Program Reports & Publications

Publications

Personality type differences between Ph.D. climate researchers and the general public: Implications for effective communication

Weiler, C. S., J. Keller and C. Olex (submitted).

Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change

DISCCRS: The Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research

Mesa, Arizona, 13-20 March 2010

Marlon, J., G. Patenaude, R. Barnes (submitted).

Surveying the Landscape of Climate Change Research & Facilitating Interdisciplinarity

Marlon, J., C.S. Weiler, R. Mitchell (2010) AAG Poster Presentation. April 14-18, Washington, D.C.

DISCCRS-AAG2010.pdf

Trends in Doctoral Research on Climate Change and the Need for Interdisciplinarity

Marlon, J., R. Mitchell, C.S. Weiler (2009) AGU Poster Presentation. December 14-18, San Francisco, CA.

DISCCRS-AGU2009.pdf

Carbon offsets, reversal risk and US climate policy

Mignone, B.K., M.D. Hurteau, Y. Chen, and B. Sohngen (2009).

Carbon Balance and Management, 4(3).

http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/4/1/3

Antarctic Treaty Summit to focus on global science policy lessons

Berkman, P.A., D.W.H. Walton and C.S. Weiler (2008) Eos, 89(43), p. 406.

Articles by Dr. Stephen Schneider - DISCCRS III Mentor

Planting the Seeds of Change

Meeting PhD graduates' needs in a changing global environment

Weiler, C.S. (2007). Eos 88, p. 149.

The Right Stuff: Preparing PhD graduates for the challenges posed by complex environmental systems

Weiler, C. S. (2005). L&O Bulletin 14, p. 47.

Harry Potter and the Ecologist's Thesaurus: DIACES 2002

This essay was written by DIACES 2002 Symposium participants Filip Meysman, Linda Campbell and Lynda Chasar to highlight some of the challenges involved in communicating across the "language barriers" of different disciplines.

harrypotter.pdf


Reports

DISCCRS II - IV Program Report

Summary of the DISCCRS II - IV Program Participants.

DISCCRS_II_IV_Program_Report.pdf

DISCCRS IV Symposium Report

Summary of the DISCCRS IV Symposium, November 2 - 9, 2008 in Mesa, Arizona at Saguaro Lake Ranch.

DISCCRS_IV_Symposium_Report.pdf

DISCCRS III Symposium Report

Summary of the DISCCRS III Symposium, September 10 - 17, 2007 in Volcano, Hawaii at the Kilauea Military Camp.

DISCCRS_III_Symposium_Report.pdf

DISCCRS II Symposium Report

Summary of the DISCCRS II Symposium, March 26 - April 2, 2006, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California.

DISCCRS_II_Symposium_Report.pdf

DISCCRS I Symposium Report

This report was written by two of the DISCCRS Symposium participants. The full citation is: Friddell, J. and T. Blenckner. 2003. Advancing ideas, methods in interdisciplinary climate change research for new Ph.D.s. Eos 84(33): 314, 320.

disccrsympreport.pdf

DISCCRS I Program Report

Summary of demographic information collected with the 200 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the first DISCCRS program cycle. DISCCRS I was open to climate-change/impacts graduates completing degrees between January 1, 2000 – September 30, 2002. A proposal has been submitted to continue the DISCCRS program.

http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/DISCCRS/

DIALOG VI/VII Program Report

Summary of demographic information collected with the 334 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG VI/VII program. DIALOG VI/VII was open to aquatic-science graduates completing Ph.D. degrees between April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2005.

http://disccrs.org/reports/dialog6report.html

DIALOG V Program Report

Summary of demographic information collected with the 447 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG IV program. DIALOG V was open to aquatic-science graduates completing Ph.D. degrees between January 1, 2001 - March 31, 2003.

http://disccrs.org/reports/dialog5.html

DIALOG IV Symposium Report

This is a short paper, published in the L&O Bulletin, describing the perspectives of the 44 recent graduates who participated in the October, 2001 symposium.

d4sympreport.pdf

DIALOG IV Program Report

Summary of demographic information collected with the 221 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG IV program cycle. DIALOG IV was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between April 1, 1999 - December 31, 2000.

dialog4report.pdf

DIALOG III Program Report

Summary of demographic information collected with the 166 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG III program cycle. DIALOG III was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between April 1, 1997 - March 31, 1999.

dialog3report.pdf

DIALOG II Program Report ASLO Bulletin 6(2):10-14

Summary of demographic information collected with the 98 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG II program cycle. DIALOG II was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between September 1, 1994 – March 31, 1997.

97_v6_i2.pdf

DIALOG I Program Report ASLO Bulletin 4(1):6-10

Summary of demographic information collected with the 80 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the first DIALOG program cycle. DIALOG I was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between June 1, 1992 – September 1, 1994.

95_v4_i1.pdf