Upcoming Presentation on Visually Communicating Forecasts
The EFI Social Science Working Group is hosting a virtual panel on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 2pm EDT to discuss best practices. Register to join the call HERE.
Fullscreen ModeSocial science is an important component in ecological forecasting to both improve the prediction of the forecasts as well as to increase the understandability and usefulness of the forecasts for decision-making. By social science, we encompass a range of human-focused disciplines, including, but not limited to, decision science, geography, economics, and others. The Social Science Working Group is focused on: developing methods, interdisciplinary collaboration on improving ecological forecasting models, co-production with stakeholders who may or will use ecological forecasts, developing and testing new ecological forecasting decision support products, and improving the tools and processes that advance the use of forecasts in environmental decisions.
The Social Science Scope of Work provides an overview of the priorities of the Social Science Working Group. It is a living document that will be updated as tasks become redundant and new efforts are developed.
Social Science Working Group Schedule of Calls:
The Social Science Group will meet jointly with the Partners & Knowledge Transfer Working Group on February 4 at 12pm US Eastern. Regular calls will then be held on February 22, March 22, April 19, and May 17 at 2pm US Eastern. We are always open to people joining the calls, contact us at eco4cast.initiative@gmail.com
Social Science Blog Posts and Resources
- Social Science in Ecological Forecasting: People refining forecast visualization, March 23, 2020
- Social Sciences in Ecological Forecasting, December 13, 2019
Notes from Working Group Calls
Co-chairs: Jaime Ashander (Resources for the Future) and Kira Sullivan-Wiley (University of Notre Dame)
- March 22, 2021
- February 22, 2021
- February 4, 2021 – joint Social Sciences and Partner Working Groups call
- The groups used the 2015 Report to the Secretary of the Interior, Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science as a jumping-off point to discuss actionable science and co-production
- December 8, 2020
- November 17, 2020
- October 20, 2020
- September 29, 2020
- August 25, 2020
- July 21, 2020
- June 30, 2020
- May 26, 2020
- May 5, 2020
- April 15, 2020
- March 10, 2020
- February 11, 2020
- December 16, 2019
- November 18, 2019
- October 28, 2019
- September 30, 2019
- September 5, 2019
- July 25, 2019
- July 11, 2019