| 1. |
|
|
| 2. |
|
|
| 3. |
- Asplund, Therese, et al.
(författare)
-
Framings and coverage of climate change in Swedish specialized farming magazines
- 2013
-
Ingår i: Climatic Change. - : Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. - 0165-0009 .- 1573-1480. ; 117:1-2, s. 197-209
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate change is a fundamental challenge for which agriculture is sensitive and vulnerable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified relevant information as key to enabling appropriate climate adaptation and mitigation action. Information specifically directed to farmers can be found, for example, in specialized farming magazines.While recent studies examine how national news media frame climate change, less —if any —studies have addressed climate framings and coverage in specialized media. Media framings are storylines that provide meaning by communicating how and why an issue should be seen as a problem, how it should be handled, and who is responsible for it. This paper analyses the framings and coverage of climate change in two Swedish specialized farming magazines from 2000 to 2009. It examines the extent of the climate change coverage, the content of the media items, and the dominant framings underlying their climate change coverage. The study identifies: increased coverage of climate change starting in 2007; frequent coverage of agriculture 's contribution to climate change, climate change impacts on agriculture, and consequences of climate politics for agriculture; and four prominent frames: conflict, scientific certainty, economic burden, and action. The paper concludes that climate change communicators addressing farmers and agricultural extension officers should pay attention to how these frames may be interpreted by different target audiences. Research is needed on how specialized media reports on climate-related issues and how science-based climate information is understood by different groups of farmers and which other factors influence farmers’ engagement in climate mitigation and adaptation.
|
|
| 4. |
|
|
| 5. |
- Ballantyne, Anne Gammelgaard, 1981-
(författare)
-
Exploring the Role of Visualization in Climate Change Communication – an Audience Perspective
- 2018
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Climate change communication is a topical and relevant issue, and it is widely acknowledged that public communication about causes, impacts and action alternatives is integral to addressing the challenges of the changing climate. Climate visualization concerns the communication of climate information and data through the use of different information technologies and different modes of visual representation. In the context of climate change communication, climate visualization is highlighted as a potential way of increasing public engagement with climate change. In particular, developments within information technology have provided significant advancements that are claimed to be transformative in engaging lay audiences with issues relating to the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research exploring climate visualization from an audience perspective. This thesis addresses this gap. The overarching aim is thus to explore the role of climate visualization in climate change communication from an audience perspective, focusing specifically on how lay audiences make meaning of climate change as represented in two examples of climate visualization. In addition, the thesis discusses the potential contributions and/or limitations of climate visualization from a communication perspective.Based on a social semiotic theoretical framework, this thesis employs focus group interviews to study participants’ meaning-making related to two cases of climate visualization: a dome theatre movie developed for Swedish high school students with the aim of encouraging reflection on climate change causes, impacts and mitigation alternatives, and a web-based tool for climate change adaptation developed to assist Nordic homeowners in adapting to the local impacts of climate change.The results of this thesis show that climate visualization can help audiences concretize otherwise abstract aspects of climate change, and that the localized focus can make climate change appear more personally relevant and interesting for targeted audiences. Nevertheless, despite these communicative qualities, the analyses also show that participants’ interpretations are shaped by their preconceptions of climate change as a global and distant issue to be solved by other actors, such as national governments, or through international policy negotiations. Although climate visualization can enhance a sense of proximity with climate change, the localization of climate risk can also lead to participants downplaying the significance of climate impacts. In addition, despite the intentions of inducing a sense of agency in both cases of climate visualization, participants critically negotiated messages concerning their roles as individuals in mitigating or adapting to climate change, and assigned this responsibility onto other actors. These findings show that although climate visualization presents certain communicative qualities, it is not a panacea for engaging lay audiences with climate change. This also underlines the importance of considering cultural and social aspects of the communicative event when studying and developing climate visualization tools as a means of communication.
|
|
| 6. |
- Ballantyne, Anne Gammelgaard, 1981-, et al.
(författare)
-
Localizing Climate Change : Nordic Homeowners' Interpretations of Visual Representations for Climate Adaptation
- 2018
-
Ingår i: Environmental Communication. - : Routledge. - 1752-4032 .- 1752-4040. ; :5, s. 638-652
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, effort has been put into developing various forms of climate visualization to create opportunities for people to explore and learn about local climate change risks and adaptation options. However, how target audiences make sense of such climate visualization has rarely been studied from a communication perspective. This paper analyses how Nordic homeowners made sense of a specific climate visualization tool, the VisAdapt™ tool. Involving 35 homeowners from three cities in 15 group test sessions, this study analyses the interpretive strategies participants applied to make sense of and assess the relevance of the visualized data. The study demonstrates that participants employed a set of interpretive strategies relating to personal experience and well-known places to make sense of the information presented, and that critical negotiation of content played an important role in how participants interpreted the content.
|
|
| 7. |
- Buhr, Katarina, et al.
