The Schultes Award was created in 2001 to honour the late Dr. Richard Evans Schultes. One or more awards of up to $2500 are presented annually to students and recent graduates who are members of the Society for Economic Botany to help defray fieldwork costs on a topic related to economic botany.Richard E. Schultes (12... Continue Reading →
An interview with Tinde Van Andel - Senior Researcher in Ethnobotany
This is a reminder that the Society for Economic Botany is offering a course in writing research papers to members who are students or recent graduates.
Fieldwork at the Hani Rice Terraced Ecosystem (Yunnan, China) for carbon sequestration.
The SEB group meeting on 17 August in the Economic Botany Collection, RBGK
Our first scenario raised questions about the process of obtaining consent. Check the original post here: https://sebstudentblog.com/2021/11/01/ethics-scenario-for-discussion/ The Principle of Educated Prior Informed Consent in our society’s Code of Ethics reads: “Educated prior informed consent must be established before any research is undertaken, at individual and collective levels, as determined by community governance structures. Prior... Continue Reading →
Apply for the exciting SEB Student Committee!
An interview with Derek Haynes, who is bringing ethnobotany to the mainstream through his lively social media presence, whilst paving the way for the next generation of Black scientists.
With these ethics scenario, we aim to generate dialog among our membership about the ethical issues we encounter in our research. We encourage you to post your responses below, or submit them to the Ethics Committee Chair (ethics_chair@econbot.org).
A blogpost by Yu Bai about her fieldwork at the Shexian Dryland Stone Terraces System
Society for Economic Botany // Student Blog 