Understanding socio-cultural dimensions of environmental decision-making: A knowledge governance approach

Kerkhoff, Lorrae van; Pilbeam, Victoria

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2017.03.011

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“…They also found that notions of what is salient, credible and legitimate (Cash et al, 2003) are not essential qualities but negotiated in practice (Jasanoff, 2004) and emerge from the multiple political, socio-economic and cultural contexts that shape resource planning (i.e., civic epistemologies) and the processes created to bring actors together to address particular issues (i.e., the knowledge system). At the operational level, our brokers found that these knowledge attributes are often at odds with each other given the uncertainties alongside the multiple knowledges, epistemologies and values our brokers were working with (Van Kerkhoff and Pilbeam, 2017;Wyborn et al, 2019). For example, the log book helped the technical lead navigate the brokering space by meeting the needs of multiple sets of actors (i.e., the usual lateral aspects of brokering), as well as linking the big picture with the minutiae (i.e., the vertical dimensions), which collectively can be described as the warp and weft of brokering.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Its success faltered when the science was not adequately localised and not appropriately scaled. Many of these issues arose from data gaps and limitations, available technologies and resources, at the operational level, as well as political and organisational imperatives within the knowledge system (Duncan et al, 2016;van Kerkhoff and Pilbeam, 2017;Wyborn et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Rather, the 'brokered knowledge' (Meyer, 2010, p. 123) was a product of what was included and excluded from the assessment framework for justifiable reasons. It was a product of myriad negotiations embodied in the co-production and brokering of knowledges, practices and values of those sitting around the table (i.e., those directly involved in the intervention), as well as the political context of the knowledge system within which this collaborative decision-making intervention took place (van Kerkhoff and Pilbeam, 2017). It was the broker's role to weave it all together.…”

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“…On this basis, boundaries are artefacts to be scrutinised rather than entities to be assumed or taken for granted (Jasanoff, 2004;Latour, 1993;van Kerkhoff and Pilbeam, 2017;Wyborn et al, 2019).…”

Section: Knowledge Brokering In Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

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A close examination of the role and needed expertise of brokers in bridging and building science policy boundaries in environmental decision making

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Knowledge brokers are often portrayed as neutral intermediaries that act as a necessary conduit between the spheres of science and policy. Conceived largely as a task in packaging, brokers are expected to link knowledge producers and users and objectively translate science into policy-useable knowledge. The research presented in this paper shows how brokering can be far more active and precarious. We present findings from semistructured interviews with practitioners working with community-based groups involved in collaborative water planning in New Zealand's South Island region of Canterbury. Working in a highly conflicted situation, our brokers had to navigate different knowledges and epistemic practices, highly divergent values and grapple with uncertainties to deliver recommendations for regional authorities to set water quality and quantity limits. Conceiving science and policy as interlinked, mutually constitutive and co-produced at multiple levels, rather than as separate domains, shows how the brokers of this study were not only bridging or blurring science policy boundaries to integrate and translate knowledges. They were also building boundaries between science and policy to foster credibility and legitimacy for themselves as scientists and the knowledge they were brokering. This research identifies further underexplored aspects of brokering expertise, namely, the multiple dimensions of brokering, transdisciplinary skills and expertise, 'absorptive' uncertainty management and knowledge translation practices.

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“…Examples of boundary objects include models, indicators, and maps that allow for different groups to share meaning and incorporate individual perspectives while still maintaining an identity that is recognized by all (Star and Griesemer 1989; Fox 2011; Jahn et al 2012; Roux et al 2017). Ideally, transdisciplinary processes are facilitated by boundary‐spanning organizations that help increase the legitimacy of science by fostering trust and sustaining interaction and engagement among the participants (Scholz and Steiner 2015; van Kerkhoff and Pilbeam 2017; Bednarek et al 2018).…”

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Using Socioenvironmental Report Cards as a Tool for Transdisciplinary Collaboration

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The process of developing a socioenvironmental report card through transdisciplinary collaboration can be used in any system and can provide the foundation for collaborative solutions for sustainable resource management by creating a holistic assessment that balances environmental, economic, and social concerns that incorporates multiple perspectives from multisectoral actors. We demonstrated this in the Mississippi River watershed, USA with the ultimate goal of promoting holistic management of the region's natural resources. But working at the scale of the Mississippi River watershed presents the challenge of working across geographical, organizational, and disciplinary boundaries. The development of a socioenvironmental report card served as the focus for efforts to foster a shared vision among diverse stakeholders in the watershed and to promote transdisciplinary collaboration. The process engaged more than 700 participants from environment, flood control, transportation, water supply, economy, and recreation sectors, from more than 400 organizations representing local, state, and federal government agencies, businesses and trade associations, and private, nonprofit, and academic institutions. This broad engagement in the selection of important themes, indicators, measures, and assessment methods as part of the cocreation of boundary objects aimed to foster social and mutual learning and to develop common understanding and shared visioning among stakeholders with differing perspectives. The process was facilitated by boundary‐spanning organizations, creating an atmosphere of trust by utilizing “third places” for knowledge exchange and integration. This transdisciplinary process also led to collective action through collaboration and selection of restoration and management activities that could improve conditions for multiple sectors simultaneously and/or recognize potential tradeoffs for informed decision making. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;16:494–507. © 2020 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC)

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Dealing with climate change is one of this century's most difficult challenges demanding new strategies to steer societies towards common transformational goals. A growing literature involving “climate governance” is evolving and should advance the discussion on transformations and the involvement of different actors in climate action. However, it is unclear that the Global South's particularities are being integrated. This study has a three‐fold goal: (a) identify the different approaches to climate governance found in the mainstream literature, (b) explore the degree of integration of the Global South in those approaches, and (c) contribute to the ongoing discussion on this issue from a southern perspective. A systematic literature review on “climate governance” was conducted, distinguishing different approaches and their significance for the Global South. Results clustered in six groups use the characterizations: multi‐level, global, adaptive, transnational, polycentric, and experimental/transformative. These terms account for different levels of decision‐making, emerging values, and the importance of non‐State and sub‐national actors. Approaches vary, in relation to change and participation, from an incremental improvement focus to a more transformative perspective and from the promotion of community influence to processes based on traditional institutions. In the Global South, multi‐level, multi‐actor climate governance occurs in a context of deep inequality and asymmetric power relations, rising environmental conflicts, and a lack of adequate mechanisms for community participation. Addressing climate change here will require, acknowledging the State alone cannot solve the issue, that different views must be considered and that contextualized perspectives from the Global South must be integrated.

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Understanding socio-cultural dimensions of environmental decision-making: A knowledge governance approach

Cited by 83 publications

References 43 publications

A close examination of the role and needed expertise of brokers in bridging and building science policy boundaries in environmental decision making

A close examination of the role and needed expertise of brokers in bridging and building science policy boundaries in environmental decision making

Using Socioenvironmental Report Cards as a Tool for Transdisciplinary Collaboration

Exploring the contours of climate governance: An interdisciplinary systematic literature review from a southern perspective

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