IHDW biennial Workshops
One of IHDP’s objectives is to facilitate research capacity building. Every second year IHDP conducts a capacity building workshop with differing foci on human dimensions research. The objectives of the workshop are to identify young researchers in developing countries through a competitive announcement to expose them to human dimensions research and try to involve them actively in IHDP related activities. These workshops have been most valuable in engaging a new generation into IHDP’s work.
IHDW 2008
IHDP (the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change) is pleased to announce the sixth International Human Dimensions Workshop (IHDW), taking place in October 2008 in New Delhi, India.
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IHDW 2006
to take place October 2006 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
IHDW 2004
The IHDP-IAI 2004 Global Environmental Change Institute on Globalization and Food Systems Scientific Workshop and Science-Policy Forum took place from 42 October to 6 November 2004 in Nicoya, Costa Rica.
The Scientific Workshop and the Science Policy Forum were a great success for the 24 participants from 21 countries, as well as for the organizers. Over the course of the two weeks the participants were introduced to general concepts of global environmental change, globalization and food systems. Representatives from the IHDP core projects and from the Food Systems project were invited to introduce their projects through the Food Systems and Globalization “lens”.
Throughout the workshop the participants were working together in small working groups on specific questions at which they looked from changing perspectives, e.g. regional and disciplinary perspective. The Institute concluded with a Science-Policy Forum in which - in addition to the workshop participants - representatives from the regional science and policy community participated. The Science Policy Forum concentrated on a dialogue about the specific problems of Food Systems in Central America.
You can download the IHDW 2004 workshop report
here.
IHDW 2002
The Third International Human Dimensions Workshop was dedicated to the theme "Urbanization and the Transition to Sustainability". With more than half of the world's population living in urban areas today and 90 percent of future population growth predicted to concentrate in cities in developing countries, the third capacity building workshop organised by START and IHDP focussed on an interdisciplinary scientific analysis of the urbanisation process within the context of Global Environmental Change.
From 2-15 June 2002, IHDP and START (Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training) hosted the third bi-annual International Human Dimensions Workshop (IHDW) for young scientists in Bonn. Thirty-two young scholars from 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and, for the first time, Eastern Europe and Russia were selected from over 160 applicants to come to Bonn and explore the workshop theme: "Urbanization and the Transition to Sustainability".
You can download the 2002 workshop report
here.
IHDW 2000
Sessions of the IHDW 2000 were organised around a major theme: "Human Dimensions in the Coastal Zones". This was not a workshop on coastal zone issues, but rather used this theme as a framework in which to apply the various research approaches and results from IHDP projects. In coastal regions, human activities are contributing to significant environmental changes and at the same time these regions are expected to experience major consequences as a result of global environmental change (GEC). Throughout the world, most urban development and economic activity occurs in the coastal zone. There is, therefore, a need to understand the driving factors of GEC in the coastal zone, the vulnerability of humans and human settlements in this zone to projected changes, and the possible response options.
IHDP and START invited 28 scientists, representing 20 countries from all over Asia, Africa and Latin America, to Bonn, Germany from September 10-19, 2000 for the second bi-annual IHDP/START International Human Dimensions Workshop for young developing country scientists.
Over 350 applications were received for the 30 workshop slots - a strong indication of the interest and relevance of the IHDW event. Participants were selected on the basis of age (under 40 years), educational qualification (minimum requirement of Master's degree), application packages (which included a sample of research and statement of interests), region, gender and disciplinary background. The final group consisted of 16 women and 12 men, and was a mixture of social and natural scientists (from such diverse backgrounds as economics, anthropology, engineering, oceanography, political science and coastal zone management).
IHDW 1998
Current scientific research must be increasingly involved with linking and integrating the development of practicable solutions to tangible, real-world problems. This is only possible through inter and transdisciplinary research in collaboration with key actors in society, and at grassroots, policy and industry levels. While this method of research represents a great opportunity, it carries with it an additional burden for the new generation of human dimensions of global environmental change (HD-GEC) researchers. To discuss how they are addressing these challenges, the IHDP and START invited 23 scientists (13 women and 10 men), representing 20 countries from all over Asia, Africa and Latin America, to Bonn, Germany from August 8-21, 1998 for the first annual IHDP/START International Human Dimensions Workshop for young developing country scientists.