Interagency Social Science Roundtables
Washington, DC
Many U.S. federal agencies utilize social science to inform their policy, planning, and management efforts. Federal social scientists convene the roundtable two to three times a year to share news about ongoing and upcoming social science efforts within their respective agencies, bureaus, and programs; discuss topics of mutual interest; and foster synergy and collaboration across institutional lines.
Agendas, minutes, and notes from upcoming and past roundtable meetings are posted here. Additional information about the Interagency Social Science Roundtable, meetings, and related efforts will be posted as it becomes available. [Last Updated: 25 November 2013]
Upcoming Roundtables
10TH INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 14 December 2016 | 1:00-5:00 PM (EST)
HOSTS: NPS & Interagency Task Force on Ocean Social Sience
LOCATION: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Rachel Carson Room (Basement Floor, next to Bison Bistro), Washington DC
THEME: Social Science Outreach; Incorporation of Ecosystem Services; additional topics TBD
AGENDA: 10th Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda [forthcoming]
MINUTES: 10th Interagency Social Science Roundtable Minutes [forthcoming]
DIRECTIONS: Location TBD
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Currently not available
Past Roundtables
9TH INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 19 November 2013
HOST: National Park Service, U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Social Sciences Task Force, and USGCRP Coordinating Group on Scenarios
LOCATION: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Room 7000A (7th Floor), Washington DC
THEME: Integrated Climate Change Scenarios in a Social-Ecological Context
AGENDA: 9th Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES: 9th Interagency Social Science Roundtable Minutes [forthcoming]
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Coordinating Group on Scenarios and Interpretive Science
Bob Vallario, DOE - Climate Scenarios for Supporting Vulnerability Assessment and Decision-Making: Basic Considerations and Data Sources
Chris Weaver, USGCRP - Why Land Use/Land Cover Change and Population Scenarios?
Linda Langner, USFS - Land Use/Land Cover Change and Population Migration Workshops Overview
Linda Langner, USFS (w/ Bob Vallario, DOE & Anne Grambsch, EPA)
Handouts and Additional Resources:
NAS-BECS Values of Ecosystem Services and Climate Impacts in Decision-making - Project 2-pager
NAS-BECS Values of Ecosystem Services and Climate Impacts in Decision-making - 06DEC2013 Meeting Agenda
8TH INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 04 December 2012
HOST: National Park Service & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
LOCATION: Rachel Carson Room, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington DC
THEME: HD Information Resources and Decision Support
AGENDA: 8th Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES: Currently not available
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Update of Human Dimensions Capacity Needs Assessment Survey and Workshop
Brad Milley, USGS & Natalie Sexton, FWS - Ecosystem Services Federal Coordination
Joel Larson, BLM - Interagency Human Dimensions of Climate Change Project
Rob Winthrop, BLM & Rudy Schuster, USGS - NCTC Conservation Library Human Dimensions Portal
Anne Post, FWS & Nancy Zapotocki, FWS - National Wildlife Refuge VISIT Tool and Resources
Alia Dietsch, USGS - National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) - Identifying Target Audiences and Evaluating Program Effectiveness
Diane Wood, NEEF & Patrick Deavy, NEEF - BOEM Ocean Science - Special Issue on Traditional Knowledge
John Primo, BOEM - Interagency Working Group on Ocean Social Science
Tom Fish, NPS & Marilyn ten Brink, EPA
Handouts and Additional Resources:
BLM-USGS Ecosystem Services Tools Evaluation Pilot Project Briefind Sheet
BLM-USGS Moab Ecosystem Services Valuation Study SOW
NCEAS-SESYNC Workshops on Ecosystem Services in the Federal Government
ViSIT: Visitor Survey Information Tool Web Site
ViSIT: Visitor Survey Information Tool Fact Sheet
NOAA/NMFS Fishery Performance Indicators
American Anthropological Association Global Climate Change Task Force
7TH INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 07 February 2012
HOST: National Park Service & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
LOCATION: Rachel Carson Room, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington DC
THEME: Human Dimensions Capacity Building
AGENDA: 7th Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES: Currently not available
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Currently not available
6TH INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 13 May 2011
HOST: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
AGENDA: Sixth Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES: Currently not available
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Currently not available
5TH INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 10 January 2011
HOST: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
AGENDA:
Fifth Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES:
Fifth Interagency Social Science Roundtable Minutes
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- New capabilities of the Economic Profile
System - Human Dimensions Toolkit
Joel Larson, BLM - Social safeguards for upcoming climate change programs
Diane Russell, USAID - Regional Economic System (RECONS) - economy and jobs
Wen Chang, USACE - Natural Resources Management Gateway, Community "In" Practice
Kathy Perales, USACE - Update on BLM's Socioeconomic Strategy
Rob Winthrop, BLM - GIS aided visitation modernization program
Wen Chang/ Kathy Perales, USACE
4TH INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 16 April 2010
HOST: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
AGENDA:
Fourth Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES: Currently not available
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Program Evaluation: Definitions and Uses
Stephanie Shipman, GAO - Contribution of Ecosystem
Services to Human Well-being Collaborations with the EPA
Susan Lovelace, NOAA - NOAA Climate Service
Brady Phillips, NOAA - Voices from the Fisheries Oral
History Database Project
Susan Abbott-Jamieson and Cheryl Oliver, NOAA - Overview of NOAA Social Science
Jamie Brown Kruse, NOAA
3RD INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 06 January 2010
HOST: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
AGENDA:
Third Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES: Currently not available
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Currently not available
2ND INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 09 July 2009
HOST: Bureau of Land Management
AGENDA: Second Interagency Social Science Roundtable Agenda
MINUTES: Currently not available
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Currently not available
1ST INTERAGENCY SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
DATE: 19 February 2009
HOST: National Park Service
THEME: Socioeconomic Monitoring Programs
AGENDA: Currently not available
MINUTES: First Interagency Social Science Roundtable Minutes
PRESENTATIONS, HANDOUTS, & RESOURCES:
- Currently not available