Working to improve institutional strength: the challenge of taking multiple roles in multiple systems

O’Rourke, Rebekah; Bazalgette, John

doi:10.4324/9780429484254-6

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“…A role-based approach also provides stakeholders with a framework that serves to 'depersonalise' or broaden the understanding that certain actors can have multiple roles, that these roles are subject to various influences and that changes in interactions between roles can be related to broader societal change and dynamics [24]. Therefore, we submit the idea that using a role-constellation method allows a collective view of the stakeholder roles involved in UA projects and an ongoing analysis of their interactions, challenges in taking up roles and their adaption to changes as the project progresses [16].…”

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An Experimental Portuguese Social-Enterprise Project in Urban Agriculture: A Case Study on the Influence of the Interaction of Stakeholder Roles on Sustainable Governance

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An experimental urban-agriculture (UA) project was started in 2018 with multiple stakeholders in Lisbon, Portugal. The project involved setting up an indoor vertical farm in a university building. Early on, there were promising outcomes across the environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability. However, the project was closed in 2022. Here, we carried out an analysis of the sustainability-governance pillar that aimed to provide some understanding of why the project did not proceed. We used role-constellation mapping of the 27 stakeholder groups engaged. We also carried out force-field analysis of the stakeholders and their desirable or problematic interactions across seven factors of governance. Results showed that although the parties engaged represented various project aims and dimensions, there was a failure to establish a network of stakeholders consistently engaged in governance practices at the outset and in an ongoing way. Inadequate project culture and a lack of critical governance factors led to a failure in conveying a strong sense of ownership of the project to the stakeholders. This case study raises the need for future UA projects to invest in good governance structures, the promotion of dialogue between the parties, and a shared culture, in order to become sustainable.

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confidence: 99%