Human Dimensions Committee
Key Tasks:
The Human Dimensions Committee’s area of responsibility is to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary research that leads to increased understanding of the relationship between North Pacific marine ecosystems and the people, communities, and economies that are part of those systems and rely on the resources and services they provide. Particular emphasis will be given to fostering research on: (a) methodological and empirical challenges involved in integrating human dimensions into ecosystem analyses; and (b) exploration of development pathways that are sustainable from social, economic, and ecological perspectives. The HD committee will support the work of other PICES expert groups, including any integrated science program. Where other PICES expert groups often consider the impact of human activities on ecosystems, the HD committee will promote both the consideration of these impacts and how biophysical changes impact the well-being of people, communities, and economies taking into account their characteristics and values. In addition, the committee will engage with kindred ‘human dimension’ initiatives of other organizations (e.g., ICES and IMBER).
News
  • Changes to WG 51 Term: WG-51 term has been extended until PICES-2026.
    1/8/2026 10:47:03 AM PST
  • Changes within HD Committee Membership (Chair, Vice-Chair): Ms. Karen Hunter (Canada) is replacing Dr. Mitsutaku Makino (Japan) as an HD Committee Chair. Dr. Shion Takemura (Japan) is replacing Ms. Karen Hunter (Canada) as an HD Committee Vice-Chair.
    12/18/2025 11:18:48 AM PST
  • Changes within HD Committee Membership (China): Prof. Ling Cao is a newly appointed HD committee member replacing Dr. Yang Han.
    6/12/2025 3:26:51 PM PST
  • Changes within HD Committee Membership (Japan): Dr. Aoi Sugimoto stepped down as an HD Committee member.
    6/10/2025 5:59:28 PM PST
  • Changes within HD Committee Membership (Korea): Dr. Yeajin Jung is a newly appointed HD committee member replacing Prof. Tae-Goun Kim and representing Korea.
    2/28/2025 12:48:17 PM PST

    • More News

Members
Dr. Natalie Ban (HD)
School of Environmental Studies
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC
Canada V8W 2Y2
1-250-853-3569
nban@uvic.ca
Ms. Karen Hunter (HD, SB, WG-49, WG-51)
HD Chair, WG-49 Co-Chair, WG-51 Co-Chair
Pacific Biological Station
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
3190 Hammond Bay Rd.
Nanaimo, BC
Canada V9T 6N7
250-756-3379
karen.hunter@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Prof. Ling Cao (HD, WG-51)
College of Ocean and Earth Sciences
Xiamen University
Xiang'an Road
Xiamen, China, PR 361005
18217005590
caoling@xmu.edu.cn
Prof. Shang Sunny Chen (HD)
First Institute of Oceanography, MNR
Rm. 521, Science Bldg., 6 Xianxialing Rd., Laohan District
Qingdao, Shandong
China, PR 266061
+86-532-66717029
qdcs@163.com
Prof. Jingmei Li (HD)
Ocean university of China
No.238 Songling Rd
Qingdao, SHANDONG SHENG
China, PR 266100
+8618653225598
32584626@qq.com
Prof. Mitsutaku Makino (AP-UNDOS, FUTURE-SSC, HD, WG-51)
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI)
The University of Tokyo
5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi
Chiba, Japan 277-8564
+81-4-7136-6006
+81-4-7136-6039
mmakino@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Dr. Shion Takemura (HD, WG-51)
HD Vice-Chair, WG-51 Co-Chair
Socio-Ecological Systems Division, Fisheries Stock Assessment Center, Fisheries Resources Institute
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Japan 2368648
+81-45-788-7908
+81-45-788-5001
takemura_shion01@fra.go.jp
Dr. Yeajin Jung (HD)
Marine Environment Department
Korean Maritime Institute
26, Haeyang-ro 301 beon-gil, Yeongdo-gu
Busan, Korea, R 49111
82-051-797-4745
yjjung@kmi.re.kr
Prof. Do-Hoon Kim (HD)
Marine & Fisheries Business and Economics
Pukyong National University
Yongso-ro 45, Nam-gu
Busan, Korea, R 48513
+82-51-629-5954
delaware310@pknu.ac.kr
Prof. Jongseong Ryu (HD, WG-49, WG-51)
School of Future Convergence
Seo Kyeong University
124 Seohyeong-no, Seongbuk-gu
Seoul, Korea, R 02713
+82-2-940-2927
jsryu90@gmail.com
Ms. Anna Karulina (HD)
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center (TINRO-Center)
4, Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690090
7(423)2300-752
7(423)2300-751
anna.karulina@tinro.vniro.ru
Dr. Oleg N. Katugin (FUTURE-SSC, HD)
Division for International Scientific Cooperation
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center (TINRO-Center)
4 Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690090
(7-423) 2300-752
(7-423) 2300-752
oleg.katugin@tinro.vniro.ru
Ms. Ekaterina Kurilova (HD)
Khabarovsk Branch of VNIRO
13-A Amursky Blvd.
Khabarovsk, Russia 680028
(7-4012) 315-447
(7-4012) 315-447
katy_k07@mail.ru
Dr. Sunny Jardine (HD)
School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
University of Washington
3707 Brooklyn Ave NE Seattle WA 98105 United States
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98105
(206) 616-4952?
jardine@uw.edu
Dr. Minling Pan (HD)
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center
1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. #176
Honolulu, HI
U.S.A. 96818
(1-808) 725-5349
Minling.Pan@noaa.gov
Dr. Sarah Pence Wise (HD)
Economics and Social Science Program
NMFS, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Bldg. 4, 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115
206-526-4172
sarah.wise@noaa.gov
Active Groups
WG 51: Working Group on Exploring Human Networks to Power Sustainability
(PICES-2022 - PICES-2026)

WG 53: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Sustainable Pelagic Forage Communities
(June 2024 – PICES-2027)

Disbanded Groups
WG 44: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for the Northern Bering Sea - Chukchi Sea
(PICES-2019 - PICES-2022), (also reports to FIS)

WG 43: Joint PICES/ICES Working Group on Small Pelagic Fish
(Term: Dec. 2019 - PICES-2023) (Disbanded: IGC-2024)

WG 41: Working Group on Marine Ecosystem Services
(Term: PICES-2017 - PICES-2021) (Disbanded: PICES-2023) (Also reports to FUTURE-SSC)

SG-SciCom: Study Group on Science Communications
(PICES-2020 - Jan. 2022 (final report completion))
Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017

Session and Workshop Summaries

ICES 2025 ASC:
ICES/PICES Theme Session G, The human dimension in adaptive marine management

ICES 2022 ASC:
ICES/PICES Theme Session C, Operationalizing resilience for climate change impacts

PICES-2019:
S14, Integrating economic and social objectives in marine resource management

PICES-2018:
S9, Integration of science and policy for sustainable marine ecosystem services

PICES-2017:
S8/HD-Paper, Marine ecosystem health and human well-being: A social-ecological systems approach
W2, Coastal ecosystem services in the North Pacific and analytical tools/methodologies for their assessment

Symposia / Inter-sessional Workshops

2024, MSEAS 2024 2nd Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Symposium, Yokohama, Japan

2021, MSEAS-2021 Marine Socio-Ecological Systems Symposium, Teaser Event

Related Materials

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 52, 2011
Marine Ecosystems and Human Well-being: The PICES-Japan MAFF MarWeB Project

PICES Sci. Rep. No. 39, 2011
Report of the Study Group on Human Dimensions