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gec-topic-selection

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Use when deciding whether an environmental-change project fits Global Environmental Change (GEC) and how to frame it. GEC publishes the human and policy dimensions of global environmental change and requires a significant social-science component, so the test is societal significance and policy relevance, not an environmental result alone. Helps frame the question; it does not collect data.

When to use

• Choosing among possible projects or framings for a GEC submission
• Addressing feedback that a paper feels too natural-science
• Deciding between a Research Article and a Perspective
• Checking that work speaks to multiple scales
• Pressure-testing fit before investing in a project

When not to use

• Collecting data
• Biophysical results with no social-science contribution
• Descriptive local-only contributions
• Method demonstrations with no human-dimensions or policy payoff

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