(författare)
-
Communication approaches for carbon capture and storage : Underlying assumptions of limited versus extensive public engagement
- 2014
-
Ingår i: Energy Research and Social Science. - : Elsevier. - 2214-6296 .- 2214-6326. ; 3, s. 5-12
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A pertinent issue in the literature on communication on emerging technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) concerns the degree to which the public is actively involved in the communication process. While researchers have highlighted the pros and cons of limited versus extensive public engagement, the assumptions underlying various communication approaches have been largely neglected. Illuminating assumptions are important for scholarly understandings of what influences communication and for practitioner reflexive awareness in designing communication plans. This paper explores assumptions made about senders and receivers when involving the public to various degrees in CCS communication and how these assumptions relate to different communication objectives. We describe two contrasting communication approaches, the transmission and participatory approaches, relating them to CCS characteristics and research. We find that CCS communication may, deliberately or not, be based on different assumptions about the social framing of CCS concerning who should formulate the message, the public’s ability to understand complex science, the public’s interest in helping frame CCS, and whether public opinions should be taken into account. These assumptions also relate to different communication objectives – convincing the public or increasing dialogue – implying different communication fora, predictability, and input.
|
|
| 8. |
- Eliasson, Karin, 1984-
(författare)
-
Transformations towards Sustainable Food Systems : Pathways, Governance, and Actors in a Swedish and European Union Context
- 2023
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Food systems are central to global sustainability, while being complex systems where places and people are intertwined over large distances and at different scales. Transformations towards sustainable food systems have been called for in both research and policy, and Sweden and the European Union have declared high ambitions to act as global leaders in these transformations. While food production in Sweden and the European Union is often portrayed as largely sustainable in a global context, the region is highly dependent on food imports, with relatively large environmental footprints globally. This thesis aims to explore transformative pathways towards sustainability, with a particular focus on sustainable food systems, in a Swedish and European Union context. The thesis specifically studies the following research questions: (1) What constitutes transformations towards sustainability, and in particular sustainable food systems, from the perspectives of Swedish stakeholders, including food system practitioners, and European Union policy frameworks? (2) What roles, responsibilities, and agency do Swedish stakeholders, including food system practitioners and European Union policy frameworks, attribute to different actors? (3) How can interconnections and accountability in global food systems be understood and governed in light of societal transformations towards sustainability? (4) What are the implications for transformative pathways towards sustainability? The thesis builds on four papers that use focus group methodology (PI and PII), involving Swedish stakeholders, including food-system practitioners, analyses of European Green Deal policies (PII and PIII), and quantitative investigation of phosphorus fertiliser use in Brazilian soybean production and related biodiversity impacts (PIV). Four overarching conclusions are drawn from the findings: (I) Shared goals and consensus are emphasised as essential, while a diversity of transformative pathways and understandings of challenges and priorities needs to be recognised, with attention being paid to how specific choices might include and exclude pathways and actors. (II) Emerging shifts in how food is valued open up opportunities for transformative change in which the ‘true’ cost of food is acknowledged, alongside a recognition of non-economic values of food, which presupposes alignment at the practical, political, and personal levels. (III) The identified pathways comprise public accountability regimes, incentives for more sustainable consumption, regulations to reduce resource use and impacts of food production. (IV) The attribution of accountability to trading operators in the accountability regime proposed by the European Union highlights an extended focus from food production and consumption towards regulating flows and intermediate actors in food systems.
|
|
| 9. |
- Feetham, Pam, et al.
(författare)
-
Using Talanoa as a Research Method can Facilitate Collaborative Engagement and Understanding between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communities
- 2023
-
Ingår i: Qualitative Research. - : SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. - 1468-7941 .- 1741-3109. ; 23:5, s. 1439-1460
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Inclusion of indigenous knowledge and voices is paramount if societal transformations relative to climate change are to be fully and appropriately considered. However, much of the research in this area still uses Western-based research methodologies rather than methodologies driven by the local Indigenous communities. Therefore, it is highly likely that large numbers of affected communities remain excluded from global discussions and decisions around climate change solutions and policy. This article presents talanoa, a qualitative culturally centred research methodology used in many Pacific Island countries. As non-Indigenous researchers, we present our exploration of Indigenous research methods and talanoa experiences in a framework that confirms the importance of relationships when conducting research with Indigenous communities. We also propose that talanoa is a crucial component for qualitative research as it can help facilitate knowledge exchange and understanding among Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.
|
|
| 10. |
- Gammelgaard Ballantyne, Anne, et al.
(författare)
-
Images of climate change : A pilot study of young people’s perceptions of ICT-based climate visualization
- 2016
-
Ingår i: Climatic Change. - : Springer. - 0165-0009 .- 1573-1480. ; 134:1, s. 73-85
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate change can be difficult for laypeople to make sense of, because of its complexity, the uncertainties involved and its distant impacts. Research has identified the potentials of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for visualizing and communicating climate change to lay audiences and thus addressing these communication challenges.However, little research has focused on how ICT-based visualization affects audiences’ understandings of climate change. Employing a semiotic framework and through a combination of focus group interviews and mindmap exercises, we investigated how Swedish students make sense of climate messages presented through an ICT-based visualisation medium; a dome theatre movie. The paper concludes that visualization in immersive environments works well to concretize aspects of climate change and provide a starting point for reflection, but we argue that the potential to add interactive elements should be further explored, as interaction has the potential to influence meaning-making processes. In addition, audiences’ preconceptions of climate change influence their interpretations of climate messages, which may function as a constraint to climate communication.
|
|
| 11. |
- Gottenhuber, Sara, et al.
