Collective decision-making under uncertainty: The beginning of the end for Invasion Biology?

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

The beginning of the end for Invasion Biology?

"There is little about biological invasions that make them so unique that a specialized sub-discipline need be sustained to study them."

According to Mark Davis, the author of a new book on Invasion Biology, as reviewed in the latest Nature.

I just sent a purchase request for the book.

Update: A letter in the latest Science also calls for balancing the benefits and risks of invasive species.

Update: Invasion biology is too young to die.

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My name is Shuang Liu and I work for CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences as a research scientist. Three key words that summarize my background are: problem-solving, the science-policy interface, and interdiciplinarity.

Trained as an ecological economist as a PhD student (Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont), I take solving real-world problems as the ultimate goal of my research (and yes, they did tell me publication is also important). So I have been working at the science-policy interface (so far mostly in the areas of ecosystem services and biological invasions) with my knowledge and training in biology, ecology, economics, public participation, and group facilitation.

Looking into the future, what intrigues me most is how we make collective decisions under uncertainty. Just think about our experience so far with GMOs, biological invasions, and of course climate change... This blog records the journal of my research in this direction.