Mixed Methods and Cross Disciplinary Research: Towards Cultivating Eco-Systemic Living
暫譯: 混合方法與跨學科研究：邁向生態系統生活的培養

本書採用混合方法擴展「福祉存量」的概念，以指涉與他人合作的動態方式。它探討了將經驗的不同面向編織在一起的隱喻和實踐。福祉存量概念的目的是使人們重新評估經濟學，並更加意識到我們忽視生活中社會和環境方面的方式。以犧牲人類和環境為代價追求利潤是民主和治理的核心問題。城市的脆弱性是個人需求與集體需求之間缺乏平衡的症狀。本書探討了印尼、非洲和澳洲等地區的城市如何透過更具創意的技術使用，成為食品和水資源安全的更具生產力的場所。它強調了需要合作夥伴，若在社區、國家和國際層面提供支持，則家庭層面的食品和安全是可行的。本書檢視這些地區如何受到人口統計、氣候變遷和人員流動的影響，同時也探討建立有效的文化生態系統管理的方法。

Janet McIntyre-Mills, Flinders University (nee Mills; publish as McIntyre-Mills) Associate Professor at Flinders University, Honorary Professor at the University of South Africa in the College of Education, Training and Youth Development, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Indonesia. The adjunct appointments recognize over 30 years' experience in policy research addressing complex social challenges. Her research addresses social justice issues such as health, housing and social inclusion and the mitigation and adaptation to climate change. She addresses complex needs by exploring the meanings and 'what if' questions with diverse stakeholders. She has written several books including: 'Systemic Governance and Accountability', Springer and 'User-centric Policy Design to address Complex Needs'. She is chair of the International Systems Special Integration Group, entitled: 'Balancing individualism and Collectivism' and in the past was elected three times to Research Committee 10 on Organizational Transformation of the International Sociological Association.
Her recent research addresses non anthropocentric policy for living systems. In 2017 her volumes for the Springer Contemporary Systems Series address the challenge to re-generate living systems. The sole authored volume is entitled: 'Planetary Passport for Representation, Accountability and Re-Generation and the edited volume together with Professors Romm and Corcoran Nantes is entitled: 'Balancing Individualism and Collectivism: Social and Environmental Justice'. The latter comprises collected papers from the Special Integration Group for International Systems Sciences which McIntyre chairs together with 16 international contributors, including early career researchers. The research seeks a better balance across social, cultural, political, economic and environmental interspecies concerns to ensure a sustainable future for current and future generations. The ecological citizen uses a 'planetary passport' to track the distribution and redistribution of resources in the interests of social and environmental justice. Engagement links high level challenges with individual perspectives, facilitating nuanced investigation of the complex ethical challenge of closing the gap in life chances. The central argument looks for ways to hold the powerful to account so as to enable virtuous living by the majority in a 'planetary passport' that demonstrates a careful use of resources and a way to protect habitat for living systems.
Norma R. A. Romm (DLitt et Phil, Sociology) is Research Professor in the Department of Adult Basic Education and Youth Development, the University of South Africa. She is the author of The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism (Macmillan, 1991), Accountability in Social Research (Springer, 2001), New Racism (Springer, 2010), Responsible Research Practice (2018, Springer), People's Education in Theoretical Perspective (with V. McKay, Longman, 1992), Diversity Management (with R. Flood, Wiley, 1996), and Assessment of the Impact of HIV and AIDS in the Informal Economy of Zambia (with V. McKay, ILO, 2008). She has co-edited three books--Social Theory (with M. Sarakinsky, Heinemann, 1994), Critical Systems Thinking (with R. Flood, Plenum, 1996) and Balancing Individualism and Collectivism (with J. McIntyre-Mills and Y. Corcoran-Nantes) She has published more than 100 research articles on the contribution of research to social development, the way in which research can be practised accountably, Indigenous ways of knowing and living, and the facilitation of adult learning. She has worked on a range of projects aimed at increasing equity for organizations such as the ILO, ADEA, IOM, and UNESCO.

珍妮特·麥金泰爾-米爾斯，弗林德斯大學（原姓米爾斯；以麥金泰爾-米爾斯發表）是弗林德斯大學的副教授，南非大學教育、培訓與青年發展學院的名譽教授，以及印尼大學的兼任教授。這些兼任職位承認她在政策研究方面超過30年的經驗，專注於解決複雜的社會挑戰。她的研究涉及社會正義問題，如健康、住房和社會包容，以及對氣候變化的緩解和適應。她通過與多元利益相關者探索意義和「如果」問題來應對複雜需求。她撰寫了幾本書，包括《系統治理與問責制》（Systemic Governance and Accountability，Springer）和《以使用者為中心的政策設計以應對複雜需求》（User-centric Policy Design to address Complex Needs）。她是國際系統特別整合小組的主席，題為《平衡個人主義與集體主義》，並曾三次當選國際社會學協會組織轉型研究委員會第10組的成員。
她最近的研究針對非人類中心的生活系統政策。在2017年，她為Springer當代系統系列撰寫的著作探討了再生生活系統的挑戰。她的獨著作品名為《行星護照：代表性、問責制與再生》（Planetary Passport for Representation, Accountability and Re-Generation），與羅姆教授和科爾科蘭-南特教授共同編輯的作品名為《平衡個人主義與集體主義：社會與環境正義》（Balancing Individualism and Collectivism: Social and Environmental Justice）。後者包含了來自國際系統科學特別整合小組的論文，該小組由麥金泰爾主持，並有16位國際貢獻者，包括早期職業研究者。這項研究尋求在社會、文化、政治、經濟和環境的跨物種關注之間取得更好的平衡，以確保當前和未來世代的可持續未來。生態公民使用「行星護照」來追蹤資源的分配和再分配，以促進社會和環境正義。參與連結高層挑戰與個人觀點，促進對縮小生活機會差距的複雜倫理挑戰的細緻調查。中心論點尋求尋找方法來追究權力者的責任，以使大多數人能夠在「行星護照」中實現美德生活，該護照展示了資源的謹慎使用和保護生活系統棲息地的方法。
諾瑪·R·A·羅姆（社會學博士）是南非大學成人基礎教育與青年發展系的研究教授。她是《實證主義與馬克思主義的方法論》（The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism，Macmillan，1991）、《社會研究中的問責制》（Accountability in Social Research，Springer，2001）、《新種族主義》（New Racism，Springer，2010）、《負責任的研究實踐》（Responsible Research Practice，2018，Springer）、《理論視角下的人民教育》（People's Education in Theoretical Perspective，與V. McKay合著，Longman，1992）、《多樣性管理》（Diversity Management，與R. Flood合著，Wiley，1996）以及《贊比亞非正式經濟中HIV和艾滋病影響的評估》（Assessment of the Impact of HIV and AIDS in the Informal Economy of Zambia，與V. McKay合著，ILO，2008）的作者。她共同編輯了三本書——《社會理論》（Social Theory，與M. Sarakinsky合著，Heinemann，1994）、《批判性系統思維》（Critical Systems Thinking，與R. Flood合著，Plenum，1996）和《平衡個人主義與集體主義》（Balancing Individualism and Collectivism，與J. McIntyre-Mills和Y. Corcoran-Nantes合著）。她發表了超過100篇研究文章，探討研究對社會發展的貢獻、研究如何以負責任的方式進行、土著知識與生活方式，以及成人學習的促進。她參與了多個旨在提高公平性的項目，為國際勞工組織（ILO）、非洲教育發展協會（ADEA）、國際移民組織（IOM）和聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）等組織提供支持。