research proposal
Controlling the climate? Public debate on geoengineering
The Old Market 11A Upper Market Street, Hove, United KingdomAs climate change intensifies, some scientists suggest the need for a 'plan B' if immediate emissions reductions don’t prove feasible. Research into geoengineering (the large scale intentional manipulation of the climate) has begun, and includes research into technologies that might enable us to cool the planet by shielding some sunlight from the earth, or technologies...
STEPS/FHS Workshop on Complex Adaptive Systems in Health Systems in LMICs
Mt Washington Conference Center and the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Services Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United StatesMt. Washington Conference Center and the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Background Health systems are seen as a complex adaptive system (CAS), with multiple actors and relationships operating in difficult and changing contexts, with many points of intervention, and numerous intended and unintended...