A systemic approach to managing multiple perspectives and stakeholding in water catchments: some findings from three UK case studies

Collins, Kevin; Blackmore, Chris; Morris, Dick; Watson, Drennan

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2006.12.005

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“…Collins et al, 2007) 18 ; -a lack of appreciation that within the diversity of systems scholarship there are varying epistemological 16 I do not claim that this depiction is in any way definitive -a major limitation of it is that it does not include the many valid French, German and Spanish, and possibly other, contributions to contemporary systems approaches. This in itself also highlights how the different language communities give rise to intellectual silos.…”

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Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research: some systemic reflections

Ison

2008

Natures Sciences Sociétés

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-This essay was written in response to an invitation by the editors of NSS issued after the author had reviewed the paper entitled "Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research" submitted by Christian Pohl and Gertrude Hirsch-Hadorn (see . The essay provides an accounting for the transformation in my emotioning as I read the submitted paper by introducing three sets of distinctions: (i) a model of research practice; (ii) an explication of the nature of research situations and (iii) an exploration of the different intellectual lineages that give rise to contemporary systems approaches. I then return to the paper that was under review through the lens of trans-disciplinary research as social learning. Mots-clés :pratiques de recherche ; transdisciplinarité ; apprentissage social ; démarche système Résumé -Défis méthodologiques de la recherche transdisciplinaire : quelques réflexions systémiques. Cet essai résulte d'une invitation des rédacteurs de NSS à Ray Ison qui lui a été faite à la suite de ses commentaires sur l'article intitulé « Methodological Challenges of trans-disciplinary Research » proposé par Christian Pohl et Gerturde Hirsch-Hadorn (voir Pohl et , qui lui avait été soumis pour lecture. L'essai qui suit rend compte, dans un premier temps, de ses réactions à la lecture de cet article à partir de trois entrées : a) un modèle des pratiques de recherche, issu de sa propre tradition venant de la Soft Systems Methodology britannique, b) Une explication de la nature des « situations de recherche », qu'il présente comme des situations non banales, à aborder avec précaution, c) Une exploration des différentes filiations intellectuelles à l'origine de la démarche systémique contemporaine. Il revient ensuite à l'article de Pohl et Hirsch-Hadorn, qu'il commente en l'abordant par l'angle de la recherche transdisciplinaire en tant qu'apprentissage social. Il développe ainsi un point de vue conceptuel d'un ordre différent de celui choisi par les auteurs de l'article, pointant là où ces approches divergent et là où elles se rencontrent.My experience of reviewing the paper by Pohl and Hirsch-Hadorn gave rise to two contrasting emotionsthe first was one of excitement that the methodological basis of trans-disciplinarity was being taken seriously by this group of researchers and that it was a debate that NSS considered worthy of fostering. This emotion also triggered a sense of anticipation -I was struck by the relevance of their opening questions:

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Section: Box 1 Some Features Of Messes and Difficultiesmentioning

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Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research: some systemic reflections

Ison

2008

Natures Sciences Sociétés

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“…Particular attention is paid to whether and how science can make sense of, and contribute to the management of complex situations such as water catchments. (Steyeart et al 2007), Italy (Toderi et al 2007) and the UK (Collins et al 2007); Figure 2 spells out what is at stake methodologically when there is awareness that each individual and/or group acts out of their own traditions of understanding . It also suggests that understanding is not something that can be fully 'shared'.…”

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Social learning: an alternative policy instrument for managing in the context of Europe's water

Blackmore

Ison

Jiggins³

2007

Environmental Science & Policy

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“…Institutionalisation failure needs to be separated from the failure of institutional innovation -the crafting or designing of new institutions (Ison 2014 ) that are more fi t for purpose, e.g. there is considerable research pointing to the value of voluntary organisations such as the Tweed Forum (on the English-Scottish border) aiding more systemic water governance (Collins et al 2007 ;Cook et al 2013 ;Rouillard et al 2014 (Blackmore 2007 ; exemplify what is at issue. In a 3-year study in six major catchments in the water-stressed north-east of South Africa, they examined factors constraining or enabling implementation of adaptive water management.…”

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Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance

Ison

Wallis

2016

Global Issues in Water Policy

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How mechanisms for inclusive governance are understood is built on the framing choices that are made about governance and that which is being governed. This chapter unpacks how governance can be understood and considers different historical and contemporary framings of water governance. A framing of "governance as praxis" is developed as a central element in the chapter. What makes governance inclusive is explored, drawing on theoretical, practical and institutional aspects before elucidating some of the different mechanisms currently used or proposed for creating inclusive water governance (though we argue against praxis based on simple mechanism). Finally, the factors that either constrain or enable inclusive water governance are explored with a focus on systemic concepts of learning and feedback. Keywords Water governance • Participation • Institutional arrangements • Social learning • Adaptive management • Framing Scene SettingWe were invited to address the topic of "mechanisms for inclusive governance". In many ways this is a loaded title as it comprises three terms that cannot be taken for granted: "governance", "inclusive" and "mechanism". For us the pivotal term is governance which, as a contested concept, requires an appreciation of how it might be framed and the possible implications of a given framing choice. Expressed in this way, it is also necessary that we say what we mean by "framing" and "framing choice". In turn, our title leaves open, and thus potentially ambiguous, the question of what is being governed -a river, a catchment, a complex adaptive system, etc.

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A systemic approach to managing multiple perspectives and stakeholding in water catchments: some findings from three UK case studies

Cited by 90 publications

References 11 publications

Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research: some systemic reflections

Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research: some systemic reflections

Social learning: an alternative policy instrument for managing in the context of Europe's water

Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance

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