Rural Development for Sustainable Social-Ecological Systems: Putting Communities First

本書提供了跨學科方法的概述，這些方法將社會科學應用於針對食品、農業和自然資源管理相關議題的研究。書中展示了在農村社會學領域工作的研究者或實務者如何運用社區發展和參與式技術來處理社會與環境的互動。書中討論了相互聯繫的社會與生態系統（SES）概念的演變，認識到這些系統固有的複雜性、適應性和韌性。本書探討當代理論，以及來自三大洲案例研究所證明的新前沿跨學科研究。

Professor Claudia Baldwin, at the Sustainability Research Centre (SRC), University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has applied social science and participatory methods to natural resources and the built environment, in teaching and research. The SRC focuses on collaborative and transdisciplinary research on social dimensions of environmental change. Prior to academia, Professor Baldwin worked in policy and planning for Queensland, Australian, and Canadian governments and international agencies.

Dr Severine van Bommel is an interdisciplinary social scientist working in the field of extension and rural development in agri-food systems and is currently leader of the Rural Development Group within the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at University of Queensland. She holds a PhD from Wageningen University (NL), where she worked as Associate Professor with the Communication Studies Group until 2018. Her research and teaching focus on deliberative, participatory practices in agri-food systems. She has a track record of successful, innovative, social science research in this domain through international projects such as SLIM, LEARNing, and CADWAGO.

克勞迪亞·鮑德溫教授在陽光海岸大學的可持續性研究中心（SRC）應用社會科學和參與式方法於自然資源和建築環境的教學與研究。SRC專注於環境變遷的社會面向的協作與跨學科研究。在進入學術界之前，鮑德溫教授曾在昆士蘭、澳大利亞和加拿大的政府及國際機構從事政策和規劃工作。

塞維琳·范·博梅爾博士是一位跨學科的社會科學家，專注於農食系統中的擴展與農村發展，目前擔任昆士蘭大學農業與食品科學學院的農村發展小組負責人。她擁有瓦赫寧根大學的博士學位（荷蘭），並於2018年前在該校的傳播研究小組擔任副教授。她的研究和教學重點在於農食系統中的審議性和參與性實踐。她在這一領域通過國際項目如SLIM、LEARNing和CADWAGO，擁有成功且創新的社會科學研究經驗。