(författare)
-
Greening recovery – Overcoming policy incoherence for sustainability transformations
- 2023
-
Ingår i: Environmental Policy and Governance. - : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.. - 1756-932X .- 1756-9338. ; 33:5, s. 546-560
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Policy coherence is crucial in the 2030 Agenda's transformative ambitions and heralded as of paramount importance to ensure the successful implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and climate policy targets. Despite political efforts to achieve policy coherence, apparent trade-offs and goal conflicts have emerged – even in a proclaimed ‘front-runner’ country like Sweden. This paper examines the role of ideas in proposing and legitimising policy options and achieving policy coherence in the light of the Swedish recovery debate in 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic. Ideas of a green economic recovery put forward in the public debate are examined through thematic text and frame analysis. We show that ideas of a green transition, boosted by economic recovery spending, draw on a synergistic frame in combining social, environmental, and economic policy options, carrying a potential for coherency. However, the absence of a discussion on power, as in who stands to gain what under which circumstances, coupled with an inherent understanding of a temporal hierarchy of policy priorities does not only impact the ability to design coherent policies but may have considerable impacts on the prospects of achieving sustainability transformations.
|
|
| 12. |
- Hansson, Anders, et al.
(författare)
-
Climate engineering
- 2015. - 1
-
Ingår i: Research handbook on climate governance. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781783470594 ; , s. 411-422
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 13. |
|
|
| 14. |
- Johansson, Madelaine, 1962-, et al.
(författare)
-
Vem äger frågan? : Förutsättningar för kommunikation i svenskt miljömålsarbet
- 2005
-
Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Ständiga förändringar i samhället ökar kraven på flexibilitet och nya strategier för att hantera miljöproblematiken och arbetet med att nå en hållbar utveckling.Det kan uppstå problem när samhället ska anpassa sig efter nya strukturer och nyuppkomna behov, exempelvis när det gäller miljöhot. De nya krav som kopplas till hållbar utveckling och dess ekologiska dimensionreser krav på förändrad politisk styrning. I Sverige har det beslutats attmiljöfrågor ska vara övergripande för alla politiska områden. Formulering avplaner och program för ekologisk hållbar utveckling införs därför i olika typerav styrningssystem som bygger på olika sorts logik vilket kan leda till intressekonflikter.Det övergripande målet för svensk miljöpolitik är att till nästa generation lämnaöver ett samhälle där de stora miljöproblemen är lösta och där mänskligpåverkan på miljön är långsiktigt hållbar. År 1999 fastställdes en ny struktur ihållbarhetsarbetet genom framtagandet av 15 nationella miljökvalitetsmål och inovember 2001 antog riksdagen regeringens förslag om delmål och riktlinjer förhur dessa miljömål ska uppnås. Tanken är att miljökvalitetsmålen ska gevägledning för allt miljöarbete inom såväl olika samhällssektorer som på olikanivåer i miljömålsadministrationen. Regionala mål och sektorsmål ska utvecklasmed utgångspunkt i de mål som beslutats av riksdagen. Syftet med studien som ligger till grund för denna rapport var att identifierahinder för kommunikation i miljömålsarbetet och därigenom underlätta överbryggandet av kommunikationsbarriärer i framtida miljöarbete. Vi harstuderat hur aktörer på olika nivåer inom miljömålsadministrationen ser på målstyrning och arbetet med de svenska miljökvalitetsmålen med syfte att synliggöra hur kommunikationen kring miljömålen uppfattas.Vi har särskilt fokuserat på:kommunikation mellan administrativa nivåer, i allmänhet och rörandeuppföljningsarbetet i synnerhethur målstyrning fungerar i praktiken• vad som kan och bör mätas i uppföljningen av miljömålsarbetetmöjligheter till feedback mellan olika aktörer och administrativa nivåer.
|
|
| 15. |
|
|
| 16. |
- Linell, Per, 1944-, et al.
(författare)
-
Dialogue and the Circulation of Ideas
- 2007
-
Ingår i: Dialogue in Focus Groups. Exploring socially shared knowledge. - London : Equinox. - 1845530497 - 9781845530501 ; , s. -243
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In contrast to a vast literature that provides information and guides about focus groups as a methodological tool, this book is an introduction to understanding focus groups as analytical means exploring socially shared knowledge, e.g. social representations of AIDS, biotechnology or democracy, beliefs and lay explanations of social phenomena. The main emphasis of the book is to examine how to analyse interaction and ideas expressed in focus groups. The book considers, first, different kinds of dynamic interdependencies among participants who hold the diverse and heterogeneous positions. Second, it explores circulations of ideas and contents in focus groups. More generally, the book is concerned with: language in real social interactions and sense-making, which are embedded in history and culture; the ways people draw upon and transform social knowledge when they talk and think together in dialogue; the ways people generate heterogeneous meanings in the group dynamics; communicative activities and genres represented by different kinds of focus groups.This original approach to understanding focus groups will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in social sciences, communication studies, psychology, and language sciences.
|
|
| 17. |
- Linnér, Björn-Ola, 1963-, et al.
