connecting academic work with local cause
It's not often that you can connect your academic work with your everyday life. I had the opportunity to publish two papers this past month, both exploring the unique ecosystem of my hometown, Ness Ziona, and the rare black iris that flourishes there The first paper, co-authored with Reuven Cohen and published in PLOS ONE ('Emergent Coordination in Temporal Partitioning Congestion Games'), is more theoretical. It examines the social dynamics of temporal partitioning congestion games (TPGs), where participants must coordinate the optimal use of a limited resource. We used the short blossom season of the black iris as a real-world illustration of TPGs. Here is a link: https://lnkd.in/eDpURFFh. The second paper, co-authored with Orit Rotem and Noam Katzir and published in Land ('Identifying Regulatory Barriers in the Management of Ecological Corridors in an Increasingly Congested Space'), examines the regulatory frameworks for managing ecological corridors in congested areas, using the sandstone hills of Ness Ziona as one of our case studies. Available here: https://lnkd.in/eyhH-iUb. The Black Iris Reserve is currently under threat from a major construction project. If you'd like to join us in our efforts to protect it, please sign the petition here: https://lnkd.in/e8SckfVc Did you have a similar experience? I'd be happy to hear more!
