Crafting Usable Knowledge for Sustainable Development

Clark, William C.; Kerkhoff, Lorrae van; Lebel, Louis; Gallopín, Gilberto C.

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“…Our findings contribute to further stimulating the scientific discussion about potential avenues in which scientists can strategically operate with integrity as empirically informed and hypothesis-driven change agents (4,5).…”

Section: Implications For Sustainability Sciencementioning

confidence: 62%

“…A key component of sustainability science is to collaborate with actors outside of academia to codesign and codevelop an understanding of the challenges and their corresponding solutions (2,3). Local and regional examples illustrate how sustainability scientists have engaged with society as change agents (4,5) and the challenges associated with such engagement (3,4,6,7). In this context, however, there has been limited attention devoted to large-scale private actors (8).…”

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Emergence of a global science–business initiative for ocean stewardship

Österblom

Jouffray

Folke

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The ocean represents a fundamental source of micronutrients and protein for a growing world population. Seafood is a highly traded and sought after commodity on international markets, and is critically dependent on healthy marine ecosystems. A global trend of wild stocks being overfished and in decline, as well as multiple sustainability challenges associated with a rapid growth of aquaculture, represent key concerns in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Existing efforts aimed to improve the sustainability of seafood production have generated important progress, primarily at the local and national levels, but have yet to effectively address the global challenges associated with the ocean. This study highlights the importance of transnational corporations in enabling transformative change, and thereby contributes to advancing the limited understanding of large-scale private actors within the sustainability science literature. We describe how we engaged with large seafood producers to coproduce a global science-business initiative for ocean stewardship. We suggest that this initiative is improving the prospects for transformative change by providing novel links between science and business, between wild-capture fisheries and aquaculture, and across geographical space. We argue that scientists can play an important role in facilitating change by connecting knowledge to action among global actors, while recognizing risks associated with such engagement. The methods developed through this case study contribute to identifying key competences in sustainability science and hold promises for other sectors as well.coproduction | governance | learning | resilience | transformation S ustainability science is becoming a mainstream scientific approach for understanding and addressing the global and interconnected challenges currently facing humanity (1, 2). A key component of sustainability science is to collaborate with actors outside of academia to codesign and codevelop an understanding of the challenges and their corresponding solutions (2, 3). Local and regional examples illustrate how sustainability scientists have engaged with society as change agents (4, 5) and the challenges associated with such engagement (3,4,6,7). In this context, however, there has been limited attention devoted to large-scale private actors (8). Existing studies primarily focus on how major brands invest in-and benefit from-sustainability initiatives (9), or analyze how and when voluntary commitments to sustainability may influence corporate behavior (10, 11). Little is known about how scientists can engage with corporations and how knowledge can be transferred from science to action by the private sector.In the following, we present our experience from a coproduction process with large transnational seafood corporations, aimed at stimulating transformative change in the seafood industry, and the subsequent emergence of a global initiative for ocean stewardship. Here, ocean stewardship is viewed as an adaptive and lear...

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Emergence of a global science–business initiative for ocean stewardship

Österblom

Jouffray

Folke

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Comparing and assessing different places makes sense. Moreover since this type of knowledge building is precisely a major objective of sustainability science [133,134]. This way, urban planning can contribute to consolidate the theoretical framework of sustainability science.…”

Section: Discussion: a Breeding Ground To Consolidate The Theoreticalmentioning

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Challenges in Sustainability Volume 5 (2017) | Issue 1 | Earth System Governance - Task Force Initiative on Sustainability Science

Monteiro¹

2017

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“…This paper seeks to inform development of urban bicycle infrastructure policy that can transition society towards sustainability. Using sustainability science as a framework for generating usable knowledge [29,30], we argue that empirically-driven approaches relying on site-specific and user-centered data [31,32] offer alternative means of matching infrastructure with cyclists riding preferences. First we review instruments for evaluating bicycle networks.…”

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Assessing the Bicycle Network in St. Louis: A PlaceBased User-Centered Approach

2017

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Abstract:To transition towards sustainability and increase low-impact transportation, city planners are integrating bicycle infrastructure in urban landscapes. Yet, this infrastructure only promotes cycling according to how well it is sited within a specific city. How to best site bicycle facilities is essential for sustainability planning. We review approaches to assessing and siting new bicycle facilities. Following sustainability science, we argue that active cyclists should be consulted to incorporate users' site-specific knowledge into bicycle infrastructure assessments. We then pilot an approach that surveys cyclists concerning level of stress along routes ridden in St. Louis, MO, USA. Among the active cyclists surveyed (n = 89), we found stress correlates with speed limit, roadway classification, and number of lanes. Although cyclists surveyed in St. Louis prefer roads with bike lanes over roads with sharrows or no infrastructure, the presence of bicycle infrastructure had no correlation with reported levels of stress. The piloted survey and spatial analytic tool are transferable to other localities. For planners, the maps generated by this participant data approach identify high-stress routes as targets of new infrastructure or information to direct cyclists to safer routes. For bicyclists, the maps generated identify low-stress routes for recreation and commuting.

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Crafting Usable Knowledge for Sustainable Development

Cited by 94 publications

References 51 publications

Emergence of a global science–business initiative for ocean stewardship

Emergence of a global science–business initiative for ocean stewardship

Challenges in Sustainability Volume 5 (2017) | Issue 1 | Earth System Governance - Task Force Initiative on Sustainability Science

Assessing the Bicycle Network in St. Louis: A PlaceBased User-Centered Approach

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