To continue December’s roundtable conversation on behavior change, February’s roundtable brought together a group of scholarly researchers with experience in stakeholder engagement and capacity building. This month’s conversation explored how to incorporate a social science lens into environmental management work. Guest speakers provided insights about their experiences, avenues for future improvement, and shared some recent success stories.

On Wednesday, February 15th, diverse social scientists came together to host this month’s CRC Roundtable for conversations about pathways to 1) use social science in adaptive management of Chesapeake Bay restoration progress and 2) how to build long lasting relationships among practitioner and (social science) researcher communities to advance the application of social science and better address complex natural resource challenges.

Speakers:

• Lisa Wainger, Research Professor, Environmental Economics, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Lab
• Daniel Read, Assistant Research Scientist (Postdoctoral), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Lab
• Wes Eaton, Visiting Assistant Professor, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming

Moderator:

• Denice Wardrop, Executive Director, Chesapeake Research Consortium