What is a Working Group?

Synthesis working groups are research infrastructures, hosted by formal synthesis centers or like-minded organizations. They enable the development of knowledge from heterogeneous information, data, theories etc. and may use multiple perspectives and different approaches to represent such perspectives. In this distinctive position on the world research scene, synthesis science has been at the forefront of knowledge in critical areas such as Biodiversity, ecosystems, socio-Environmental changes, and Climate Change.

In light of the global nature of the tightly linked climate and biodiversity crises, almost a dozen synthesis centers around the world are working collectively to synthesize knowledge linking the biodiversity and climate change crises and potential responses to these joint crises. Related synthesis efforts taking place at different centers have the potential to shed light on how the two crises interact and affect each other, and provide information and models to engage and respond to these enormous challenges of our time.

IGCB does not currently have any open calls for Working Groups. Please check back later.

Questions? Contact Maureen Driscoll ([email protected]) or Peter Reich ( [email protected])

Funded IGCB Working Groups:

Characterizing the magnitude, time course, and risk factors of pollen-associated health effects in the industrial Midwest in a changing climate (C Gronlund, A Steiner, A Baptist and others)

Predicting the limits to adaptive shifts in range and phenology in migratory birds (B Weeks, B Winger, and others)

Synthesizing the effects of human-mediated habitat loss on functional diversity (N Sanders, J Chase, T Gonçalves-Souza and others; IGCB-iDiv partnership)

Disentangling complex effects of climate change on forests (N. Umaña, I Ibáñez, V. Ivanov, P. Reich)

Forecasting climate-driven changes in human–wildlife interactions (N Carter, J Allgeier, B Weeks and others)

Climate-forest-fire feedbacks (G Keppel-Aleks, P Fischer, S Cousins, P Reich and others, WFFI-IGCB partnership)

Deep Soil 2100 - Soil carbon under climate warming (P Reich, M Torn and others; IGCB- Berkeley National Lab partnership)

LASER (Life-cycle Assessment Synthesized with Ecosystems and Risk) (Benjamin Goldstein, Kai Zhu, Thiago Goncalves-Souza, Dimitris Gounaridis, Geoffrey Lewis, and others)