(författare)
-
Dual high-stake emerging technologies : A review of the climate engineering research literature
- 2015
-
Ingår i: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 1757-7780 .- 1757-7799. ; 6:2, s. 255-268
-
Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- The literature on climate engineering, or geoengineering, covers a wide range of potential methods for solar radiation management or carbon dioxide removal that vary in technical aspects, temporal and spatial scales, potential environmental impacts, and legal, ethical, and governance challenges. This paper presents a comprehensive review of social and natural science papers on this topic since 2006 and listed in SCOPUS andWeb of Science. It adds to previous literature reviews by combining analyses of bibliometric patterns and of trends in how the technologies are framed in terms of content, motivations, stakes, and recommendations. Most peer-reviewed climate engineering literature does not weigh the risks and new, additional, benefits of the various technologies, but emphasizes either the potential dangers of climate engineering or the climate change consequences of refraining from considering the research, development, demonstration, and/or deployment of climate engineering technologies. To analyse this polarity, not prevalent in the literature on earlier emerging technologies, we explore the concept of dual high-stake technologies. As appeals to fear have proven ineffective in spurring public engagement in climate change, we may not expect significant public support for climate engineering technologies whose rationale is not to achieve benefits in addition to avoiding the high stakes of climate change. Furthermore, in designing public engagement exercises, researchers must be careful not to steer discussions by emphasizing one type of stake framing over another. A dual high-stake, rather than risk–benefit, framing should also be considered in analysing some emerging technologies with similar characteristics, for example, nanotechnology for pollution control.
|
|
| 18. |
- Linnér, Björn-Ola, 1963-, et al.
(författare)
-
Samhällstransformationer mot hållbar utveckling
- 2021
-
Ingår i: Biologisk mångfald, naturnyttor och ekosystemtjänster. - : SLU, Centrum för Biologisk Mångfald. - 9789188083357 ; , s. 328-329
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 19. |
- Linnér, Björn-Ola, 1963-, et al.
(författare)
-
Samhällstransformationer mot hållbar utveckling
- 2021
-
Ingår i: Biologisk mångfald, naturnyttor och ekosystemtjänster. - Uppsala/Stockholm : SLU/Naturvårdsverket. - 9789188083357 - 9789188083364 - 9789162013073 ; , s. 328-329
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 20. |
- Linnér, Björn-Ola, 1963-, et al.
(författare)
-
Sustainability transformations : agents and drivers across societies
- 2019. - 1
-
Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- Societal transformations are needed across the globe in light of pressing environmental issues. This need to transform is increasingly acknowledged in policy, planning, academic debate, and media, whether it is to achieve decarbonization, resilience, national development plans, or sustainability objectives. This volume provides the first comprehensive comparison of how sustainability transformations are understood across societies. It contains historical analogies and concrete examples from around the world to show how societal transformations could achieve the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through governance, innovations, lifestyle changes, education and new narratives. It examines how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand the agents and drivers of societal change towards sustainability, using data from the academic literature, international news media, lay people's focus groups across five continents, and international politics. This is a valuable resource for academics and policymakers working in environmental governance and sustainability.This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.
|
|
| 21. |
- Ostwald, Madelene, 1966, et al.
(författare)
-
Mapping energy crop cultivation and identifying motivational factors among Swedish farmers
- 2013
-
Ingår i: Biomass and Bioenergy. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-2909 .- 0961-9534. ; 50, s. 25-34
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Based on a meta-study, the paper describes the existing options, areal extents, and Swedish farmers' conditions for energy crop production promoted by the governments to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The drivers of and barriers to cultivating various energy crops are described in terms of a variety of motivational factors. The approach used peer-reviewed and gray literature using three Internet sources. Questions addressed include the energy crops available to Swedish farmers and how well established they are in terms of areal extent. What drivers of and barriers to growing energy crops do farmers perceive? How do various motivational factors for these drivers and barriers correspond to the adoption of certain energy crops? The results indicate that 13 energy-related crops are available, of which straw (a residue), oil crops, and wheat are the most extensively produced in terms of cultivated area. Results confirm earlier research findings that converting from annual to perennial crops and from traditional crops or production systems to new ones are important barriers. Economic motivations for changing production systems are strong, but factors such as values (e.g., esthetic), knowledge (e.g., habits and knowledge of production methods), and legal conditions (e.g., cultivation licenses) are crucial for the change to energy crops. Finally, there are knowledge gaps in the literature as to why farmers decide to keep or change a production system. Since the Swedish government and the EU intend to encourage farmers to expand their energy crop production, this knowledge of such motivational factors should be enhanced.
|
|
| 22. |
- Schmid Neset, Tina-Simone, 1973-, et al.
