Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research - an opportunity for redirection

Kathleen Hermans; Elisabeth Berger; Lisa Biber-Freudenberger; Lisa Bossenbroek; Laura Ebeler; Juliane Groth; Jochen Hack; Jan Hanspach; Kendisha Soekardjo Hintz; Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi; Yim Ming Connie Kwong; Robert Oakes; Raffaella Pagogna; Tobias Plieninger; Harald Sterly; Kees van der Geest; Jasper van Vliet; Charlotte Wiederkehr

doi:10.14512/GAIA.30.2.3

Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research - an opportunity for redirection

Kathleen Hermans^*
, Elisabeth Berger
, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger
, Lisa Bossenbroek
, Laura Ebeler
, Juliane Groth
, Jochen Hack
, Jan Hanspach
, Kendisha Soekardjo Hintz
, Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi
, Yim Ming Connie Kwong
, Robert Oakes
, Raffaella Pagogna
, Tobias Plieninger
, Harald Sterly
, Kees van der Geest
, Jasper van Vliet
, Charlotte Wiederkehr

^*Corresponding author for this work

Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)

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Abstract

Place-based research faces multiple threats, including both natural and global health hazards and political conflicts, which may disrupt fieldwork. The current COVID-19 pandemic shows how these threats can drastically affect social-ecological research activities given its engagement with different local stakeholders, disciplines, and knowledge systems. The crisis reveals the need for adaptive research designs while also providing an opportunity for a structural shift towards a more sustainable and inclusive research landscape.

Original language	English
Journal	GAIA
Volume	30
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	72-76
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0940-5550
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14512/GAIA.30.2.3
Publication status	Published - 15.07.2021

Research areas and keywords

COVID-19 pandemic
Crisis
Disruptions
Fieldwork
Social-ecological research
Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Environmental Science(all)
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Hermans, K., Berger, E., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Bossenbroek, L., Ebeler, L., Groth, J., Hack, J., Hanspach, J., Hintz, K. S., Kimengsi, J. N., Kwong, Y. M. C., Oakes, R., Pagogna, R., Plieninger, T., Sterly, H., van der Geest, K., van Vliet, J., & Wiederkehr, C. (2021). Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research - an opportunity for redirection. GAIA, 30(2), 72-76. https://doi.org/10.14512/GAIA.30.2.3

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