Transdisciplinary Research, Sustainability, and Social Transformation Governance and Knowledge Co-Production

• Main Author: Dedeurwaerdere, Tom
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2024; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainability
• Subjects: Business; Business & Economics; Community development; Development; Development studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Environmental management; Environmental science, engineering and technology; Environmentalist thought and ideology; Governance; Interdisciplinary studies; Knowledge co-production; Nonfiction; Political participation; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; Research methods: general; Social action; Social change; Social impact of environmental issues; Social Science; Sociology; Sustainability; Sustainability transformations; Sustainability transitions; Sustainable Development; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; The environment; Transdisciplinary; Transdisciplinary research; Sustainability transformations; Transdisciplinary; Transdisciplinary research; Sustainability; Knowledge co-production; Governance; Sustainable development; Sustainability transitions
• ISBN: 1032624248; 9781032624242; 9781032624273; 1032624272; 9781032624297; 9781003827535; 1003827586; 9781003827580; 1032624299; 1003827535
• DOI: 10.4324/9781032624297

This book addresses the gap in the existing literature on the governance of transdisciplinary research partnerships in transformational sustainability research by exploring the governance of knowledge co-production in coupled socio-ecological system dynamics. Multiple social and ecological crises raise new cross-sectoral research questions that call for an evolution in contemporary science in the direction of society-wide knowledge co-production on sustainability transformations of interdependent social and ecological systems. This book proposes a new approach to this based on enabling capacities for collaboration among scientific researchers and societal actors with diverse values, perspectives, and research interests. By drawing upon the thriving literature on the conditions for community and multistakeholder-driven collective action, the analysis sheds new light on the governance arrangements for organizing so-called transdisciplinary research partnerships for sustainability. This book identifies robust conditions that lead to effective collaborative research with societal actors and digs deeper into capacity building for partnership research through fostering social learning on sustainability values among research partners and organizing training and knowledge exchange at institutions of higher education. The book proposes solutions for addressing collective action challenges in transdisciplinary partnerships in an accessible and broadly interdisciplinary manner to a large audience of sustainability scholars and practitioners. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of sustainable development, social ecological transitions, and science policy, while also being a useful resource for engineers, QSE managers, and policymakers.