Search Results - Social Science. Social work.

  1. Science Under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research Evaluation and Priority Setting by Alston, Julian M., Norton, George W., Pardey, Philip G.

    Published 1995
    “…Although economists have made significant progress in developing more sophisticated methods for research evaluation and priority setting, many research analysts and administrators do not have a working knowledge of those practices. Without the assistance of formal economic analysis it is particularly difficult to assess the social value of new technologies or to make informed judgements about the trade-offs that are involved in allocation decisions. …”
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    Libro
  2. Citizens AND HYdrology (CANDHY): conceptualizing a transdisciplinary framework for citizen science addressing hydrological challenges by Nardi, F., Cudennec, C., Abrate, T., Allouch, C., Annis, A., Assumpcao, T. H., Aubert, A. H., Berod, D., Braccini, A. M., Buytaert, Wouter, Dasgupta, A., Hannah, D.M., Mazzoleni, M., Polo, M. J., Saebo, O., Seibert, J., Tauro, F., Teichert, F., Teutonico, R., Uhlenbrook, Stefan, Vargas, C.W., Grimaldi, S.

    Published 2022
    “…Our goal is to conceptualize a transdisciplinary framework for valuing citizen science and advancing the hydrological sciences. Joint efforts between hydrological, computer and social sciences are envisaged for integrating human sensing and behavioural mechanisms into the framework. …”
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    Journal Article
  3. Women’s work is never done: Lifting the gendered burden of firewood collection and household energy use in Kenya by Njenga, M., Gitau, J. K., Mendum, R.

    Published 2021
    “…This study was carried out using social and natural science methods to understand women’s energy burdens and the reasons for the persistent use of firewood. …”
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    Journal Article
  4. Can Science Contribute to Smallholder Management of Complex Systems? Lessons from Agroecological Intensification of Multi-Strata Coffee with Banana by Staver, Charles, Siles, P., Bustamante, O., Castellon, N., Cerdan, C., Garming, H., Burkhardt, J.

    Published 2014
    “…Growers and scientists diagnosed the structure and function of the tree-bananas-coffee association, providing the basis for a work agenda which was implemented over three experimentation cycles. …”
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    Conference Paper
  5. The challenges and benefits of employing a mobile research fellow to facilitate team work on a large, interdisciplinary, multi-sited project by Sugden, Fraser, Punch, S.

    Published 2014
    “…It is based on a five-site, cross-cultural project, involving nine partners with a mixture of natural and social science backgrounds, researching aquatic resource use, rural livelihoods, work and education in China, Vietnam and India.…”
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    Journal Article

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