(författare)
-
Supporting dialogue and analysis on trade-offs in climate adaptation research with the Maladaptation Game
- 2020
-
Ingår i: Journal Simulation & Gaming. - : Sage Publications. - 1046-8781 .- 1552-826X. ; 51:3
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background. Serious games are gaining increasing prominence in environmental communication research, but their potential to form an integrated part of participatory research approaches is still strikingly understudied. This is particularly the case for applications of interactive digital formats in research on environmental challenges of high complexity, such as climate adaptation, which is a specifically suitable case as it involves complex interaction between climate systems and society, but where the response also involves trade-offs with potentially negative – maladaptive – outcomes.Intervention. This article presents the Maladaptation Game, which was designed to facilitate dialogue about potential negative outcomes of agricultural climate adaptation.Methods. We conducted test sessions with agricultural stakeholders in Finland and Sweden, and analysed quantitative and qualitative, audio-recorded and transcribed, material for opportunities and challenges related to dialogues, engagement, interactivity and experienced relevance.Results. The qualitative analysis of recorded dialogues shows that the Maladaptation Game has potential to support dialogue by challenging players to negotiate between options with negative outcomes. The gameplay itself presents opportunities in terms of creating engagement with options that provoke disagreement and debates between players, as well as interactivity, that players reflected upon as quick and easy, while challenges were related to the experienced relevance, in particular the options provided in the game, and its general framing.Conclusions. The results indicate a need for complementary approaches to this type of game but also suggest the importance of moderation when the game design is aimed at creating dialogue around a complex environmental challenge such as agricultural climate adaptation.
|
|
| 23. |
- Schmid Neset, Tina-Simone, et al.
(författare)
-
Visualizing climate change : the potential of dome presentations as a tool for climate communication
- 2010
-
Ingår i: Eurographics 2010 - Areas Papers. - : Eurographics - European Association for Computer Graphics. ; , s. 31-35
-
Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study presents the outline of a climate visualization programme directed to various target groups that was presented in a dome environment. The efforts of climate and visualization researchers to jointly develop presentations for immersive environments on the cause and effect of climate change as well as potential responses both in terms of national and international policy as well as individuals’ lifestyles are described. Further we discuss the results of an evaluation with 64 participants of dome presentations. The results point towards an initial support for the dome visualization in terms of increased engagement of the audience. Further, visual representations such as choice of colouring and volume bar charts that were expected to be problematic by the research group were considered straightforward by the audience. In this paper we discuss visual representation and climate communication, and to what extent climate visualization in a dome environment can contribute to enhance the audience’s understanding of the complexity of climate change issues
|
|
| 24. |
|
|
| 25. |
|
|
| 26. |
|
|
| 27. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-, et al.
(författare)
-
Co-creation research for transformative times : Facilitating foresight capacity in view of global sustainability challenges
- 2022
-
Ingår i: Environmental Science and Policy. - : Elsevier. - 1462-9011 .- 1873-6416. ; 128, s. 290-298
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explores the potentials and limitations of transdisciplinary research on sustainability issues characterized by extensive uncertainty and complexity. Transdisciplinary approaches that support the co-creation of knowledge in collaboration between science and society are advocated in research that aims to explore pathways for societal transformations towards sustainability. However, there is limited research on how co-creation research plays out in practice and what are its implications, in particular with regards to how data collection and analysis can be developed to increase the quality and reliability of the research, and to the roles that researchers themselves play in shaping the research. This paper makes two contributions: First, it offers insight into the design and implementation of co-creation endeavors based on scholarly literature as well as experiences from a research program that seeks to support foresight capacity for sustainable development under geopolitical uncertainties. Second, the paper elaborates methodological support for co-creation research by highlighting the potential of co-dissemination for transdisciplinarity and arguing for a systematic approach to reflection and self-reflexivity. Specifically, the paper reflects on experiences from the ongoing Mistra Geopolitics research program, which explores the intersections between geopolitics and sustainable development, and where co-creation has been at the core since the start of the program. We explore three stages in transdisciplinary research: (i) co-design of the research agenda, (ii) co-production of knowledge, and (iii) co-dissemination. Specifically, we examine the role of non-academic partners, the role of knowledge brokers and facilitation, and the need for flexibility, adaptability and reflexivity throughout the process.
|
|
| 28. |
|
|
| 29. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-, et al.
(författare)
-
Communicating Climate Change through ICT-Based Visualization : Towards an Analytical Framework
- 2013
-
Ingår i: Sustainability. - Basel : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 5:11, s. 4760-4777
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The difficulties in communicating climate change science to the general public are often highlighted as one of the hurdles for support of enhanced climate action. The advances of interactive visualization using information and communication technology (ICT) are claimed to be a game-changer in our ability to communicate complex issues. However, new analytical frameworks are warranted to analyse the role of such technologies. This paper develops a novel framework for analyzing the content, form, context and relevance of ICT-based visualization of climate change, based on insights from literature on climate change communication. Thereafter, we exemplify the analytical framework by applying it to a pilot case of ICT-based climate visualization in a GeoDome. Possibilities to use affordable advanced ICT-based visualization devices in science and policy communication are rapidly expanding. We thus see wider implications and applications of the analytical framework not only for other ICT environments but also other issue areas in sustainability communication.
|
|
| 30. |
|
|
| 31. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Communicating progress towards environmental quality objectives : the case of "Zero eutrophication"
- 2008
-
Ingår i: Vetenskap för hållbar utveckling,2007.
