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Social ecology studies relationships between people and their environment, often the interdependence of people, collectives and institutions. Evolving out of biological ecology, human ecology, systems theory and ecological psychology, social ecology takes a “broad, interdisciplinary perspective that gives greater attention to the social, psychological, institutional, and cultural contexts of people-environment relations than did earlier versions of human ecology.”[1] The concept has been employed to study a diverse array of social problems and policies within the behavioural and social sciences.[2]
As described by Stokols,[3] the core principles of social ecology include:
Several academic programs combine a broad definition of “environmental studies” with analyses of social processes, biological considerations, and the physical environment. A number of social ecology degree-granting programs and research institutes shape the global evolution of the social ecological paradigm. For example, see:
Most of the 120 listed programs at the link below are in human ecology, but many overlap with social ecology: