Knowledge co-production and researcher roles in transdisciplinary environmental management projects

Schröter, Barbara (author): Lund University,Lunds universitet,LUCSUS,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies),Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences,Leibniz-Zentrum fur Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.

Cortes Arevalo, Juliette (author): University of Twente,IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Henze, Jennifer (author): Leibniz University of Hannover,Ruhr-University Bochum

Albert, Christian (author): Leibniz University of Hannover,Ruhr-University Bochum

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2022-01-24
2022
English.
In: Sustainable Development. - : Wiley. - 1099-1719 .- 0968-0802. ; 30:2, s. 393-405

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Abstract Subject headings

Calls for transformative change and participatory modes of knowledge production demand researchers to assume new roles. This paper synthesizes the literature on knowledge co-production and researcher roles to explore challenges for researchers involved in transdisciplinary environmental management projects. Our research methods combine a scoping review and reflections on personal experiences with three transdisciplinary projects. To conceptualize researcher roles in transdisciplinary knowledge co-production, we distinguish between three spaces: knowledge, formal policy, and stakeholder. Knowledge co-production requires collaboration between actors from different spaces and integration of diverse knowledge sources and types. Depending on whether researchers adopt knowledge-oriented, change-oriented or intermediating roles, they will experience different challenges. When researcherscombine knowledge development with change-oriented and/or intermediating roles, they encounter new challenges, such as, maintaining independence or objectivity. To assist researchers in transdisciplinary projects, we conclude with a checklist of four elements to reflect upon: orientation, norms and values, expectations and resources.

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