About IHDP

Human actions lie at the heart of current global environmental change. Societies define the boundaries and character of their environments, while affecting and reacting to their environment with only a limited and biased understanding of it. To understand and respond effectively to these current changes requires major inputs from the social sciences - the perspective of human behaviour and actions.

IHDP provides a platform for fostering original research. In conducting innovative science, we select and develop substantive research themes, further stimulating scientists to coordinate their efforts toward them. This means building international, multi-disciplinary teams of scientists to conduct integrated, long-term collaborative research. IHDP adds value by strengthening the voice and impact of a huge network of individual scientists and research initiatives.