A Note from SHE’s President – Robert Dyball

Welcome to the Society for Human Ecology (SHE). Human Ecology presents a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to understanding the interactions between humans and their environments. SHE has a proud history, now some 30 years old, as a forum to debate and propose solutions to the problems that arise in these human-environmental systems. SHE is very pleased to be working with the College of Human Ecology at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos to organize the Society’s twenty second conference. We are hoping for a lasting legacy of human ecology teaching and research in the broader region.

A number of developments are now underway. These include successfully making the Society’s journal, Human Ecology Review, online and open-access. This has resulted in a significant increase in access and downloads, while hard copies continue to be available to members. There are also plans to revamp the Society’s webpages and to increase content and benefit to members. The overarching aim is to further enhance the value of membership of SHE and to extend and raise the profile and of Human Ecology more generally. Your suggestions to help achieve this would be gratefully received.