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Integrating ecology with human demography, behavior, and socioeconomics: Needs and approaches
Published on January 1, 2001
This paper discusses an urgent need to integrate ecology with human demography, behavior, and socioeconomics in order to understand and manage ecological patterns and processes. -
Simulating Demographic and Socioeconomic Processes on Household Level and Implications for Giant Panda Habitats
Published on June 15, 2001
We developed a household-based, stochastic, and dynamic model that simulates the impacts of household demographic and socioeconomic interactions on fuelwood use, a key factor affecting the quantity and quality of habitats for the giant pandas. -
Food Security in Africa: A Cross-Scale, Empirical Investigation Using Structural Equation Modeling
Published on September 20, 2017
Riva, C., Marquart-Pyatt, S., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Schmitt Olabisi, L.K., Rivers, L., Du, J., & Liverpool-Tasie. Environment Systems and Decisions, September 2017 -
Using Participatory Modeling Processes to Identify Sources of Climate Risk in West Africa
Published on October 4, 2017
Schmitt Olabisi, L. K., Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O., Rivers, L., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Du, J. Denny, R., Li, J. Marquart-Pyatt, S. & Sidibe, A. Environment Systems and Decisions, October 2017 -
Human Impacts on Land Cover and Panda Habitat in Wolong Nature Reserve Linking Ecological, Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Behavioral Data
Published on January 1, 2003
We present an interdisciplinary study of human impacts on land cover and panda habitat in Wolong Nature Reserve. -
A Socio-Economic-Ecological Simulation Model of Land Acquisition to Expand a National Wildlife Refuge
Published on June 15, 2001
In this paper, a socio-economic-ecological model (SEELAND) was developed to simulate the socioeconomic feasibility and ecological consequences of a land acquisition project, using the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan (USA) as a case study. -
Community Sustainability faculty awarded over $400,000 for systems-thinking research
Published on July 23, 2021
Steven Gray and Rebecca Jordan were awarded over $400,000 for research on innovative ways to teach systems-thinking and perspective-taking with mental models. -
MSU researcher awarded five-year, $2.5 million grant to develop risk assessment training program
Published on October 13, 2020
Jade Mitchell, associate professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, will lead a five-year, $2.5 million NIH grant on increasing knowledge and availability of quantitative microbial risk assessment models. -
MSU researchers to develop management tool for Chesapeake Bay watershed
Published on May 28, 2020
With a $1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, two MSU researchers will develop a multi-objective optimization tool to help agencies make management decisions for the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
