Understand value differences in complex environmental projects.
WHAT MOTIVATES US
For interdisciplinary teams to function effectively, they need to understand how their methodologies and expertise can impact non-scientists, and they need to practice productive dialogue that integrates different disciplinary languages and training. As interdisciplinary collaboration becomes imperative in addressing complex environmental problems, environmental science graduate students will need to consider their responsibilities to non-scientists, reflect on their own values, and cultivate effective interdisciplinary collaborative skills. Their ability to function effectively in interdisciplinary contexts will consequentially impact future environmental decision-making and problem-solving. Our curriculum is designed to facilitate thinking and dialogue around these values and responsibility issues, thereby preparing students to work with integrity alongside collaborators and with diverse audiences.
PUBLICATIONS
Valles, S., Piso, Z., O’Rourke, M. (2019). Coupled ethical-epistemic analysis as a tool for environmental science. Ethics, Policy & Environment. 22(3): 267–286. DOI: 10.1080/21550085.2019.1652288.
Hall, T. E., Piso, Z., Engebretson, J., O’Rourke, M. (2018). Evaluating a dialogue-based approach to teaching about values and policy in graduate transdisciplinary environmental science programs. PLoS ONE. 13(9): e0202948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202948.
O’Rourke, M., Hall, T. E., Boll, J., Cosens, B., Dietz, T., Engebretson, J., Goralnik, L., Piso, Z., Valles, S., Whyte, K. (2018). Values and Policy in Interdisciplinary Environmental Science: A Dialogue-based Framework for Ethics Education. Online Ethics Center for Engineering. 8/16/2018 OEC. Accessed: Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
O’Rourke, M., Hall, T. E., Boll, J., Cosens, B., Dietz, T., Engebretson, J., Goralnik, L., Piso, Z., Valles, S., Whyte, K. (2018). Values and responsibility in interdisciplinary environmental science: A dialogue-based curriculum for ethics education – Student kit. Online curriculum available at <http://eese.msu.edu/>.
O’Rourke, M., Hall, T. E., Boll, J., Cosens, B., Dietz, T., Engebretson, J., Goralnik, L., Piso, Z., Valles, S., Whyte, K. (2018). Values and responsibility in interdisciplinary environmental science: A dialogue-based curriculum for ethics education – Instructor kit. Online curriculum available at <http://eese.msu.edu/>.
Hall, T. E., Engebretson, J., O’Rourke, M., Piso, Z., Whyte, K., Valles, S. (2017). The need for social ethics in interdisciplinary environmental science graduate programs: Results from a nation-wide survey in the United States. Science and Engineering Ethics. 23(2): 565–588. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11948-016-9775-0.
TEAM
- Michael O’Rourke, Michigan State University, PI – orourk51@msu.edu
- Troy E. Hall, Oregon State University, PI – troy.hall@oregonstate.edu
- Jan Boll, Washington State University, co-PI
- Barbara Cosens, University of Idaho, co-PI
- Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University, co-PI
- Jesse Engebretson, California State University, Chico
- Lissy Goralnik, Michigan State University
- Zachary Piso, University of Dayton
- Sean Valles, Michigan State University, co-PI
- Kyle Whyte, University of Michigan, co-PI
