TY - JOUR
TI - What natural and social scientists need from each other for effective marine environmental assessment: Insights from collaborative research on the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project
AU - Mabon, L
AU - Kita, J
AU - Onchi, H
AU - Katano, T
AU - Kohno, H
AU - Huang, Y
T2 - Marine Pollution Bulletin
AB - We propose actions to guide collaboration between ‘natural’ and ‘social’ science disciplines in marine environmental issues. Despite enthusiasm for interdisciplinarity on environmental issues, institutional and disciplinary barriers remain for interdisciplinary working in practice. This paper explores what natural and social scientists need from each other for more effective impact assessment in the marine environment. We reflect on collaboration between natural- (especially marine biology) and social scientists (especially environmental sociology) researching the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project in Japan; including subsequent expansion of the research team and wider evaluation of project outcomes. We identify two areas of mutual support: community and stakeholder engagement on marine monitoring; and identification of points in regulatory/policy processes where qualitative findings may gain traction alongside quantitative results. We suggest interdisciplinary collaboration for marine environmental research could be helped by making time to learn from each other within projects; and by working together more closely in the field.
DA - 2020/10//
PY - 2020
VL - 159
SP - 9
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X2030638X
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111520
LA - English
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Social & Economic Data
ER -