WHEN:
February 1
, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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inar will be posted on the CERF website.
UPCOMING
WEBINARS: Spring 2017 Da
te May 3, 2017
Social Media & Science by Dr. Jeff Clem
ents. Summer 2017 Date: TBA Science Story-Telling by D
r. William Dennison
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| Would a coastal ecosystem s
cientist develop a research program without the theoretical and methodologi
cal understanding of the discipline? Would a decision maker implement polic
y without an understanding of appropriate legal and governance frameworks?
Would a coastal manager carry out a restoration or conservation program wit
hout an understanding of best practices and a strategy for adaptive managem
ent over time? Each of these components of coastal ecosystem management req
uires knowledge, expertise, and a unique way of knowing how to get things d
one in the context of science, policy, or management. Sustaining the functi
ons and services of coastal ecosystems requires a meeting of the minds wher
e scientists, policy makers, and managers can integrate their diverse ways
of knowing to focus on high impact solutions that improve outcomes for coas
ts and communities. What kind of a super hero could orchestrat
e such a meeting of the minds? Today, new breeds of super heroes are cuttin
g their teeth on innovate approaches to collaboration and stakeholder engag
ement that are producing results. Across campuses, organizations, and gover
nment agencies, boundary-spanners are discovering interdisciplinary superpo
wers that enable them to build bridges connecting diverse ways of perceivin
g and solving problems. This webinar highlights one tested approach t
o boundary spanning - Collaborative Learning. Collaborative Learning is a p
owerful stakeholder engagement process for moving groups forward in spite o
f conflicts, uncertainty, and complexity. It is an adaptable, practical app
roach grounded in social-science theory, principles, and practices that int
egrates systems thinking, conflict resolution, and adult learning. Collabor
ative Learning, designed with knowledge of the mental models used by stakeh
olders, can reduce conflict, contribute to development of shared meaning, a
nd facilitate actions to overcome coastal management problems.
Speaker Prof
ile Dr. Christine Feurt works o
n the coast of Maine where she is the Director of the Coastal Training Prog
ram for the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and Director of the C
enter for Sustainable Communities in the Department of Environmental Studie
s at the University of New England. Her work focuses on applying Collaborat
ive Learning and other environmental communication methods to implement com
munity-based ecosystem management and a sustainability science approach to
research. She works with coastal managers, government officials, NGOs, fel
low scientists, and outreach professionals to design and implement collabor
ative stakeholder processes where people work together to make progress on
shared goals. Working with partners, she applies the Collaborative Learning
approach to conservation and natural resource management, source water pro
tection, land use planning, planning for climate resilience, and ecosystem
service valuation. Dr. Feurt’s research and experience using Collabor
ative Learning to address coastal management challenges has been synthesize
d for practitioners in the Collaborative Learning Guide for Ecosystem-based Managemen
t and in a training course, Working Together to Get Things Done.
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