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Socio-economic research has a dual purpose
within ALARM.
- First, there are socioeconomic
partners within each of the previous
modules (and subsequently in each
of the following ones).
- Second, within the
respective natural science modules, socioeconomic
partners are responsible for providing
relevant socio-economic information
and for receiving the results of the natural
science research to incorporate within their
own analyses.
Thus, the socio-economic
team plays a crucial role in integrating the
results and promoting cross-cutting research.
The first work package analyses
pressures and trends for biodiversity and
ecosystems risks, i.e. to link drivers of biodiversity
and ecosystems pressure to their
underlying socio-economic driving forces
and hence to identify the most relevant
socio-economic driving forces, be they
global trends or the results of European or
national policies.
Both are preconditions
for identifying relevant policy drivers in
the second work package. At a later stage,
the project will draw conclusions regarding
policy formulation at the European
and the national level.
The socio-economics module is headed by SERI, the Sustainable Europe Research Institute. Other partners in this module are:
- Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development (SEIT)
- Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
- University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines (UVSQ)
- Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
For more information on the partners please visite the ALARM partner page.
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