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- Peer Review and the Ex Ante Assessment of Societal Impacts
- Article discussing peer review and the ex ante assessment of societal impacts.
- A Tribute to Carlos Augusto Angel Maya
- This article offers a tribute to Carlos Augusto Angel Maya. The authors explain Maya's life and work and his legacy of infinite value for the community of environmental thought in Colombia, in Latin America, and throughout the world.
- The road to biocultural ethics
- Article discussing biocultural ethics. As a child, Ricardo Rozzi visited indigenous communities in the high Andes with his grandfather and was enchanted by their close relationship with the natural world. Later, he and his wife would return to the region to explore the traditional ecological knowledge of the world's southernmost indigenous people.
- Post-Fledging Habitat Selection by the Slender-Billed Parakeet (Enicognathus Leptorhynchus) in a Fragmented Agricultural Landscape of Southern Chile
- This article contains an examination of habitat selection by radio-tracked juvenile Slender-billed Parakeets (Enicognathus leptorhynchus) at multiple spatial scales in a fragmented agricultural landscape of southern Chile.
- What's Wrong with Processed Food?
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the Food We Eat. The topics include what processed food is, genetically-modified foods, functional foods, and the impacts of processed foods.
- A New Philosophy for the 21st Century
- Article discussing a new philosophy in the 21st century and challenges and potential for reform.
- Biocultural Ethics: Recovering the Vital Links between the Inhabitants, Their Habits, and Habitats
- Article discussing research on biocultural ethics as a way to overcome biocultural homogenization.
- Re-assessing the science - society relation: The case of the US National Science Foundation's broader impacts merit review criterion (1997 - 2011)
- Article discussing research on re-assessing the science to society relation and the case of the U.S. National Science Foundation's broader impacts merit review criterion from 1997 to 2011.
- Does open access really threaten peer review?
- In this paper, the author discusses whether open access threatens peer review, as implied by the Association of American Publishers in their endorsement of the Research Works Act. The author suggests that we need to experiment with new models of peer evaluation.
- Not in My Back Yard!
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Gas Well Drilling Redux. This presentation discusses the 'not in my back yard' (NIMBY) attitude - opposition by residents to a proposal for new development that is close to their homes - and focus on whether is it principled or hypocritical to simultaneously oppose the development while benefiting economically from it.
- Integrating Ecology and Environmental Ethics: Earth Stewardship in the Southern End of the Americas
- This article discusses integrating ecology and environmental ethics.
- The Promise and Perils of Transformative Research
- This report is on the workshop 'Transformative Research: Ethical and Societal Implications'. Workshop conversations cluster under the four headings of the history and definitions, promotion, evaluation, and integration of transformative research.
- Science: For Science's or Society's Sake? Owning the National Science Foundation's Broader Impacts Criterion
- Article describing changes in the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) merit review criteria. The authors argue that scientists are more likely to preserve their autonomy by embracing - or 'owning' - the new Broader Impacts Criterion rather than resisting it.
- Resistance to impact criteria can lead to a tightening of the accountability noose
- Article discussing research on how the resistance to impact criteria can lead to a tightening of the accountability noose.
- Good Transformations: Ambiguity and the NSF's Experiment with 'Transformative' Research
- This article discusses a recent workshop on Transformative Research held at the headquarters of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia.
- Philosophy Matters - Examining the Value of Knowledge
- This paper discusses the University of North Texas' (UNT) Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity (CSID), where philosophers continue to examine the value of knowledge. The authors also discuss one example of CSID's work with the Comparative Assessment of Peer Review (CAPR) project. CAPR is a four-year project (2008-2012) studying the changing nature of peer review processes across six U.S. and foreign public science agencies. CAPR is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program.
- Bieberians at the Gate?
- Article discussing theories on the evaluation of philosophy and philosophers and the peer review process.
- Comparative Assessment of Peer Review: Project Outcomes Report
- This report discusses the Comparative Assessment of Peer Review (CAPR) project outcomes. The authors investigate the review process for agencies that fund scientific research.
