Details zur Publikation |
| Kategorie | Textpublikation |
| Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102240 |
| Volltext | Autorenversion |
| Titel (primär) | Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work |
| Autor | Steger, C.; Klein, J.A.; Reid, R.S.; Lavorel, S.; Tucker, C.; Hopping, K.A.; Marchant, R.; Teel, T.; Cuni-Sanchez, A.; Dorji, T.; Greenwood, G.; Huber, R.; Kassam, K.-A.; Kreuer, D.
; Nolin, A.; Russell, A.; Sharp, J.L.; Šmid Hribar, M.; Thorn, J.P.R.; Grant, G.; Mahdi, M.; Moreno, M.; Waiswa, D. |
| Quelle | Global Environmental Change |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2021 |
| Department | OESA; UPOL |
| Band/Volume | 68 |
| Seite von | art. 102240 |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | highlight; Social-ecological systems; Collaborative environmental management; Knowledge co-production; Social learning; Sustainability; Science policy interface; Science to action |
| Abstract | Transdisciplinary research is a promising approach to address sustainability challenges arising from global environmental
change, as it is characterized by an iterative process that brings together
actors from multiple academic fields and diverse sectors of society to engage
in mutual learning with the intent to co-produce new knowledge. We present a
conceptual model to guide the implementation of environmental transdisciplinary
work, which we consider a “science with society” (SWS) approach, providing suggested
activities to conduct throughout a seven-step process. We used a survey with
168 respondents involved in environmental transdisciplinary work worldwide to
evaluate the relative importance of these activities and the skills and
characteristics required to implement them successfully, with attention to how
responses differed according to the gender, geographic location, and
positionality of the respondents. Flexibility and collaborative spirit were the
most frequently valued skills in SWS, though non-researchers tended to
prioritize attributes like humility, trust, and patience over flexibility. We
also explored the relative significance of barriers to successful SWS, finding
insufficient time and unequal power dynamics were the two most significant barriers
to successful SWS. Together with case studies of respondents’ most successful
SWS projects, we create a toolbox of 20 best practices that can be used to
overcome barriers and increase the societal and scientific impacts of SWS
projects. Project success was perceived to be significantly higher where there
was medium to high policy impact, and projects initiated by practitioners/other
stakeholders had a larger proportion of high policy impact compared to projects
initiated by researchers only. Communicating project results to academic
audiences occurred more frequently than communicating results to practitioners
or the public, despite this being ranked less important overall. We discuss how
these results point to three recommendations for future SWS: 1) balancing
diverse perspectives through careful partnership formation and design; 2)
promoting communication, learning, and reflexivity (i.e., questioning
assumptions, beliefs, and practices) to overcome conflict and power
asymmetries; and 3) increasing policy impact for joint science and society
benefits. Our study highlights the benefits of diversity in SWS - both in the
types of people and knowledge included as well as the methods used - and the
potential benefits of this approach for addressing the increasingly complex
challenges arising from global environmental change. |
| dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=24361 |
| Steger, C., Klein, J.A., Reid, R.S., Lavorel, S., Tucker, C., Hopping, K.A., Marchant, R., Teel, T., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Dorji, T., Greenwood, G., Huber, R., Kassam, K.-A., Kreuer, D., Nolin, A., Russell, A., Sharp, J.L., Šmid Hribar, M., Thorn, J.P.R., Grant, G., Mahdi, M., Moreno, M., Waiswa, D. (2021): Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work Glob. Environ. Change 68 , art. 102240 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102240 |
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