Policy makers around the world are calling for the production and diffusion of more useful
information for environmental decision-making. Ideally, useful information expands …

In this article we critically examine the 'integration imperative'in transdisciplinary
environmental science and build on social constructivist and political theories to suggest …

Modeling is essential to characterize and explore complex societal and environmental
issues in systematic and collaborative ways. Socio-environmental systems (SES) modeling …

This article examines the challenges and tensions that inhere in university-based boundary
organizations. We begin by reconceptualizing the theory of boundary organizations …

Because global climate change is intimately linked to culture, anthropologists are
strategically well-placed to interpret it, communicate information about it, and act in response …

Science has a critical role to play in guiding more sustainable development trajectories.
Here, we present the Sustainable Amazon Network (Rede Amazônia Sustentável, RAS): a …

Despite numerous and widespread calls for more “useful” climate-science information to
inform policy, most climate science is still produced in a way that is consistent with the “linear …

This synthesis of the SLIM project findings deals with the development and deployment of
knowledge and research that is useful for actions that transform at socially and ecologically …

In this article, we explore how climate change science is connected to climate change
governance. When formally institutionalized, as in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

Brazil is one of the world's major producers of food and biofuels. Agricultural expansion has
driven rapid economic development but has also had major impacts on biodiversity and the …