COVID-19 pandemic as a learning path for grounding conservation policies in science

Pardini, Renata; Bertuol‐Garcia, Diana; Araújo, Beatriz Demasi; Mesquita, João Pedro; Murer, Beatriz Moraes; Pônzio, Marcella do Carmo; Ribeiro, Fernando Silvério; Rossi, Mariana Laganaro; Prado, Paulo Inácio

doi:10.1016/j.pecon.2021.02.009

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“…The scientific findings are predominantly used to support the existing political regime (Molle and Mollinga, 2009;Mollinga, 2008;Haas, 1992) and justify certain water practices (Lane, 2014, Latour, 2000, Sivapalan and Blöschl, 2015. In addition, the policy-makers are important in encompassing complex problems into the official state agenda, coordinating the innovative solutions among sectors, and mediating the conflict of interests among multi-stakeholders (Pardini et al, 2021;Cech, 2010;Pielke, 2007). On the other hand, it is usually the civil society that put pressure on policy-makers to re-consider their plans (Haefner, 2016;Matthews and Geheb, 2015;Mirumachi, 2015).…”

Section: Evaluation Of the Politicized Water Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Jiménez et al 2020;Houdret, Kramer and Carius, 2010). Therefore, whenever multi-stakeholders are developing their viewpoints, the accountable research dialogue should be built on mutual respect and standard research procedures (Colloff, Grafton and Williams, 2021;Pardini et al, 2021;Weber, Memon and Painter, 2011). To better understand the conflict of ideas among multi-stakeholders (Earle, Jägerskog and Öjendal, 2010;Swann and Bosson, 2008) and examine the quality of research inputs (Michalska-Smith andAllesina, 2017, Sarewitz, 2016), we adapted Baker's model (Baker, 2016) and outlined twelve key challenges in "standard research procedures" (see Table 2).…”

Section: Evaluation Of the Politicized Water Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Secondly, water science along with other scientific fields experience severe crisis (Pardini et al, 2021;Sarewitz, 2015).…”

Section: Eyes On Earth Study Implications On Accountable Research Dia...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To date, many scientists call for better transparency of the hydrological data, improved accuracy of the predictive models and bigger diversity of the research viewpoints (Morgan et al, 2018, Brown, 2015Spruijt et al, 2014). However, science is not value-free (Pardini et al, 2021) and the growing demand for collaboration with non-scientists can be troublesome (Hamilton et al, 2019). Perhaps, the most interesting case of politicization of science can be traced to speculations over Chinese mainstream dams in the Lancang-Mekong Basin.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Socio-hydrology, politicization of water science and implication of the Eyes on Earth Study on the contemporary research dialogue in the Lancang-Mekong Basin

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Wang

Yan³

2022

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Abstract. Since April 2020, the Eyes on Earth Study has received significant media attention for considering the Chinese mainstream reservoirs as one of the main drivers for changing the natural water flow and compounding the severe droughts in the Lancang-Mekong Basin. Unlike other hydrological studies, the Eyes on Earth Study polarized the international research community and received unusual media attention. While the Eyes on Earth Study raised public awareness about upstream water operations and motivated civil society to co-develop the water knowledge, there can be found numerous shortcomings and other irregularities in the current research dialogue over the research conclusions. By drawing on the politicization of scientific theories and combining the socio-hydrology with critical political ecology, the presented paper (1) conceptualizes the human-water interaction in the context of the politicization of the EoE Study, (2) reviews current development pathways in contemporary research dialogue in the Lancang-Mekong Basin, and (3) examines contemporary challenges for water science. To re-define the politicization of water science, the constructivist discourse analysis has been applied to investigate the argumentation patterns over the Eyes on Earth Study in the last 18 months (April 2020–September 2021). In addition, we applied the adapted Baker’s model to double-check the content of the EoE Study and degree of alignment with high-quality research inputs. Our data show that (i) benefits from ensuring the standard research procedures outweigh the benefits from using the alternative research procedures, (ii) gradual stratification of contemporary research channels and simplification of research findings contribute to political distrust towards the water science, and (iii) growing intervention of non-traditional actors in the research dialogue produce the gap in applied discourse practices and medialize the desirable water narratives. The topic is highly actual and beneficial for water experts and other interdisciplinary scientists who want to better understand the power of hydrological studies and clarify the incentives undermining the trust in science.

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Section: Evaluation Of the Politicized Water Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evaluation Of the Politicized Water Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Secondly, water science along with other scientific fields experience severe crisis (Pardini et al, 2021;Sarewitz, 2015).…”

Section: Eyes On Earth Study Implications On Accountable Research Dia...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Socio-hydrology, politicization of water science and implication of the Eyes on Earth Study on the contemporary research dialogue in the Lancang-Mekong Basin

Grünwald¹,

Wang

Yan³

2022

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“…Los efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 dejaron ver ejemplos de negación y politización de la ciencia, al tiempo que desencadenaron el compromiso de los científicos frente a la producción de información con el objetivo de ayudar a los responsables políticos ante la problemática actual, cuyo impacto en países emergentes es más notorio, como indican Pardini et al (2021). Con ello, se evidencia que el éxito de los programas e instrumentos de política pública no solo depende de la estabilidad política, sino también de recursos, planeación, evaluación y el correcto seguimiento a su implementación.…”

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Aporte del SENA al sistema nacional de ciencia, tecnología e innovación de Colombia

2021

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Existen diferentes enfoques que dan cuenta de la importancia de la relación entre el crecimiento económico y la implementación de programas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación (CTI) en el marco del diseño, la ejecución y la evaluación de políticas públicas. Por lo anterior, este trabajo aborda dicha relación desde el concepto, la metodología, la normativa y la implementación de la política de CTI de Colombia, resaltando el aporte del Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA) a la construcción de programas de CTI en el país. Aquí se muestran las contribuciones de la estrategia SENNOVA, creada por el SENA, como respuesta institucional a la normatividad de ciencia y tecnología nacional y la organización en la inversión de recursos. Finalmente, se concluye que SENNOVA es un agente multiplicador de la apropiación tecnológica, social y colectiva, al transferir el conocimiento generado en los proyectos de diferentes líneas programáticas de CTI a los procesos de formación profesional y al sector productivo, contribuyendo así con la disminución de las brechas tecnológicas existentes en el país.

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A computational approach to study the gap and barriers between science and policy

Luczak‐Roesch

Donadelli

2022

Science and Public Policy

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Research on the gap between science and policymaking and the barriers to utilizing science in policy remains controversial, since previous research methods have dominated data collection with perceived participant responses. This approach makes research findings applicable to particular contexts, particular participants, and particular times but cannot be generalized. We used a computational model to analyse linguistic text data from two communities and compared the results with self-reported research findings. The outcomes support that scientists and policymakers have their own linguistic characteristics, with scientists in the medical field preferring jargon and policymakers’ language containing public satisfaction pressures. Language representation also validates the existence of barriers in the use of science.

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COVID-19 pandemic as a learning path for grounding conservation policies in science

Cited by 9 publications

References 48 publications

Socio-hydrology, politicization of water science and implication of the Eyes on Earth Study on the contemporary research dialogue in the Lancang-Mekong Basin

Socio-hydrology, politicization of water science and implication of the Eyes on Earth Study on the contemporary research dialogue in the Lancang-Mekong Basin

Aporte del SENA al sistema nacional de ciencia, tecnología e innovación de Colombia

A computational approach to study the gap and barriers between science and policy

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