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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 393-405 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Sustainable development |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Apr 2022 |
Abstract
Calls for transformative change and participatory modes of knowledge production demand researchers to assume new roles. This paper synthesizes the literature on knowledge co-production and researcher roles to explore challenges for researchers involved in transdisciplinary environmental management projects. Our research methods combine a scoping review and reflections on personal experiences with three transdisciplinary projects. To conceptualize researcher roles in transdisciplinary knowledge co-production, we distinguish between three spaces: knowledge, formal policy, and stakeholder. Knowledge co-production requires collaboration between actors from different spaces and integration of diverse knowledge sources and types. Depending on whether researchers adopt knowledge-oriented, change-oriented or intermediating roles, they will experience different challenges. When researchers combine knowledge development with change-oriented and/or intermediating roles, they encounter new challenges, such as, maintaining independence or objectivity. To assist researchers in transdisciplinary projects, we conclude with a checklist of four elements to reflect upon: orientation, norms and values, expectations and resources.
Keywords
- environmental management, knowledge co-production, knowledge integration, researcher role, river management, transdisciplinary research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Development
- Energy(all)
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Sustainable development, Vol. 30, No. 2, 14.04.2022, p. 393-405.
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T1 - Knowledge co-production and researcher roles in transdisciplinary environmental management projects
AU - Vinke-de Kruijf, Joanne
AU - Verbrugge, Laura
AU - Schroeter, Barbara
AU - den Haan, Robert-Jan
AU - Arevalo, Juliette Cortes
AU - Fliervoet, Jan
AU - Henze, Jennifer
AU - Albert, Christian
N1 - Jennifer Henze, Barbara Schröter and Christian Albert acknowledgesupport from the German Federal Ministry for Education and ResearchBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) through a grantfor the PlanSmart research group (funding code: 01UU1601A and B).The paper contributes to the Global Land Project (GLP) science plan regarding Land Governance theme, and to The Programme on Ecosys-tem Change and Society (PECS)'s mission to advance knowledge forsupporting transitions toward sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems. Laura Verbrugge, V.J.C.A., Robert-Jan den Haanand Jan Fliervoet acknowledge support from NWO-TTW and theMinistry of Economic Affairs which provided funding for the researchprogram RiverCare under grant number P12-14
PY - 2022/4/14
Y1 - 2022/4/14
N2 - Calls for transformative change and participatory modes of knowledge production demand researchers to assume new roles. This paper synthesizes the literature on knowledge co-production and researcher roles to explore challenges for researchers involved in transdisciplinary environmental management projects. Our research methods combine a scoping review and reflections on personal experiences with three transdisciplinary projects. To conceptualize researcher roles in transdisciplinary knowledge co-production, we distinguish between three spaces: knowledge, formal policy, and stakeholder. Knowledge co-production requires collaboration between actors from different spaces and integration of diverse knowledge sources and types. Depending on whether researchers adopt knowledge-oriented, change-oriented or intermediating roles, they will experience different challenges. When researchers combine knowledge development with change-oriented and/or intermediating roles, they encounter new challenges, such as, maintaining independence or objectivity. To assist researchers in transdisciplinary projects, we conclude with a checklist of four elements to reflect upon: orientation, norms and values, expectations and resources.
AB - Calls for transformative change and participatory modes of knowledge production demand researchers to assume new roles. This paper synthesizes the literature on knowledge co-production and researcher roles to explore challenges for researchers involved in transdisciplinary environmental management projects. Our research methods combine a scoping review and reflections on personal experiences with three transdisciplinary projects. To conceptualize researcher roles in transdisciplinary knowledge co-production, we distinguish between three spaces: knowledge, formal policy, and stakeholder. Knowledge co-production requires collaboration between actors from different spaces and integration of diverse knowledge sources and types. Depending on whether researchers adopt knowledge-oriented, change-oriented or intermediating roles, they will experience different challenges. When researchers combine knowledge development with change-oriented and/or intermediating roles, they encounter new challenges, such as, maintaining independence or objectivity. To assist researchers in transdisciplinary projects, we conclude with a checklist of four elements to reflect upon: orientation, norms and values, expectations and resources.
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