A new paper has been published in the journal One Health: Evaluating one health: Are We demonstrating effectiveness? Sarah E. Baum,Catherine Machalaba, Peter Daszak, Robert H. Salerno, , William B. Karesh,
Standardized evaluations of One Health approaches are generally lacking
An integrated framework can grow a strong evidence base to inform decision-making
Read the article at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.10.004
NEOH has successfully established a special research topic on the Frontiers open access platform. The case studies from Working Group 2 that will be used to test and validate the NEOH evaluation framework will be published as a group affiliated to the journals Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Frontiers in Veterinary Science:
This will warrant for a high visibility of the NEOH activity in the three fields involved in One Health. The special issue will be edited by Flavie Goutard, Sandra Buttigieg and Simon Ruegg from the NEOHconsortium.
A new book has been published entitled: “Transdiciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes”
Edited by Dena Fam, Jane Palmer, Chris Riedy, Cynthia Mitchell
Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes examines the role of transdisciplinarity in the transformations needed for a sustainable world. After an historical overview of transdisciplinarity, Part I focuses on tools and frameworks to achieve sustainability outcomes in practice and Part II consolidates work by a number of scholars on supporting transdisciplinary researchers and practitioners.Part III is a series of case studies including several international examples that demonstrate the challenges and rewards of transdisciplinary work. The concluding chapter proposes a future research pathway for understanding the human factors that underpin successful transdisciplinary research.
As Emeritus Professor Valerie Brown AO notes in her Preface, this book moves transdisciplinary inquiry into the academic and social mainstream. It will be of great interest to researchers and practitioners in the fields of sustainability, qualitative research methods, environmental impact assessment and development studies.
Find out more at: https://www.routledge.com/Transdisciplinary-Research-and-Practice-for-Sustainability-Outcomes/Fam-Palmer-Riedy-Mitchell/p/book/9781138119703
Call for Applications: Graduate School ‘One Health and Urban Transformations’
The University Bonn in cooperation with Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Science and the United Nations University – Institute of Environment and Human Security is calling for applications for the structured doctoral program.
The graduate school focuses on the interactions between agricultural (animal and plant), human and environmental health in the context of urban transformations. The interdisciplinary program is seeking candidates from various disciplinary backgrounds to address the cross-cutting themes: water, food security, hygiene and public health, health systems and society; in one of four research regions: Ruhr Metropolis (Germany), Ahmedabad (India), Accra (Ghana), and São Paulo (Brazil).
Successful candidates will be employed at one of the consortium institutions and receive a travel and research budget.
For further information please refer to the webpage, www.zef.de/onehealth.html