In all of this messy mush, Liz suggested that I try and apply everything that I have been talking about and do a case study of sorts. Conveniently, I am completing a praxis project for Environmental Theory, which gives me the perfect space to give it a try. My theory project is a praxis project, which […]

Here is my first question: Once you do the best possible science that you can do, how does it get translated into other forms of actions including policy, negotiations, and private corporations? Here it is, my new guiding question: How do facts get transformed to give science volatility? Here is another question: What does that […]

This week has been filled with interviews, reading, and soul searching all aimed at defining an answerable research question to focus the rest of my thesis work. My original question did not take into account some aspects of this field of study that I am finding increasingly prominent. For example, evidence-based policy making is a […]

It looks like I’ve finally nailed down a possible research question and potential(ish) outline of a methodology. As my previous post indicated, I am going to look into the translation of policy into action (political, or other). My research question is as follows: Once you do the best possible science that you can do, how […]