Development of Participatory Institutions for Reindeer Management in Finland: A Diagnosis of Deliberation, Knowledge Integration and Sustainability

Hukkinen, Janne; Müller‐Wille, Ludger; Aikio, P.; Heikkinen, Hannu I.; Jääskö, O.; Laakso, Aino; Magga, H.; Nevalainen, Seppo; Pokuri, O.; Raitio, Kaisa; West, Natalie M.

doi:10.1007/3-540-31392-3_4

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“…The actors may leave their own decision space and join a pairwise (see`andˆ) or triple collaboration´on equal footing (see the red dotted line). The parties join because of common topical interests (but potentially conflicting views regarding realization) and form a kind of temporal institution to achieve legitimization via joint understanding and goals (for the institutional aspect, see also Hukkinen et al 2006). Of course, one has to consider power issues, as some key stakeholders may have the structural and financial means to strongly influence the process.…”

Section: Tackling Complex Sustainability Problems From a Human-enviromentioning

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Science with Society in the Anthropocene

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Interdisciplinary scientific knowledge is necessary but not sufficient when it comes to addressing sustainable transformations, as science increasingly has to deal with normative and value-related issues. A systems perspective on coupled human-environmental systems (HES) helps to address the inherent complexities. Additionally, a thorough interaction between science and society (i.e., transdisciplinarity = TD) is necessary, as sustainable transitions are sometimes contested and can cause conflicts. In order to navigate complexities regarding the delicate interaction of scientific research with societal decisions these processes must proceed in a structured and functional way. We thus propose HES-based TD processes to provide a basis for reorganizing science in coming decades.

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Section: Tackling Complex Sustainability Problems From a Human-enviromentioning

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Science with Society in the Anthropocene

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“…Nevertheless, it seems that researchers were needed because herders' critiques have often been labeled as biased and driven by their own interests. In terms of research programs, the EU FP RENMAN (2001RENMAN ( -2004 project was revolutionary in communicating the holistic view deriving from herders to policymakers (Hukkinen et al, 2006). The RENMAN results emerged at the same time when the Saami parliament pointed out the need to examine competing land uses at the end of 1990s, and to use herders' knowledge (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 1999).…”

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“…On the other hand, participatory approaches in research, also engaging herders in knowledge production, started to emerge (e.g. Hukkinen et al, 2006). The year 2009 was chosen as another time interval due to the rise of many relevant themes around reindeer management, like increased attention paid to climate change, mining developments, increasing challenges caused by predators and attention to cumulative pressures.…”

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Matching societal knowledge demand, research funding and scientific knowledge supply: trends and co-creation dynamics around reindeer management in Finland

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Matching knowledge Demand, research Funding and knowledge Supply (DFS) is important in order to enhance societally and policy relevant research, target funding appropriately and enhance the connectivity between science, policy and society. The DFS field around reindeer management in Finland offers a fertile case study to examine interconnected and complex trends as well as the relations between herders' and policymakers' knowledge demand, ministerial funding and independent supply of knowledge by science. We identify matches and mismatches between the DFS in a case study of reindeer management in Finland across ten inductively identified themes and in time scales of 2000-2009 and 2010-2018. The main finding was that, during the latter period, the DFS matched significantly better than in the earlier period. In order to explain this, we identify and discuss five alternative and legitimate co-creation dynamics that explain how the DFS is organizing around the reindeer management in Finland. The five dynamics represent variations in the co-creation approach, fit to varying situations, which can inform of alternative ways to better match the DFS around reindeer management, and they are also applicable in other contexts.

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“…In Eurasia, the utility of tame reindeer has gradually evolved over the last millennium from being primarily a means of transport for hunting other game to being used as meat-an end product regulated by agricultural norms set by the various states (Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway) (Krupnik, 1993;Vitebsky, 2005;Hukkinen et al, 2006;Müller-Wille et al, 2006). For nomadic herders, meat is a by-product of the process of rejection.…”

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