Knowledge co-production and researcher roles in transdisciplinary environmental management projects
(2022) In Sustainable Development 30(2). p.393-405- 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... (More)
- 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. (Less)
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- Vinke-de Kruijf, Joanne ; Verbrugge, Laura ; Schröter, Barbara LU ; den Haan, Robert-Jan ; Cortes Arevalo, Juliette ; Fliervoet, Jan ; Henze, Jennifer and Albert, Christian
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- 2022-01-24
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- environmental management, knowledge co-production, knowledge integration, researcher role, river management, transdisciplinary research
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- Sustainable Development
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- 30
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- 2
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- 393 - 405
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- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- scopus:85123464930
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- 1099-1719
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- 10.1002/sd.2281
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- English
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