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, efforts to achieve environmental sustainability have been canalised through a system of management-by-objectives (MBO), including sixteen national environmental quality objectives. In the process of monitoring and assessing progress towards the environmental objectives, communication of scientific information is a crucial component. While management literature emphasizes well-functioning communication as a prerequisite for successful MBO, empirical studies have shown that communication problems and misunderstandings are likely to arise in the dissemination, implementation and assessment of visionary objectives at different levels in the environmental bureaucracy. Thus, there is a need to further identify and discuss obstacles in the communication process, focusing on the information flow between the scientific community and the environmental bureaucracy. In the paper, I discuss prerequisites for communication between scientists, practitioners and policy makers involved in the assessment of environmental goal achievement. I take my point of departure in the communicative context at hand when communicating progress towards the national environmental objective -Zero eutrophication-. The paper is based on analyses of policy documents on the environmental objectives, and individual and focus group interviews with key actors within the environmental bureaucracy and scientists developing statistical tools for the assessment of progress towards environmental objectives. When scrutinizing the communicative context at hand when results from the environmental objectives are communicated, it is obvious that all parts of the communicative chain could be problematized and are not always clear to the actors involved in the communicative situation. Thus, I argue that in the efforts to communicate messages related to the assessment of environmental objectives, there is a need to return to the following five fundamental questions: - WHY should assessment activities take place? - WHAT should be assessed? - HOW should assessment be effected? - BY WHOM should assessment be effected? - TO WHOM should the assessment methods and results be communicated? In the paper I discuss the questions above, taking my point of departure in the interview data and the analysis of the policy documents. I also discuss different models for communicating results of the assessment of progress towards the objective -Zero eutrophication-. In this discussion, dialogical and participatory aspects of communication are emphasised.
|
|
| 32. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Communicating uncertainty : Models of communication and the role of science in assessing progress towards environmental objectives
- 2009
-
Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. - : Routledge. - 1523-908X .- 1522-7200. ; 11:2, s. 87-102
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper is an exploratory study analysing the communication models underlying Swedish civil servants' and scientists' views of how to communicate uncertainty related to progress towards public environmental quality objectives. Their lines of reasoning are illustrated by quotations from in-depth and focus group interviews. Two communication models are discussed: the separation model, in which experts discuss uncertainties among themselves and subsequently present a clear-cut message to practitioners and politicians, and the integration model, in which policy makers and civil servants take part in discussions about how to interpret and handle the uncertainties involved. The paper identifies the importance of acknowledging the existence of uncertainty and of consciously reflecting on what communication model to use in communicating goal achievement. It also emphasizes the need for further discussion of the consequences of each communication model. Moreover, the paper highlights a need for further research into the sense-making processes occurring as actors in the policy and practitioner arenas interpret expert messages. Finally, it is argued that the integration model for communicating uncertainties could be used to encourage reflection and learning within and across societal sectors.
|
|
| 33. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Communication of scientific information in the assessment of environmental goal achievement
- 2006
-
Ingår i: Public Communication of Science and Technology - PCST9,2006.
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the last few decades, the discourse of sustainable development has motivated new global, national and regional political strategies for action, not least in the environmental arena.. One such strategy, used in several countries, is management-by-objectives, which implies that objectives are formulated, their attainment is directed and the results are measured. In Sweden, which is frequently cited as a world-leading country as regards environmental policy, efforts to achieve sustainability have been canalised through sixteen national environmental quality objectives. In the process of monitoring and assessing progress towards the environmental objectives, communication of scientific information is a crucial component. Thus, there is a need to identify obstacles in the communication process, focusing on the information flow between the scientific community and the environmental bureaucracy. In this paper, I present results from a Swedish case study, where key actors within the environmental bureaucracy were interviewed about their experiences of using statistical tools and methods in the assessment of environmental goal achievement. The analyses focus on the management and communication of uncertainty and the role of science in the assessment of environmental objectives.
|
|
| 34. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-, et al.
(författare)
-
Communicative aspects of environmental management by objectives : Examples from the Swedish context
- 2006
-
Ingår i: Environmental Management. - New York, USA : Springer. - 0364-152X .- 1432-1009. ; 37:4, s. 461-469
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Management by objectives (MBO) is a technique for integrating ecological concerns into national political and administrative structures. Politicians determine environmental objectives and interim targets to be implemented and assessed by civil servants in national, regional, and local contexts. Well-developed organizational communication is a prerequisite for MBO. However, communication-related obstacles can arise when using MBO in public environmental management. We examine communicative aspects of environmental MBO, looking specifically at the implementation, administration, and assessment of Swedish environmental quality objectives. Our argument is illustrated by quotations from individual and focus group interviews. We conclude that communicative problems may arise, because different actors interpret messages from different perspectives, depending on their agendas, prior knowledge and experience, and positions in the administrative system. It is crucial to recognize the dialogical aspects of communication, by involving the receiver of a message in a process of response. In addition, the different timeframes underlying different arguments could contribute to misunderstandings between actors involved in handling environmental issues. In assessing the achievement of environmental objectives, indicators are used as communicative tools. It is important to investigate whether and how these indicators contribute to the de- and recontextualization of environmental objectives. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
|
|
| 35. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Communicative challenges in assessing progress towards environmental quality objectives
- 2009
-
Ingår i: Journal of Science Communication. - 1824-2049. ; 8:2, s. A(01)-
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Assessment of trends in the state of the environment constitutes one important aspect of efforts to achieve environmental sustainability. Assessments are often undertaken via indicators which measure progress towards environmental objectives and interim targets. This paper starts from the assumption that different types of environmental indicators have different implications for the public communication and the societal dialogue about the state of the environment and the measures needed to increase ecological sustainability.The paper concludes that it is important to evaluate environmental indicators on the basis of their communicative potential. It is demonstrated how science-based assessment of progress towards environmental objectives may fulfil different aims. Each of these aims may be linked to particular types of indicators, as well as to particular ideas of how to communicate uncertainties, and to particular views of the role of the public in the system of environmental objectives.
