Key references provided by the researchers listed on this website.
We encourage members who may have an idea for a resource of relevance to I2S
to add such a resource to the resource library (currently
the type of resources we cater for are associations, journals, readings or online articles).
Summary: 'A meta-resource website designed for people working with communities in order to assist those people in dealing with the challenges of sustainable natural resource management.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Knowledge management, Other
Summary: 'A resource designed for stakeholders in the Murry-Darling Basin. Presents a variety of frameworks and methods for stakeholders to use in community engagement processes.'
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Participatory methods, Research/policy/practice nexus
Summary: 'This inaugural initiative in the Social and Institutional Programme of the Land and Water Research and Development Corporation suggests a journal for inquiring into the skills involved in researching complex problems.'
Summary: 'This web-link provides a set of learning tools for undertaking social change and for dealing with social problems. It is shaped for a wide range of users; public, private and non-profit, and for a wide range of issues with a focus on democratic decision making in community contexts. '
Integration Approach: Diverse epistemologies, Participatory methods, Other
Summary: 'The Gaian Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to research and education that fosters more peaceful, just, participatory and ecologically conscious democratic societies. Its mission is to explore ecologically informed developmental opportunities through integration science, learning communities and adaptive governance.'
Integration Approach: Complexity science, Diverse epistemologies, Inter-/trans-disciplinarity, Participatory methods, Research/policy/practice nexus, Systems thinking
Area: Education, Environment, Health, Policy and government, Society/behaviour/culture
RURU (2004). Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU) searchable database of references on evidence-based policy and practice. (go to top of page) http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/ruru/: 24th o November, 2005
Summary: 'The RURU database is a searchable library of references relating to evidence-based policy and practice. It contains references from health case, education, criminal justice and social care sectors. It is presented as a resource for practioners and for the further development of evidence-based policy and practice.'