Actor modelling and its contribution to the development of integrative strategies for management of pharmaceuticals in drinking water

Titz, Alexandra; Döll, Petra

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.031

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“…Transdisciplinary settings and methods designed in Phase A.4 were applied and adjusted according to the socio-cultural contexts in the study areas to achieve optimal knowledge generation and integration. In SuMaRiO, the actor modelling method (Titz and Döll 2009 ), which was planned to be used for integrating the problem perceptions of institutional stakeholders from outside academia in the form of a perception graph, was modified by first eliciting the problem perceptions of Chinese scientists (Siew et al 2014 ). As described in A.1, the research team of the SuMaRiO project had limited access to stakeholders, while governmental stakeholders were reluctant to be interviewed officially.…”

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Transdisciplinary research in support of land and water management in China and Southeast Asia: evaluation of four research projects

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Transdisciplinary research (TDR) aims at identifying implementable solutions to difficult sustainability problems and at fostering social learning. It requires a well-managed collaboration among multidisciplinary scientists and multisectoral stakeholders. Performing TDR is challenging, particularly for foreign researchers working in countries with different institutional and socio-cultural conditions. There is a need to synthesize and share experience among researchers as well as practitioners regarding how TDR can be conducted under specific contexts. In this paper, we aim to evaluate and synthesize our unique experience in conducting TDR projects in Asia. We applied guiding principles of TDR to conduct a formative evaluation of four consortium projects on sustainable land and water management in China, the Philippines, and Vietnam. In all projects, local political conditions restricted the set of stakeholders that could be involved in the research processes. The set of involved stakeholders was also affected by the fact that stakeholders in most cases only participate if they belong to the personal network of the project leaders. Language barriers hampered effective communication between foreign researchers and stakeholders in all projects and thus knowledge integration. The TDR approach and its specific methods were adapted to respond to the specific cultural, social, and political conditions in the research areas, also with the aim to promote trust and interest of the stakeholders throughout the project. Additionally, various measures were implemented to promote collaboration among disciplinary scientists. Based on lessons learned, we provide specific recommendations for the design and implementation of TDR projects in particular in Asia.

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“…Nevertheless, feedbacks are considered throughout transdisciplinary research processes. Actor-based modelling has been used in participatory settings in the framework of social-ecological research on pharmaceuticals in drinking water (Titz and Döll, 2009) and mobile organic substances in surface waters (Döll and Döll, 2008).…”

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Transdisciplinary research for supporting the inte-gration of ecosystem services into land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China

Siew¹,

Döll²

2012

Journal of Arid Land

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There is a growing need for both science and practice domains to collaboratively and systematically seek knowledge-based strategies for sustainable development. In recent years, transdisciplinary research has emerged as a new approach that enables joint problem solving among scientists and stakeholders in various fields. In this paper, we aim to introduce transdisciplinary research for supporting the integration of the concept of ecosystem services into land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China. While a large number of ecosystem service studies have helped to raise the awareness for the value of nature in China, a number of challenges remain, including an improved understanding of the relationships between ecosystem structure, functions and services, and the interaction of the various ecosystem services. A meaningful valuation of ecosystem services also requires the consideration of their strong spatial heterogeneity. In addition, ways to introduce the concept of ecosystem services into decision-making in China need to be explored. Thus, successful integration of the concept of ecosystem services into actual land and water management requires a broad knowledge base that only a number of scientific disciplines and stakeholders can provide jointly, via a transdisciplinary research process. We regard transdisciplinary research as a recursive process to support adaptive management that includes joint knowledge generation and integration among scientists and stakeholders. System, target, and transformation knowledge are generated and integrated during the process of (1) problem (re)definition, (2) problem analysis and strategy development, and (3) evaluation of the impact of the derived strategy. Methods to support transdisciplinary research comprise participatory modelling (actor-based modelling and Bayesian Networks modelling) and participatory scenario development. Actor-based modelling is a semi-quantitative method that is based on the analysis of problem perspectives of individual stakeholders as depicted in perception graphs. With Bayesian Networks, complex problem fields are modelled probabilistically in a simplified manner, using both quantitative data and qualitative expert judgments. These participatory methods serve to integrate diverse scientific and stakeholder knowledge and to support the generation of actually implementable management strategies for sustainable development. For the purpose of integrating ecosystem services in land and water management in the Tarim River Basin through transdisciplinary research, collaboration among scientists and institutional stakeholders from different sectors including water, agriculture, forestry, and nature conservation is required. The challenge is to adapt methods of transdisciplinary research to socio-cultural conditions in China, particularly regarding ways of communication and decision-making.

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“…Commonly, researchers apply methods called actor analyses to understand the nature of actors and their communication styles (Titz & Döll 2009). The practitioners involved in our case study project did not apply actor analyses.…”

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A multifunctional Sydney laneway: what’s transdisciplinarity got to do with it?

Ruíz

Dobbie

Brown

2017

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

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Academia and industry increasingly recognise the need for multifunctional urban spaces. But how do we meet this need? Emerging responses point to the promise of transdisciplinarity. We critically reflect on this claim by analysing the role of transdisciplinary practice in the successful conversion of a Sydney laneway into a multifunctional urban space. We trace the co-existence of different disciplinary practices throughout the project stages, to better understand how much transdisciplinarity contributed to its success. A tentative explanatory framework emerges from our analysis and is offered to map the enabling conditions, disciplinary dynamics and strategies that allowed this laneway's transformation into a multifunctional space. Enabling conditions were the municipality had institutionalised a concern for the environment; an organisational change programme ensured the project's independence from the capital budget; and an environmentally aware community group played a core role. The disciplinary dynamics observed were diverse. Planning and design were transdisciplinary, but implementation and maintenance were not. Finally, practitioners used various strategies to bring actors together: they understood the political nature of the organisation; they recognised the different types of actors involved in the project, and then used appropriate language to communicate ideas and to manage risks and expectations.

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Actor modelling and its contribution to the development of integrative strategies for management of pharmaceuticals in drinking water

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Transdisciplinary research in support of land and water management in China and Southeast Asia: evaluation of four research projects

Transdisciplinary research in support of land and water management in China and Southeast Asia: evaluation of four research projects

Transdisciplinary research for supporting the inte-gration of ecosystem services into land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China

A multifunctional Sydney laneway: what’s transdisciplinarity got to do with it?

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