Author Archives: jamorell

Please also look at publications by W.E. Grant. He and his colleagues apply population ecology concepts to a wide range of issues, from sustainability to applied philosophy. For my doctorate we did exactly what you describe, in particular, looking at … Continue reading →

eminds me of a lava lamp metaphor that I created about a year ago to understand programs more as blobs of motivational energy Continue reading →

One difference between environmental sustainability, such as biological populations, I think, is that human directed programs Continue reading →

seminal Hannan and Freeman article (“The Population Ecology of Organizations”) Continue reading →

How about creating a table, with one column listing the population ecology factors and the other (blank) column for program sustainability elements; submitting the table on this list. You would have to define the population ecology terms for us. Then … Continue reading →

Given that all EU social programs have to demonstrate how they will be sustainable, there’s been quite a bit of work in a variety of directions on this. Continue reading →

PhD theses focused on examining predictions of program sustainability deriving from ecological theories as opposed to those driving adaptation theories Continue reading →

program that was “adapted” to its environment a decade ago might be woefully Continue reading →

I have seen population ecology as focused on a population of organizations, not just an individual organization. Given that, sustainability-related questions would tend to examine characteristics at the population level Continue reading →

ecological economics to frame an evaluation of community sustainability Continue reading →