Integrative science in practice: Process perspectives from ASB, the Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins

Tomich, Thomas P.; Timmer, Dagmar W.; Velarde, Sandra J.; Orihuela, Julio Alegre; Areskoug, Veronika; Cash, David W.; Cattaneo, Andrea; Ericksen, Polly J.; Joshi, Laxman; Kasyoki, Joyce; Legg, Christopher; Locatelli, Marília; Murdiyarso, Daniel; Palm, Cheryl; Porro, Roberto; Perazzo, Alejandro Rescia; Salazar-Vega, Angel; Noordwijk, Meine van; Weise, Stéphan; White, Devin

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2006.12.015

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“…The cases of divergence received special attention in open ended 'virtual' discussions. Full results and methodology have been published (Tomich et al 2007). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…We have published elsewhere detailed accounts of how the ASB program has functioned and of its impacts on both knowledge and action relevant to sustainable development (Tomich et al 2007;Clark et al 2006). Here we reanalyze data presented in those publications and supplement it with new field work from Indonesia and the findings of a pair of targeted workshops to explore two much more specific questions:  To what extent does ASB's history of efforts to link knowledge with action for sustainable development of tropical forest margins confirm, reject, or call for extension of existing generalizations about the attributes of successful boundary work?…”

Section: Natural Resource Management At the Cgiarmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…ASB leadership recognized early on that understanding the sustainability of alternative human land uses at the tropic forest margins would require the integration of research across the natural and social sciences (Tomich et al 2007). Such integration, however, posed significant challenges for the program, embedded as it was in the traditionally natural science culture of the CGIAR.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…"Safe spaces" (NRC 2006) that encouraged two-way communication among participants across disciplines were created through the program's use of joint field trips to the ASB benchmark research sites. The "retreat-like" character of these field visits were widely cited by participants as extremely powerful mechanisms for fostering more meaningful and respectful exchanges across the gulf normally separating natural and social science researchers (Tomich et al 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Toward a General Theory of Boundary Work: Insights from the CGIAR's Natural Resource Management Programs

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Previous research on the determinants of effectiveness in knowledge systems seeking to support sustainable development has highlighted the importance of "boundary work" through which research communities organize their relations with other fields of science, other sources of knowledge, and the worlds of action and policymaking. A growing body of scholarship postulates specific attributes of boundary work that promote used and useful research. These propositions, however, are largely based on the experience of a few industrialized countries. We report here on an effort to evaluate their relevance for efforts to harness science in support of sustainability in the developing world. We carried out a multi-country comparative analysis of natural resource management programs conducted under the auspices of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). We discovered 6 distinctive kinds of boundary work contributing to successes of the CGIAR programs-a greater variety than has been documented in previous studies. We propose that these different kinds of boundary work can be understood as a dual response to the different uses for which the results of specific research programs are intended, and the different sources of knowledge drawn on by those programs. We show that these distinctive kinds of boundary work require distinctive strategies to organize them effectively. Especially important are arrangements regarding participation of stakeholders, governance, and the use of boundary objects. We conclude that improving the ability of research programs to produce useful knowledge for sustainable development will require both greater and differentiated support for multiple forms of boundary work.

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“…The cases of divergence received special attention in open ended 'virtual' discussions. Full results and methodology have been published (Tomich et al 2007). …”

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“…Moreover, meeting the deep challenge of environmental sustainability highlights the imperative to overcome collaborative barriers in science and governance (Hardin 1968, Ostrom et al 1999, Dietz et al 2003, Tomich et al 2007, Bodin and Crona 2009. Aware of this, and to mobilize financial resources from multiple countries, scientists have formed networks to advance scientific understanding of complex nonlinear, cross-scale environmental dynamics.…”

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The Contributions of Regional Knowledge Networks Researching Environmental Changes in Latin America and Africa: a Synthesis of what they can do and why they can be policy relevant

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ABSTRACT. We provide a synthesis of what regional scientific research networks in less developed regions of the world can do and why they might be relevant for societal decisions and practice. We do so through a focus on three regional science network initiatives that aim to enhance understanding of the multiscalar dynamics of global environmental change (GEC) regionally and globally, namely the Southern Africa Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000), the Large-Scale BiosphereAtmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change (IAI). With a view to aiding future efforts at regional research network formation, we assess whether and how these three networks enhanced regional science, and the extent to which they sought and managed to bridge the science-policy gap that challenges GEC science as a whole. Identifying key decisions and attributes bearing on their successes, the analysis attends specifically to how the three networks sought to build capacity, how differences and similarities between them affected their level of autonomy from governments, and how this and other factors influenced their functioning and achievements.

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Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Investing without losing interest

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Integrative science in practice: Process perspectives from ASB, the Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

Toward a General Theory of Boundary Work: Insights from the CGIAR's Natural Resource Management Programs

Toward a General Theory of Boundary Work: Insights from the CGIAR's Natural Resource Management Programs

The Contributions of Regional Knowledge Networks Researching Environmental Changes in Latin America and Africa: a Synthesis of what they can do and why they can be policy relevant

Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Investing without losing interest

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