In nearly all domains of global change science, the role of humans is a key factor as, i.e., a driving force, a subject of impacts, or an agent in mitigating impacts. For effective research collaboration to take shape, pro-active collaboration of scientists of different disciplines is required from the onset in order to build up a joint research framework including agreed semantics and a common agenda. The RESCUE initiative aims to develop a strategic vision to break down the individual and institutional barriers that hamper collaboration across Europe between the physical, natural, medical and social sciences and humanities in global change studies.
Key questions to be addressed
Practices
- How can best practices be promoted between European research organisations to fund activities that could better contribute to solving the RESCUE challenges?
- What is the state-of-the-art about the definition and mapping of the interfaces between disciplines, and the related barriers, and the gaps in knowledge for global change?
- Which disciplinary areas are already engaging in cooperative, integrative efforts in global change research?
Programming
- How is it possible to trigger effective and fruitful collaboration at the interface between different fields?
- What means exist to identify and mobilise "disciplinary" scientists, funding agencies and stakeholders to participate and contribute to this joint effort right from the start?
- What is the international agenda of the disciplines involved, and of those not involved but required in the collaboration?
- Can existing building blocks be identified in each contributing discipline that optimise the strength of the global change research in Europe?
Balance
- What should the balance be between "classical" discipline-based research and inter-disciplinary research?
- How might improved interdisciplinarity be targeted within specific domains?
- What are the various scales, i.e. space and time dimensions of processes, envisaged in the various disciplines involved in global change research?
Membership
Chair
Prof. Goodsite, Michael (DK)
Vice-Chairs
Prof. Cloetingh, Sierd (NL)
Prof. Holm, Poul (IE)
Members
Dr. Agnoletti, Mauro (IT)
Dr. Armstrong, Rachel A. (UK)
Prof. Biermann, Frank (NL)
Prof. Gabrielsen, Roy (NO)
Prof. Gouldson, Andrew (UK)
Prof. Horvat, Milena (SI)
Prof. Lang, Daniel J. (DE)
Prof. Leemans, Rik (NL)
Prof. Maes, Frank (BE)
Prof. Moldan, Bedřich (CZ)
Prof. Newton, Alice (PT)
Prof. Pardo Buendía, Mercedes (ES)
Dr. Pedroli, Bas (NL)
Prof. Pohl, Walter (AT)
Dr. Roure, François (FR)
Prof. Scholz, Roland (CH)
Dr. Sors, Andrew (HU)
Dr. Vanheusden, Bernard (BE)
Dr. Yusoff, Kathryn (UK)
Mr. Zondervan, Ruben (DE)
