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Artificial Pastoral Systems
We published a new paper: Moritz, Mark, Benjamin Cross, Chelsea E. Hunter. 2023. Artificial Pastoral Systems: A Review of Agent-Based Modeling Studies of Pastoral Systems. Pastoralism: Research,…
Chelsea Hunter awarded Knauss Fellowship
Chelsea Hunter has been awarded a Knauss fellowship, which is a one-year paid opportunity for current and recent graduates from advanced degree programs to apply their scientific knowledge and…
New paper in Human Ecology
We just published a new paper in Human Ecology. Moritz, Mark, Chelsea E. Hunter, Daniel C. Peart, Abigail Buffington, Andrew J. Yoak, Jason R. Thomas, Rebecca Garabed, and Ian M. Hamilton. 2023…
Published agent-based model
We published our new agent-based model in the CoMSES Computational Model Library. This purpose of this model is to understand how the coupled demographic dynamics of herds and households constrain…
Ohio State launches 'Wicked Science' program
In the July-August 2022 issue of American Scientist, Mark Moritz and Nicholas C. Kawa published an article: “The world needs wicked scientists.” In the article, Moritz and Kawa discuss how the…
It is official
The Council of Academic Affairs has approved the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization (GIS) in Wicked Sciences in their meeting on March 1, 2023. No additional level of review or approval is…
Beyond ranchers and pastoralists
In the week of 14-18 November 2022, Nikolaus Schareika and I led a workshop on transformations in livestock systems at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, NM, which was supported by a…
The Art of the Range - podcast
Paul Scholte and I met with Tipton D. Hudson, Professor, Rangeland & Livestock Management at Washington State University Extension to talk about pastoralist refugees in the Far North Cameroon on this…
NSF Innovation in Graduate Education (IGE) grant
An interdisciplinary team of staff and faculty, with Mark Moritz, Nicholas Kawa, Alison Bennett, Rachel Kajfez, Elizabeth Newton, Charlene Brenner, David Sovic, and Yolanda Zepeda has received an…