{"status": "Complete", "organizations": [{"category": "Academic", "logo_name": null, "name": "University of Idaho, Moscow", "description": null}, {"category": "Academic", "logo_name": "1fzokanbif_UAS_LEC_LOGO_VERT_cmyk_300_dpi.jpg", "name": "University of Alaska Southeast", "description": null}, {"category": "Academic", "logo_name": "1ge7paajny_whiteBG_GINAdiamond120x120x72ppi_normal.png", "name": "UAF Geographic Information Network of Alaska", "description": "GINA is a mechanism within the University of Alaska (UA) for sharing data and technical capacity among Alaskan, Arctic, and world communities."}, {"category": "Academic", "logo_name": "09_42_45_439_UAA_300x300.png", "name": "University of Alaska Anchorage", "description": "The University of Alaska Anchorage is the state\u2019s largest post-secondary institution. UAA is comprised of six teaching units at the Anchorage campus, and four community campuses."}, {"category": "Academic", "logo_name": "UAFACFWRUlogo.gif", "name": "UAF Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit", "description": ""}], "links": [], "collections": [], "description": "Abstract Integrative research is increasingly a priority within the scientific community and is a central goal for the\r\nevolving field of sustainability science. While it is conceptually attractive, its successful implementation has been\r\nchallenging and recent work suggests that the move towards interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in sustainability science is being only partially realized. To address this from the perspective of social-ecological systems (SES) research, we examine the process of conducting a science of integration within the Southcentral Alaska Test Case (SCTC) of Alaska-EPSCoR as a test-bed for this approach. The SCTC is part of a large, 5 year, interdisciplinary study investigating changing environments and adaptations to those changes in Alaska. In this paper, we review progress toward a science of integration and present our efforts to confront the practical issues of applying proposed integration frameworks. We: (1) define our integration framework; (2) describe the collaborative processes, including the co-development of science through stakeholder engagement and\r\npartnerships; and (3) illustrate potential products of integrative, social-ecological systems research. The approaches\r\nwe use can also be applied outside of this particular framework. We highlight challenges and propose\r\nimprovements for integration in sustainability science by addressing the need for common frameworks and improved contextual understanding. These insights may be useful for capacity-building for interdisciplinary projects that address complex real-world social and environmental problems.\r\nKeywords: Collaboration,  Co-production of knowledge, Integrative research,  Science of integration, Socialecological systems,  Sustainability science, Transdisciplinary science", "end_date": "2016-09-03", "title": "A science of integration: frameworks, processes, and products in a place-based, integrative study", "other_contacts": [], "iso_topics": [], "tags": ["transdisciplinary science", "sustainability science", "social-ecological system", "science of integration", "integrative research", "co-production of knowledge", "collaboration"], "bounds": [], "start_date": null, "regions": [], "other_agencies": "University of Alaska Southeast, UAF Geographic Information Network of Alaska, University of Alaska Anchorage, UAF Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit", "data_types": [], "archived_at": null, "primary_contacts": [], "type": {"color": "#aa3a3a", "name": "Report", "description": "Record for tracking and adding report entries into the catalog"}, "slug": "a-science-of-integration-frameworks-processes-and-products-in-a-place-based-integrative-study", "attachments": [{"category": "Public Download", "file_name": "SustSci2016Kliskey.pdf", "description": "", "file_size": 1069943}]}