Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/Y003721/1
Meta-analysis for environmental sciences
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Professor E Kulinskaya, London Sch of Hygiene & Tropic. Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Climate & Climate Change
- Conservation Ecology
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Statistics & Appl. Probability
- Applied Statistics
- Environmental Statistics
- Statistical Ecology
- Pollution
- Abstract:
- The proposed training initiative targets an important gap in meta-analysis training available to early career environmental scientists in the UK. The importance of research synthesis in environmental sciences is currently particularly high because of the growing pressure on scientists to provide accurate quantitative assessments, predictions and practical solutions for pressing environmental issues (e.g. biodiversity losses, global climate changes). To our knowledge, there are currently no similar courses available to PhD students in the UK. This course aims at filling this gap and seeks to promote and facilitate the thoughtful and critical use of meta-analysis for research synthesis in environmental sciences. The 4-day course will involve combination of lectures and practicals where students will be trained in meta-analysis methodology, conducting meta-analysis in R, and interpreting and presenting the results of the meta-analyses. The learning outcomes will be achieved by: explaining the principles and advantages of meta-analysis for research synthesis; demonstrating the range of applications of meta-analysis in ecology; promoting understanding of the assumptions and limitations of meta-analysis; providing first-hand experience in question formulation, data extraction, database design, use of software for meta-analysis and report preparation.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/Y003721/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £40,695
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £40,695 |
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