- Knowing and acting: The precautionary and proactionary principles in relation to policy making
- Article discussing the relationship between knowledge (in the form of scientific risk assessment) and action (in the form of technological innovation) as they come together in policy, which itself is both a kind of knowledge and acting.
- Accountability versus Autonomy? Toward a More Responsible Practice of Science
- This paper was awarded a Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award for 2013. In this paper, the author discusses issues related to accountability versus autonomy and suggestions toward a more responsible practice of science.
- Broader Impacts 2.0: Seeing- and Seizing- the Opportunity
- Article discussing viewpoints on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Merit Review Broader Impacts Criterion and the emergence of Broader Impacts 2.0.
- Re-engineering Ethics: Pushing Philosophy Outside of its Comfort Zone at the APPE Annual Meeting
- This article discusses ethics and pushing philosophy outside of its comfort zone at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) annual meeting.
- Environmental Imagination River as Bridge
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Water Conservation. In this presentation, the author discusses sustainable resource management and water conservation, including discussions on the Trinity River and water conservation in North Texas.
- Research Impact: We need negative metrics too
- Article discussing different ways to indicate the impact of a researcher's scholarly activities.
- Developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication is a massive technical challenge - but it's also much simpler than that
- Article on developing indicators of the impact of scholarly communication and the technical challenges.
- What is interdisciplinary communication? Reflections on the very idea of disciplinary integration
- Article discussing interdisciplinary communication and reflections on the idea of disciplinary integration.
- Assessing Habitat Preference of Invasive American Minks (Neovison vison) Using Trap-Cameras in Navarino Island, Chile
- Poster presented at the 2013 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting. This poster discusses research on assessing habitat preference of invasive American minks (Neovison vison) using trap-cameras in Navarino Island, Chile.
- Impacts of Fracking on Local Ozone Pollution in DFW Area
- Poster for the 2014 University of North Texas (UNT) Graduate Exhibition. This poster discusses the impacts of fracking on local ozone pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- Bryophyte-Cyanobacteria Associations during Primary Succession in Recently Deglaciated Areas of Tierra del Fuego (Chile)
- Article on bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations during primary succession in recently deglaciated areas of Tierra del Fuego (Chile).
- Impact of Natural Gas Hydraulic Fracturing on Ozone Pollution in Dallas-Fort Worth Area
- Poster for the 2015 Global Emission Initiative (GEIA) Conference. This poster discusses the impact of natural gas hydraulic fracturing on ozone pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- First evidence of bryophyte diaspores in the plumage of transequatorial migrant birds
- Article on the first evidence of bryophyte diaspores in the plumage of transequatorial migrant birds.
- An Evaluation of the Correlation Between Shale Gas Development and Ozone Pollution within the Barnett Shale Region
- Presentation for the 2014 Fracturing Impacts and Technologies Conference. This presentation discusses an evaluation of the correlation between shale gas development and ozone pollution within the Barnett Shale region.
- Ozone Impact of Shale Gas Activities in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Poster for the 2015 Graduate Student Symposium of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. This poster discusses the ozone impact of shale gas activities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
- Evaluation of Three Major Emission Sources on DFW Ozone Level Using Photochemical Modeling
- Poster for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Graduate Exhibition. This poster discusses the evaluation of three major emission sources on the Dallas-Fort Worth ozone levels using photochemical modeling.
- Avoiding the Resource Curse: Challenges of the Policy Process in a Nascent-Oil-Producing Country in West Africa
- Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses avoiding the resource curse and challenges of the policy process in a nascent-oil-producing country in West Africa.
- Predicting Hourly Ozone Pollution in Dallas-Fort Worth Area Using Spatio-Temporal Clustering
- Presentation for the 2015 GeoComputation Annual Conference. This presentation discusses predicting hourly ozone pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area using spatio-temporal clustering.