Alta de Vos, Allyson Quinlan, Reinette Biggs, Elena Bennett, Berta Martín-López, Albert Norström, Garry Peterson, Michael Schoon, Craig Allen, Erik Andersson, Julia Baird, Marta Berbés-Blázquez, Fikret Berkes, Rafael Calderon-Contreras, Stephen Carpenter, Antonio Castro, Graeme Cumming, Marianne Falardeau, W. Liebrecht Fick, Carl Folke, Elson Ian Nyl Galang, Stefan Gelcich, Line Gordon, Nancy Grimm, Jacqueline Hamilton, Jennifer Hodbod, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Larissa Koch, Aleksandra Kosanic, Rafael Lembi, Bruno Locatelli, Katja Malmborg, Amanda Manyani, Morgan Mathisonslee, Anahi Ocampo-Melgar, Kinga Psiuk, Cibele Queiroz, Maraja Riechers, Lisen Schultz, Odirilwe Selomane, Kate Sherren, Marja Spierenburg, Micaela Trimble, Francis Turkelboom, Caroline Wallington. 2025. Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research. Ecology and Society. https://doi.org/10.5751/es-16164-300232
Underpinned by systemic thinking, social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as a critical field for addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene, marked by a cross-scale focus, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches, and a strong emphasis on place-based work. Thanks to the efforts of many networks and institutes, the field has advanced new theoretical and methodological approaches, fostered dedicated journals, and...