Human Dimensions Committee
Key Tasks:
The Human Dimensions Committee’s area of responsibility is to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary research that leads to increased understanding of the relationship between North Pacific marine ecosystems and the people, communities, and economies that are part of those systems and rely on the resources and services they provide. Particular emphasis will be given to fostering research on: (a) methodological and empirical challenges involved in integrating human dimensions into ecosystem analyses; and (b) exploration of development pathways that are sustainable from social, economic, and ecological perspectives. The HD committee will support the work of other PICES expert groups, including any integrated science program. Where other PICES expert groups often consider the impact of human activities on ecosystems, the HD committee will promote both the consideration of these impacts and how biophysical changes impact the well-being of people, communities, and economies taking into account their characteristics and values. In addition, the committee will engage with kindred ‘human dimension’ initiatives of other organizations (e.g., ICES and IMBER).
News
  • Changes within WG 51 Membership (Canada) Karen Hunter, Rebecca Goldman, and Raphael Kevin Roman are newly appointed members of WG-51.
    4/5/2024 2:02:57 PM PST
  • Changes within WG 51 Membership (USA) Dr. Rachel Seary is a new member of WG-51.
    2/28/2024 2:08:06 PM PST
  • Changes within HD Committee Membership (USA): Dr. Sarah Pence Wise is a new member of the HD Committe representing USA.
    2/28/2024 2:02:28 PM PST
  • Changes within WG 51 Membership (Korea) Prof. Jongseong Ryu is a new member of WG-51.
    1/29/2024 2:59:07 PM PST
  • WG 51 Membership (Korea): Prof. Moo Joon Lee is a new member of WG-51.
    9/13/2023 7:46:09 AM PST

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Members
Dr. Natalie Ban (HD)
School of Environmental Studies
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC
Canada V8W 2Y2
1-250-853-3569
nban@uvic.ca
Ms. Karen Hunter (HD, WG-49, WG-51)
HD Vice-Chair, WG-49 Co-Chair, WG-51 Co-Chair
Pacific Biological Station
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
3190 Hammond Bay Rd.
Nanaimo, BC
Canada V9T 6N7
250-756-3379
karen.hunter@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Prof. Mitsutaku Makino (AP-UNDOS, FUTURE-SSC, HD, SB, WG-51)
HD Chair
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI)
The University of Tokyo
5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi
Chiba, Japan 277-8564
+81-4-7136-6006
+81-4-7136-6039
mmakino@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Dr. Aoi Sugimoto (AP-SciCom, HD)
Socio-Ecological Systems Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Japan 2368648
+81-45-788-7674
+81-45-788-5001
aoi.sugimoto19@gmail.com
Dr. Shion Takemura (HD, WG-51)
WG-51 Co-Chair
Socio-Ecological Systems Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Japan 2368648
+81-45-788-7908
+81-45-788-5001
takemura_shion01@fra.go.jp
Prof. Shang Sunny Chen (HD)
First Institute of Oceanography, MNR
Rm. 521, Science Bldg., 6 Xianxialing Rd., Laohan District
Qingdao, Shandong
People's Republic of China 266061
+86-532-66717029
qdcs@163.com
Dr. Yang Han (HD)
Development Research Center of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
225 Chaoyangmennei Avenue, Dongcheng District
Beijing, People's Republic of China 100010
(86-10) 51780903
(86-10) 51780903
hany@drc.gov.cn
Prof. Jingmei Li (HD)
School of Economics
Ocean University of China
No. 238 Songling Rd.
Qingdao, Shandong
People's Republic of China 266061
(+86) 532 6678 6321
(+86) 532 6678 2559
jingmeili66@163.com
Prof. Dohoon Kim (HD)
Marine & Fisheries Business and Economics
Pukyong National University
Yongso-ro 45, Nam-gu
Busan, Republic of Korea 48513
+82-51-629-5954
delaware310@pknu.ac.kr
Prof. Tae-Goun Kim (HD)
Division of Navigation Convergence Studies
Korea Maritime and Ocean University
727 Tae-jeong ro, Youngdo-Gu
Busan, Republic of Korea 49112
(82-51) 410-4437
teddykim48@kmou.ac.kr
Prof. Jongseong Ryu (HD, WG-49, WG-51)
Department of Marine Biotechnology
Anyang University
602-14, Jungang-no, Bureun-myeon,
Ganghwa-gun, Incheon
Republic of Korea 23038
(82-32) 930-6033
(82-32) 930-6215
jsryu90@gmail.com
Ms. Anna Karulina (HD)
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center (TINRO-Center)
4, Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690090
7(423)2300-752
7(423)2300-751
anna.karulina@tinro.vniro.ru
Dr. Oleg N. Katugin (FUTURE-SSC, HD)
Division for International Scientific Cooperation
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center (TINRO-Center)
4 Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690090
(7-423) 2300-752
(7-423) 2300-752
oleg.katugin@tinro.vniro.ru
Ms. Ekaterina Kurilova (HD)
Khabarovsk Branch of VNIRO
13-A Amursky Blvd.
Khabarovsk, Russia 680028
(7-4012) 315-447
(7-4012) 315-447
katy_k07@mail.ru
Prof. Keith R. Criddle (HD)
Juneau Center for Fisheries and Ocean Science
University of Alaska Fairbanks
17101 Pt. Lena Loop Rd.
Juneau, AK
U.S.A. 99801
(1-907) 796-5449
(1-907) 796-5447
kcriddle@alaska.edu
Dr. Ron Felthoven (HD)
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Fisheries
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115-6349
2065264114
ron.felthoven@noaa.gov
Dr. Sunny Jardine (HD)
School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
University of Washington
3707 Brooklyn Ave NE Seattle WA 98105 United States
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98105
(206) 616-4952?
jardine@uw.edu
Dr. Minling Pan (HD)
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center
1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. #176
Honolulu, HI
U.S.A. 96818
(1-808) 725-5349
Minling.Pan@noaa.gov
Dr. Sarah Pence Wise (HD, WG-44)
Economics and Social Science Program
NMFS, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Bldg. 4, 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115
206-526-4172
sarah.wise@noaa.gov
Active Groups
WG 44: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for the Northern Bering Sea - Chukchi Sea
(PICES-2019 - PICES-2022), (also reports to FIS)

WG 51: Working Group on Exploring Human Networks to Power Sustainability
(PICES-2022 - PICES-2025)

WG 53: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Sustainable Pelagic Forage Communities
(June 2024 – PICES-2027)

Disbanded Groups
WG 43: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Small Pelagic Fish
(Term: Dec. 2019 - PICES-2023) (Disbanded: IGC-2024)

WG 41: Working Group on Marine Ecosystem Services
(Term: PICES-2017 - PICES-2021) (Disbanded: PICES-2023) (Also reports to FUTURE-SSC)

SG-SciCom: Study Group on Science Communications
(PICES-2020 - Jan. 2022 (final report completion))
Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2022, 2021, 2020, 2017

Session and Workshop Summaries

PICES-2019:
S14, Integrating economic and social objectives in marine resource management

PICES-2018:
S9, Integration of science and policy for sustainable marine ecosystem services

PICES-2017:
S8/HD-Paper, Marine ecosystem health and human well-being: A social-ecological systems approach
W2, Coastal ecosystem services in the North Pacific and analytical tools/methodologies for their assessment

Related Materials

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 52, 2011
Marine Ecosystems and Human Well-being: The PICES-Japan MAFF MarWeB Project

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 39, 2011
Report of the Study Group on Human Dimensions