Integrated Research Plan

This book is a collection of works written by young scientists involved in the Integrated Disaster Risk Research (IRDR). Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) is a decade-long research programme co-sponsored by the International Science Council (merged by International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). It is a global, multi-disciplinary approach to dealing with the challenges brought by natural disasters, mitigating their impacts, and improving related policy-making mechanisms. The book examines multidisciplinary research and actions related to disaster risk reduction internationally. The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Young Scientists programme is: • A sub-programme within IRDR which promotes capacity building of young professionals and encourages them to undertake innovative and need-based research which makes science–policy and science–practice linkages stronger. • IRDR Young Scientists Programme was started in late 2016. Currently, it is a community of 115 young researchers from over 40 countries after 3 batches of application. • IRDR network and partners provide academic advice and training courses, workshops, and programmes for IRDR young scientists. • IRDR young scientists contribute to innovative research in the field of disaster risk reduction and participate in conferences and/or social media as the ambassador of IRDR. The book is of interest to researchers and scholars in the field of governance of sustainability and environmental governance. Postgraduate students will benefit this book within courses on environmental governance, on climate change governance, and on transformation and social change processes. Societal actors in climate change adaptation and other environmental governance fields on local, national, and international levels can benefit from the focus on societally relevant findings in the past 10 years of research on adaptiveness.

Integrated research (IR) is about achieving holistic understanding of complex biophysical & social issues & problems. It is driven by the need to improve understanding about such systems & to improve resource mgmt. by using the results of IR processes. Integrated questions drives the search for integrated understand., but tradition, inertia, institutional culture, budgets, training, & lack of effective leadership foster reductionism or minimal degrees of integration rather than any substantial, sustainable effort toward integrated research. This paper discusses a phased approach to framing IR questions & addressing the substantial barriers that impede integrated efforts. Progress must begin with more effective leadership throughout various levels of a research org.

"This book provides an integration of key concepts as a part of the organizing framework of each module and consistently references the use of the literature review, ethical and cultural considerations and stakholder engagement in the course of research. Module 1 provides an overview of research principles and how to conduct a literature review as well as expands on the fundamental and guiding principles that are used throughout the book. Module 2 focuses on quantitative research; Module 3 on qualitative research; Module 4 describes mixed method approaches; and Module 5 provides an overview of writing the report and dissemenating the findings from the research"--

Outline of research in progress or proposed, on the situation of native peoples in Canada, including governance, economics, treaties and lands, social and cultural topics, the north, women, urban topics, history and youth.

Integrated research is about achieving holistic understanding of complex biophysical and social issues and problems. It is driven by the need to improve understanding about such systems and to improve resource management by using the results of integrated research processes. Traditional research tends to fragment complex problems, focusing more on the pieces of problems rather than the whole that comprises multiple interrelationships and interactions. The outcome is that a lot is known about the parts (e.g., recreation, fish, and wildlife) but relatively little about how they are interrelated. There seems to be general agreement that integrated questions must drive the search for integrated understanding, but tradition, inertia, institutional culture, budgets, training, and lack of effective leadership foster reductionism (at worst) or minimal degrees of integration (at best) rather than any substantial, sustainable effort toward integrated research. In this paper, a phased approach to framing integrated research questions and addressing the substantial barriers that impede integrated efforts are discussed. A key conclusion is that to make any significant progress toward comprehensive integrated research will require more than rhetoric. Progress must begin with more effective leadership throughout various levels of research organizations.