|
|
| 36. |
|
|
| 37. |
|
|
| 38. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Enhancing learning, communication and public engagement about climate change – some lessons from recent literature
- 2014
-
Ingår i: Environmental Education Research. - : Routledge. - 1350-4622 .- 1469-5871. ; 20:3, s. 387-411
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper sets out to develop key messages for the theory and practice of environmental education from a review of recent research literature on climate change communication (CCC) and education. It focuses on how learners of climate science understand messages on climate change, the communicative contexts for education on climate change, the barriers that can be found to public engagement with climate change issues, and how these barriers can be addressed. 92 peer-reviewed studies were examined. The analysis focuses on the goals and strategies of CCC, and how barriers can be addressed given the research findings on: (a) the content of CCC, (b) visualizations, (c) framing, (d) audience segmentation. The paper concludes that CCC and education need to address barriers to public engagement on several levels simultaneously. It recommends that scholars of environmental education focus critical attention on how practice addresses senses and spheres of agency; sociocultural factors; and the complexities of developing scientific literacy given the interpretative frames and prior understandings that are brought to bear by the public in non-formal education settings.
|
|
| 39. |
|
|
| 40. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Fokusgrupper
- 2014. - 1
-
Ingår i: Videnskabelig teori og metode. - Copenhagen : Munksgaard Forlag. - 9788762812413 ; , s. 189-212
-
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
|
|
| 41. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Fokusgrupper
- 2012. - 1
-
Ingår i: Vetenskaplig teori och metod. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144071350 ; , s. 193-214
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vetenskaplig teori och metod är ett heltäckande stöd genom hela sjuksköterskeutbildningen med fokus på vetenskapliga kunskaper med examensarbetet som mål. Boken kan användas genom hela utbildningen och fungerar som ständig kunskapskälla och uppslagsverk. Boken ger också vägledning inför vetenskaplig granskning, presentation och publicering av det färdiga examensarbetet. Till varje kapitel finns även ett webbmaterial och tillsammans med boken ger verket en större förståelse för forskningsprocessen samt den kliniska relevansen av omvårdnads- och vårdvetenskaplig forskning.Vetenskaplig teori och metod är ett heltäckande stöd genom hela sjuksköterskeutbildningen med fokus på vetenskapliga kunskaper med examensarbetet som mål.Boken kan användas genom hela utbildningen och fungerar som ständig kunskapskälla och uppslagsverk. Boken ger också vägledning inför vetenskaplig granskning, presentation och publicering av det färdiga examensarbetet. Till varje kapitel finns även ett webbmaterial och tillsammans med boken ger verket en större förståelse för forskningsprocessen samt den kliniska relevansen av omvårdnads- och vårdvetenskaplig forskning.
|
|
| 42. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Fokusgrupper : Om fokuserade gruppintervjuer som undersökningsmetod
- 2010. - 2
-
Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Det här är en handbok som skildrar hur man praktiskt går tillväga när man arbetar med fokusgrupper. Men boken ger även en teoretisk bakgrund till användandet av fokusgrupper som forskningsmetod. Fokusgrupper är en metod som används för att studera människors föreställningar, kunskaper, attityder och värderingar genom fokuserade gruppintervjuer. Metoden innebär att en grupp under en moderators ledning diskuterar ett givet ämne. Fokusgrupper används till exempel vid marknadsundersökningar, utvärderingar och i forskningssammanhang. Boken vänder sig till högskolestuderande inom ämnen som medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, sociologi, statsvetenskap, pedagogik, folkhälsovetenskap, miljövetenskap, socialt arbete och ekonomi, men är också relevant för företag, skolor, kommuner och landsting. Denna andra upplaga har uppdaterats och utökats med ytterligare förslag på hur data från fokusgrupper kan analyseras. Dessutom innehåller boken ett nyskrivet kapitel om hur fokusgrupper kan användas inom deltagandeforskning.
|
|
| 43. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Fokusgrupper. Om fokuserade gruppintervjuer som undersökningsmetod
- 2000. - 1
-
Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Det här är en handbok som skildrar hur man praktiskt går tillväga när man arbetar med fokusgrupper. Men boken ger även en teoretisk bakgrund till användandet av fokusgrupper som forskningsmetod.Fokusgrupper är en metod som används för att studera människors föreställningar, kunskaper, attityder och värderingar genom fokuserade gruppintervjuer. Metoden innebär att en grupp under en moderators ledning diskuterar ett givet ämne. Fokusgrupper används till exempel vid marknadsundersökningar, utvärderingar och i forskningssammanhang.Boken vänder sig till högskolestuderande inom ämnen som medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, sociologi, statsvetenskap, pedagogik, folkhälsovetenskap, miljövetenskap, socialt arbete och ekonomi, men är också relevant för företag, skolor, kommuner och landsting.
