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IDGEC
Synthesis Conference Information
IDGEC Synthesis
- New Directions:
The 2006 IHDP/IDGEC Synthesis Conference, as well as the various
activities leading to it, served first and foremost to harvest the
key findings of the
project and to harmonise and document its results. In addition,
the IDGEC synthesis process assisted in developing a new research
agenda to guide the next phase of work on the institutional dimensions
of global environmental change. This new agenda shall be the focus
of a preparatory dialogue and search process to develop a new research
project the role of institutions in human/environment settings.
The project on Institutional Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change (IDGEC) concluded the synthesis phase of its
research, culminating in a major conference in December 2006. We
sincerely thank our sponsors for their generous support of these
efforts. The synthesis goals were to (i) harvest the principal scientific
findings of this long-term project; (ii) explore the policy relevance
of these findings; and (iii) identify key themes suitable for emphasis
during the next phase of work in this field.
Launched formally in late 1998 as one of the first
set of core projects of the International Human Dimensions Programme
on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), IDGEC is now concluding its
8th year of operation. The scientific agenda set forth in IDGEC's
Science Plan (currently in its third printing) struck a responsive
chord at the outset. The project has produced a study flow of published
results and more publications are in the pipeline. These results
address general issues regarding the roles that institutions play
in determining the course of human/environment interactions as well
as more specific analytic themes identified as cutting-edge concerns
in the project's Science Plan. The project has played a central
role in the rapid growth of research on the problems of fit, interplay,
and scale. It is fair to say that IDGEC was a trailbreaker both
in carrying out research on these themes under its own auspices
and in catalyzing, endorsing and nurturing a growing body of work
in this realm on the part of others.
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