title: Future directions in human-environment research.
abstract: Human-environment research in the 21st century will need to change in major ways. It will need to integrate the natural and the social sciences; it will need to engage stakeholders and citizens in the design of research and in the delivery of science for the benefit of society; it will need to address ethical and democratic goals; and it will need to address a myriad of important theoretical and methodological challenges that continue to impede progress in the advance of sustainability science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 1405 S. Harrison Road, Room 218, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA. Electronic address: moranef@msu.edu.
authors.forename: Emilio F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, 326 Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Road, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Maria Claudia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics*; D004463:Ecology / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D012107:Research Design
keywords: Consumption; Institutions; Social ecological systems; Sustainability; Transdisciplinarity