|
|
| 44. |
|
|
| 45. |
|
|
| 46. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Förlamande eller fruktbar osäkerhet? Några tankar kring kommunikation av klimatosäkerheter
- 2010
-
Ingår i: Klimatets krav på samhället<em> </em>. - : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 9789173935647 ; , s. 65-76
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Klimatfrågan är ett exempel på en fråga som varit närvarande i det offentliga samtalet under en lång tidsperiod, men som på kort tid har gått från att vara ett ämne som framför allt diskuterats inom vetenskapssamhället och på den politiska arenan, till att förekomma i stort sett dagligen i mediedebatten och i lekmäns vardagssamtal. Alltsedan klimatfrågan först började diskuteras på den vetenskapliga arenan har den omgärdats av olika typer av osäkerhet. I en analys av hur diskursen om klimatförändringar gestaltat sig på olika samhälleliga arenor pekar Corfee-Morlot m fl (2007) på att den vetenskapliga diskussionen ännu in på 1980-talet karakteriserades av en grundläggande osäkerhet. Debatten gällde om det fanns skäl att överhuvudtaget tala om en växt-huseffekt med global uppvärmning och förändrade nederbördsmönster som konsekvens. Vidare har vetenskapssamhället diskuterat om kli-matförändringarna i så fall är en följd av människans utsläpp av växthusgaser, eller om de har naturliga orsaker. Denna grundläggande osäkerhet har numera till stor del försvunnit från den vetenskapliga arenan. En majoritet av klimatforskare är idag ense om att vi har en klimatförändring som till stor del är ett resultat av mänsklig påverkan (IPCC 2007). Däremot finns det oenighet på det vetenskapliga planet om hur stora klimatförändringarna kan väntas bli och vilka effekter de kommer att få i olika delar av världen. På det politiska planet har strider uppstått kring hur klimatförändringarna ska mötas (Featherstone m fl 2009)– hur stora utsläppsminskningar behövs och vem ska stå för de minskade utsläppen? Vilka anpassningar behöver göras på lokalt, na-tionellt och internationellt plan för att hantera samhällets sårbarhet inför klimatförändringarnas effekter, såsom exempelvis ras, skred och översvämningar? I denna debatt, som fått stort utrymme i media under den senaste tiden, exponeras allmänheten för en rad motstridiga budskap. Det framhålls ofta att alla måste ta sitt ansvar för att skapa mer ”klimatsmarta” och hållbara livsstilar (t ex SOU 2005:51). Hur en sådan livsstil bör se ut är däremot inte lika tydligt.Det svenska samhällets sårbarhet för ras och skred har lyfts fram i klimat- och sårbarhetsutredningen, som lades fram år 2007 och som fick stor uppmärksamhet i svenska media. Utredningen pekar på att antalet dagar med kraftig nederbörd kommer att öka under vinter, vår och höst i stora delar av Sverige. Detta tillsammans med ökande flöden i vattendrag samt höjda och varierande grundvattennivåer medför en ökad risk för skred och ras. Störst är risken i Vänerlandskapen, östra Svealand, Göta Älvdalen och utmed större delen av ostkusten (SOU 2007: 60). Diskussioner förs på lokal, regional och nationell nivå kring hur man bör anpassa sig till riskerna. Samtidigt finns det inte en entydig anpassningsstrategi som passar överallt. SGI pekar i sin underlags-rapport till klimat- och sårbarhetsutredningen på att konsekvenserna av klimatförändringarna i form av ras och skred kommer att se olika ut i olika delar av Sverige. Därmed behövs också olika lokala anpassningsstrategier (SGI 2008). I detta ligger en kommunikationsutmaning. Hur kan man kommunicera vetenskapligt underbyggda klimatbudskap till olika målgrupper med olika bakgrund och olika tolkningsramar? Hur hanteras osäkerheter i kommunikationsprocessen?Denna text syftar till att belysa forskning kring klimatkommunikation och allmänhetens förståelse av klimatfrågan samt att diskutera hur osäkerheter kan kommuniceras i olika sammanhang. Jag kommer att argumentera för att en öppen diskussion kring dataosäkerheter och osäkerhet kring mål för utsläppsminskning och anpassningsstrategier i vissa fall kan fungera som en viktig del i att forma så kallade ”extended peer communities”, där många aktörer tillsammans kan engageras i arbetet för att hantera klimatutmaningarna.
|
|
| 47. |
|
|
| 48. |
- Wibeck, Victoria, 1974-
(författare)
-
Genmat i fokus : Analyser av fokusgruppssamtal om genförändrade livsmedel
- 2002
-
Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study focuses on social representations of genetically modified food (GMF). Drawing on data from eleven focus groups including lay people and decision-makers within the food industry, it aims to analyse how people talk about and try to comprehend and anchor the issue of GMF. It also aims to develop methods for a dialogical content analysis, so that the dynamics inherent in conversations can be captured.The analyses have focused on recurrent themes, topic structure, discursive construction of agents and agency, analogies and distinctions, quotes, and implicit assumptions. The main findings were. a) fear as a central theme; b) a view of nature as inherently good and of humans as topping the value hierarchy of nature; c) a critical view on knowledge, information and experts; d) feelings of a lack of agency.While the analyses demonstrate that lay people reflect actively and critically, expressing a lack of trust in the media, politicians and scientists, it is argued that there is a need for a dialogue between lay people and experts, in order to encourage mutual trust rather than suspicion.
|
|
| 49. |
|
|
| 50. |
|
|
