CHANS-Net 2010 - The International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net 2010)

2010 AAG ANNUAL MEETING
April 14-18, 2010 â?“ Washington, DC

CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts Accepted
August 10-October 28
Meeting Registration Required

Online Registration Is Open

Start making plans for the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, home of the Association of American Geographers and the heart of the U.S. Federal Government.

The International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS-Net), with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is pleased to announce a series of CHANS events being organized in conjunction with the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG, http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2010/index.htm), which will be held in Washington, D.C., April 14-18, 2010. Current plans would have CHANS-Net activities focused on the first three full days of the AAG Meeting (April 14-16), but of course participants would be welcome to remain for as much of the remainder of the AAG meeting as they desire.
NSF considers these events to be a gathering that would fulfill a requirement of CNH awards for participation of at least one senior member of each funded team in a periodic meeting of awardees. In addition to presentations and a workshop within the AAG meeting, there will be opportunities for discussion and a small number of select presentations on CHANS research at the NSF. Those who are not supported by the NSF-CNH Program are also welcome to participate in the events.
The focus of the 2010 activities will be to synthesize across CHANS research projects and identify special opportunities for CHANS research over the next 5 to 10 years as well as recommendations regarding ways that the research community can best pursue those opportunities. The presentation of project findings will be complemented by a workshop designed to produce cross-project syntheses suitable for publication.
The CHANS Fellows Program of CHANS-Net will provide financial support for the participation of approximately 10 junior scholars (e.g., graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and junior faculty) in these activities. There will be opportunities for informal interactions among CHANS project investigators and among junior scholars and senior colleagues.
For more information about CHANS-Net, please visit http://www.chans-net.org, where you will find information on CHANS-Net events, CHANS researchers and projects, as well as opportunities such as the CHANS Fellows Program. For instance, the CHANS-Net kick-off events were held in Snowbird in April 2009 in conjunction with the 2009 annual meeting of US-IALE (US Regional Association of International Association for Landscape Ecology). They included a symposium "Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions Across Landscapes", and a workshop "Challenges and Opportunities in Research on Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems." In addition, CHANS-Net supported the participation of 14 CHANS Fellows from around the world in the events. Those who have not yet joined the Network are invited to do so - simply visit the web site and follow the link to "People" and add your information.
We hope you will be able to join us at the CHANS-Net events in Washington next April. All you need do at this moment is to mark the meeting dates on your calendar. More detailed information will be posted on the CHANS-Net web site when it becomes available.