phase shifts in the plague epidemics of colonial India
Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University, The Invasion Ecology of Diseases in a Human Environment
Chris Bauch, University of Waterloo, Critical transitions in coupled human-environment systems: the example of vaccine refusal
Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University, Role of Mobility, Control, and Times Scales on the Dynamics of Epidemiological Systems and Public Health Policy Implications
Concluding remarks, Burton Singer, University of Florida
