Cooperative Agreement G22AC00472

PROJECT TITLE HOW INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT AND EMOTIONS SHAPE MANAGER DECISIONS TO RESIST, ACCEPT, OR DIRECT CHANGE IN TRANSFORMING ECOSYSTEMS A CROSS CASE STUDY IN FOUR NATIONAL PARKSPROJECT DATES 9 1 2022 8 31 2025AWARD PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION IS AN INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING MANAGEMENT ISSUE AND IS REQUIRING MANAGERS TO CONSIDER NEW STRATEGIES THAT RESIST, ACCEPT, AND DIRECT CHANGE THE RESIST ACCEPT DIRECT RAD FRAMEWORK THE PROJECT TEAM PROPOSES A STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW KEY SOCIAL VARIABLES INTERACT TO INFLUENCE RAD DECISIONS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHY MANAGERS SELECT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND SUPPORT CLIMATE ADAPTATION EFFORTS ON OUR NATION S LANDS THIS STUDY WILL FOCUS ON FOUR NATIONAL PARKS ACTIVELY UNDERGOING TRANSFORMATION WITH MANAGERS THAT ARE EARLY ADOPTERS OF THE RAD FRAMEWORK SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON, ACADIA, GLACIER, AND NORTH CASCADES EMPLOYING SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS, THE PROJECT TEAM S ANALYSIS WILL FOCUS ON TWO IMPORTANT VARIABLES IDENTIFIED THROUGH COPRODUCTION BY MANAGERS AND SCIENTISTS WORKING ON THE RAD FRAMEWORK 1 INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT AND 2 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES THE RESEARCH WILL HAVE FOUR RESULTS 1 CO PRODUCED, ACTIONABLE SCIENCE OUTPUTS TAILORED TO EACH PARK THAT WILL SUPPORT LOCAL RAD DECISIONS, 2 LESSONS LEARNED FOR TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT IN RAD, 3 BUILDING CAPACITY FOR ACCOUNTING FOR SOCIAL VARIABLES IN IMPLEMENTING RAD, AND 4 SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY CONTRIBUTIONS INTENDED BENEFICIARY IES THE PROJECT WILL ILLUMINATE THE ROLE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT AND EMOTIONS PLAY IN SHAPING RAD DECISION MAKING, WHICH WILL HELP RESOURCE MANAGERS BUILD RAD DECISION MAKING CAPACITY SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO WILL SUBAWARD TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, WHO WILL TRANSLATE RESEARCH RESULTS FROM THE PROJECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY ABOUT FACTORS INFLUENCING RAD DECISIONS