SESYNC - National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

• How Is the World Shaped by Infrastructure Projects That Have Been Cancelled or Stalled? 

  Graef, Dana J.; Cole, Montina; Covich, Alan P.; Huete-Pérez, Jorge A.; Maxwell, Amanda; Peyton, Jonathan; Stuhl, Andrew; Velásquez Runk, Julie (2022-08)

  This report is the result of an interdisciplinary, international effort to examine the socio-environmental consequences of large-scale infrastructure projects that have been planned but not built—and reasons why projects ...

• Qualitative data sharing and re-use for socio-environmental systems research: A synthesis of opportunities, challenges, resources and approaches 

  Jones, Kristal; Alexander, Steven M.; Bennett, Nathan; Bishop, Libby; Budden, Amber; Cox, Michael; Crosas, Mercè; Game, Eddie; Geary, Janis; Hahn, Charlie; Hardy, Dean; Johnson, Jay; Karcher, Sebastian; LaFevor, Matt; Motzer, Nicole; Pinto da Silva, Patricia; Pittman, Jeremy; Randell, Heather; Silva, Julie; Smith, Joseph; Smorul, Mike; Strasser, Carly; Strawhacker, Colleen; Stuhl, Andrew; Weber, Nicholas; Winslow, Deborah (2018)

  Researchers in many disciplines, both social and natural sciences, have a long history of collecting and analyzing qualitative data to answer questions that have many dimensions, to interpret other research findings, and ...

• Do Energy Savings Grow on Shade Trees? 

  Maher, Joe (2017)

  In warm climates, trees could provide natural air-conditioning by shading homes. Yet, there is little rigorous empirical evidence on the shade benefits of green infrastructure. This paper uses data on tree removal permits ...

• WHITE PAPER: AN OVERVIEW OF CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS, ANALYTICAL APPROACHES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN THE FOOD-ENERGY-WATER NEXUS 

  Jones, Kristal; Magliocca, Nicholas R; Hondula, Kelly (2017)

  The food-energy-water (FEW) nexus is increasingly emphasized and prioritized as a framework for research, technology, and policy to deal with complex socio-environmental problems. Producing food in sufficient quantity and ...

• The Blind Spot in the Green Revolution: Temples, Terraces, and Rice Farmers of Bali 

  Wei, Cynthia; Burnside, William; Che-Castaldo, Judy (2013-07)

  This case explores the complex interactions in a socio-environmental system, the Balinese wet rice cultivation system. Using a combination of the interrupted case and directed case methods, students are presented with an ...

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