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Program Reports

This page archives reports based on the demographic information collected with the Ph.D. dissertations registered with the DIALOG and DISCCRS programs.

Articles by Dr. Stephen Schneider - DISCCRS III Mentor

Planting the Seeds of Change

Interview: Crank up the Standards

DISCCRS III Symposium Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/DISCCRS_III_Symposium_Report.pdf
Summary of the DISCCRS III Symposium, September 10 - 17, 2007 in Volcano, Hawaii at the Kilauea Military Camp.

DISCCRS II Symposium Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/DISCCRS_II_Symposium_Report.pdf
Summary of the DISCCRS II Symposium, March 26 - April 2, 2006, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California.

Harry Potter and the Ecologist's Thesaurus: DIACES 2002
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/harrypotter.pdf
This essay was written by DIACES 2002 Symposium participants Filip Meysman, Linda Campbell and Lynda Chasar to highlight some of the challenges involved in communicating across the "language barriers" of different disciplines.

DIALOG VI/VII Program Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/dialog6report.html
Summary of demographic information collected with the 334 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG VI/VII program. DIALOG VI/VII was open to aquatic-science graduates completing Ph.D. degrees between April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2005.

DIALOG V Program Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/dialog5.html
Summary of demographic information collected with the 447 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG IV program. DIALOG V was open to aquatic-science graduates completing Ph.D. degrees between January 1, 2001 - March 31, 2003.

DIALOG IV Program Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/dialog4report.pdf
Summary of demographic information collected with the 221 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG IV program cycle. DIALOG IV was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between April 1, 1999 - December 31, 2000.

DIALOG IV Symposium Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/d4sympreport.pdf
This is a short paper, published in the L&O Bulletin, describing the perspectives of the 44 recent graduates who participated in the October, 2001 symposium.

DISCCRS Program Report
http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/DISCCRS/
Summary of demographic information collected with the 200 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the first DISCCRS program cycle. DISCCRS I was open to climate-change/impacts graduates completing degrees between January 1, 2000 – September 30, 2002. A proposal has been submitted to continue the DISCCRS program.

DISCCRS Symposium Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/disccrsympreport.pdf
This report was written by two of the DISCCRS Symposium participants. The full citation is: Friddell, J. and T. Blenckner. 2003. Advancing ideas, methods in interdisciplinary climate change research for new Ph.D.s. Eos 84(33): 314, 320.

DIALOG III Program Report
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/dialog3report.pdf
Summary of demographic information collected with the 166 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG III program cycle. DIALOG III was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between April 1, 1997 - March 31, 1999.

DIALOG II Program Report ASLO Bulletin 6(2):10-14
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/97_v6_i2.pdf
Summary of demographic information collected with the 98 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the DIALOG II program cycle. DIALOG II was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between September 1, 1994 – March 31, 1997.

DIALOG I Program Report ASLO Bulletin 4(1):6-10
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/95_v4_i1.pdf
Summary of demographic information collected with the 80 Ph.D. dissertation abstracts submitted to the first DIALOG program cycle. DIALOG I was open to aquatic-science graduates completing degrees between June 1, 1992 – September 1, 1994.
 

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DISCCRS IV
Symposium

Nov. 2 - Nov. 9, 2008
Saguaro Lake Ranch

Eligibility: Ph.D. completed between
April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2009
in any discipline.
Selection will favor applicants who plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject within or relevant to climate change and its impacts. A committee will select 36 participants based on the submitted applications.

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  Last updated: September 1, 2008