The challenges of co-research in labs in real-world contexts: empirical findings from four labs in the context of urban climate-change research

Sieber, Raphael; Lisa, Faulenbach; Marisa, Fuchs; Gülleken, Lisa

doi:10.3828/tpr.2021.24

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“…Thus, a learning for city administration, the investigation scope should be as small as possible to formulate clear and cohesive measures that can induce short-term impulses for local residents. This downscaling to a small section of realistic complexity complements the conclusions of other cooperative research projects in the context of urban climate adaptation (Sieber et al 2022). Nevertheless, city-wide or region-wide strategic documents about GI planning should be carried out and cross-referenced in parallel to be in line with long-term mission statements.…”

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confidence: 61%

Between vision and action: the predicted effects of co-designed green infrastructure solutions on environmental burdens

Schaefer

2022

Urban Ecosyst

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Green Infrastructure (GI) is gaining wide recognition in cooperative research projects seeking to find solutions for climate adaptation in urbanized areas. However, the potential effects of co-produced GI plans and the underlying preparation process are rarely evaluated. To bridge this gap, the aim of this article is to examine what works in addressing environmental burdens in the urban neighborhood of Dortmund Marten, Germany. As part of a larger transdisciplinary process, selective GI measures were delineated in the case study area through a cooperative workshop between scientists and urban planners. Workshop ideas were incorporated into a mitigative scenario considering a hot summer day to quantify the effects of the derived GI measures on thermal comfort and particulate matter dispersion (PM10 and PM2.5). To evaluate the experiences of the science-practice collaboration, the viewpoints of researchers and urban planners on learning effects, knowledge integration, and GI planning were summarized and compared via an online survey. The results indicate that the proposed GI measures could reduce physiological equivalent temperature (PET) by 25 °C. At the same time, additional roadside trees could increase PM10 concentrations by up to 36 µg/m3 due to wind blocking effects. Reflections on the science-practice workshop show that learning effects were higher for the participating researchers than for planning practitioners, while the integration of individual expertise during the workshop was more difficult for academics. These findings point to the importance of continuous reflections on individual understandings in cooperating stakeholder groups and the value of the evaluation of outcomes in transdisciplinary GI planning.

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Between vision and action: the predicted effects of co-designed green infrastructure solutions on environmental burdens

Schaefer

2022

Urban Ecosyst

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“…In addition, the effective transference of information and communication between local actors and researchers during the different phases of the project appeared as a major weakness of our experience. Communication is a difficult and main challenge of TdR [46], [48], [49]. In our case, the use of nature-related concepts such as GI or NbS based on academic terminologies combined with the unfamiliarity for local terms referring to environmental practices could have hindered the proper involvement of non-scientific actors.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Reflecting on the relations of power, the degree of commitment has been related to the self-interest of participants for a project [49]. In our case, the foundations of a researchdriven output-oriented experience resulted in a strong but subjective sense of ownership for the prototype as a priority to fulfill the research goal.…”

Section: Transdisciplinarity Underlying the Research Projectmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…In our case, the use of nature-related concepts such as GI or NbS based on academic terminologies combined with the unfamiliarity for local terms referring to environmental practices could have hindered the proper involvement of non-scientific actors. Although adequate target-group-oriented communication is required to counter such limitations [49], time constraints also influence the focus on specific participants; thereby, raising several different expectations among those actors. The fluctuation of participants along the co-design also reduced their chances to understand the core intentions of the prototype, leading to different views about the same context.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In consequence, an assumed consensus governed the progress of the experiment rather than an effective co-production of knowledge from different views of a conflict. A systematic self-reflection of the communication strategies and the produced knowledge can be achieved by considering the conceptual phases of the framework presented in this study, thereby enabling a common understanding of actions and objectives [49].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The challenges of co-research in labs in real-world contexts: empirical findings from four labs in the context of urban climate-change research

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Between vision and action: the predicted effects of co-designed green infrastructure solutions on environmental burdens

Between vision and action: the predicted effects of co-designed green infrastructure solutions on environmental burdens

A Systematic Assessment for the Co-Design of Green Infrastructure Prototypes - A Case Study in Urban Costa Rica

Interdisciplinary participation in climate-adapted urban land-use planning – findings of two gaming simulations in the city of Bottrop, Germany

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