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- Bergström, Lena, et al.
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Report of the ICES/HELCOM Working Group on Integrated Assessments of the Baltic Sea (WGIAB)
- 2015
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The ICES/HELCOM Working Group on Integrated Assessments of the Baltic Sea(WGIAB) was established in 2007 as a forum for developing and combining ecosystembasedmanagement efforts for the Baltic Sea. The group intends to serve as a scientificcounterpart and support for the ICES Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group(WGBFAS) as well as for efforts and projects related to Integrated Ecosystem Assessments(IEA) within ICES and HELCOM. The group works in cooperation with similargroups within the ACOM/SCICOM Steering Group on Integrated Ecosystem Assessments(SSGIEA).The 2015 WGIAB meeting was held in Cádiz, Spain, from 9–13 March, back-to-backwith the meeting of its counterpart in the Working Group on Ecosystem Assessmentof Western European Shelf Seas (WGEAWESS). The meetings had joint sessions as wellas WG specific work, and some participants effectively participated in both meetings.The WGIAB meeting was attended by 27 participants from nine countries. The meetingwas chaired by Christian Möllmann, Germany, Laura Uusitalo, Finland and Lena Bergström,Sweden.This was the last year of the ongoing three-year Terms of Reference (ToR) for WGIAB.The main working activities in 2015 were to i) conduct studies on Baltic Sea ecosystemfunctioning with the goal to publish case studies from different parts of the Baltic Seain peer-reviewed journals, ii) work on the demonstration exercise to develop ecosystem-based assessment and advice for Baltic fish stocks focusing on cod (DEMO) withmultiple approaches, iii) plan further how to integrate the social and economic aspectsmore tightly in the WGIAB work, and iv) discuss the future focus and format of theWGIAB work.The Baltic ecosystem functioning activity focused on identifying and exploring keytrends and linkages in the Baltic Sea foodweb. This was pursued by presentation andfurther discussion of ongoing intersessional work on foodweb modelling and integratedanalyses, and by exercises to develop conceptual models Baltic Sea foodwebsand the links to ecosystem function. Long-term monitoring datasets on the abiotic andbiotic parts of the Baltic Sea Proper ecosystem were updated for use in the continuedwork to develop environmental indicators for fisheries and marine management.The focus of the DEMO 3 (DEMOnstration exercise for Integrated Ecosystem Assessmentand Advice of Baltic Sea cod) was on finding a way to use the results from theDEMO1 and DEMO2 workshops in short and midterm projections/scenarios of Balticcod dynamics based on different types of modelling, as well as designing methodologyand modelling data for practical implementation of Integrated Advice for Baltic cod.The WGIAB was positively inclined towards including social and economic aspectsinto the integrated assessment. Openings to this path were provided by presentationon ongoing project work, and discussing their linkages to ecological aspects. It wasseen as crucial that experts on social and economic analysis should be included andtake an active part in the future work of the group.The group concluded that its upcoming work should focus more closely on functionaldiversity, which was identified as a recurring issue in the Baltic Sea. This approach wasalso identified as a useful connection point between scientific and management aspectsin order for the group to continue serving as a forum for developing ecosystem-basedmanagement efforts in the Baltic Sea. A focus on functional diversity was also seen as2 | ICES WGIAB REPORT 2015a potentially feasible way of bringing together management aspects for different sectors,by linking to ecosystem services concepts.The group proposed Saskia Otto, Germany and Martin Lindegren, Denmark as newincoming Chairs, together with Lena Bergström, Sweden and Laura Uusitalo, Finland.Having four Chairs is justified due to the wide scope of the group's work, as well asthe increased work load due to the planned new foci.
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- Bommenel, Elin, et al.
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Teaching masters students how to learn on an interdisciplinary programme
- 2019
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Ingår i: ; , s. 34-35
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We hope to design a study on the development of a course on our master’s program. The course has been developed over two years in order to address two fundamental problems in the ten year old program: students from Asian and African countries were often unable to complete the program. The hitch seemed to be writing and discussing in an independent, critical and reflective way. The aim of this seminar is to share our experiences with teachers from other international programs.This paper introduces the epistemological context first, our interlocutors Paul Trowler and Ali Cooper, and their concept of Teaching and Learning Regimes. Having introduced that, we move on to introduce the analytical-pedagogical approach to the simultaneous shaping of identities and learning of the students. Finally, we present the students classroom activities which make up the studied case and which is also what we try to develop.
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- Hudson, Lawrence N, et al.
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The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project
- 2017
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Ingår i: Ecology and Evolution. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 2045-7758. ; 7:1, s. 145-188
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The PREDICTS project-Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)-has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity of human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base to develop global and regional statistical models of how local biodiversity responds to these measures. We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. We outline how the database can help in answering a range of questions in ecology and conservation biology. To our knowledge, this is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically representative database of spatial comparisons of biodiversity that has been collated to date; it will be useful to researchers and international efforts wishing to model and understand the global status of biodiversity.
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- Reid, Stuart, et al.
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Alice’s Wonderment in Tourism Land : Two Tales of Innovation
- 2017
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Ingår i: Euro-TEFI 2017 Building our stories : Co-creating tourism futures in research, practice and education - Co-creating tourism futures in research, practice and education. - : Aalborg University. - 9788792305312 ; , s. 82-94, s. 82-94
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A story is used to explicate lessons from two cases of product innovation in Australia. Insights are derived from cross-case analysis informed by qualitative semi-structured interviews. The analysis reveals that knowledge of the innovation arena fuels alertness to innovation opportunity and an ability to overcome extant obstacles. Passionate interest in the innovation arena fuels a learning habit, and the resulting knowledge vitally enables innovation. The story format is used to also provoke reflections about innovation as a story about discovery. Furthermore, the narrative style also deals with the tale of the researcher who undertakes the research process, revealing the undertaking as a tale of discovery too.
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- Reid, Stuart, et al.
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From Small Firms to Beautiful Destinations : Engineering Collaborative Networks for Destination Development
- 2016
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Ingår i: Tourism Dimensions. - 2349-7394. ; 3:1, s. 6-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Collaborative networks provide a viable means for destination management organisations (DMOs) to engage small enterprises in collaborative destination development, and may offer a means to steer destinations toward small enterprises in collaborative destination development, and may offer a means to steer destinations toward sustainability. However, the use of collaborative networks in destination development remains under-studied. This paper reports on an exploratory qualitative study into a gastronomy network set up by a Destination Management Organization (DMO) in Southern Denmark. Based on ten semi-structured interviews the study examines the relationship between individual and collective goals in the network. The study illustrates that a DMO can occupy a powerful position a collaborative tourism network, providing scope to steer destination development; however, this hinges upon sufficient alignment between individual and collective goals, and this in turn requires insight into the individual goals driving actors’ participation. Building on the tripartite classification of Munksgaard (2014), the study formulates an analytical framework to facilitate analysis of actors’ goals in collaborative tourism networks; and thus contributes a conceptual frame for research and practice.
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- Reid, Stuart
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Insights - News Corp Australia Tourism Innovation Conference
- 2015
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Report developed for Tourism Tropical North Queensland in connection with the Newscorp Tourism Innovation Conference held in Cairns, Australia 6 November 2015. The report describes elements of innovation theory and practice, as well as the main themes elaborated in the keynote presentations at the conference.
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