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

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 ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Dedeurwaerdere, Tom
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2024
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesRoutledge 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
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ISBN1032624248
9781032624242
9781032624273
1032624272
9781032624297
9781003827535
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9781003827580
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1003827535
DOI10.4324/9781032624297

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Table of Contents:
  • 5.2 Embedding knowledge co-production and social learning in the institutional enabling of transdisciplinary research -- 5.3 Implementing integrated boundary-crossing networks for teaching, knowledge exchange, and team formation -- 5.4 New management functions for boundary-crossing network integration -- 6 Implementing knowledge co-production on sustainability transformations in academia and beyond -- Conclusion -- Annex 1: Glossary of key conceptual terms -- Annex 2: Case study list -- Annex 3: Coding scales -- Index
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Transdisciplinary research partnerships for environmental justice and citizenship within planetary boundaries -- 1.1 Organizing research on integrated social and ecological systems -- 1.2 The promises of transdisciplinary sustainability research -- 1.3 Addressing governance challenges in partnerships between scientific researchers and societal actors -- 2 Overcoming collective action failures in knowledge co-production practices -- 2.1 Governance failures in transdisciplinary research -- 2.2 Theoretical building blocks from the multi-level approach to governing scientific research commons -- 2.3 Promoting synergies among various styles of transdisciplinary research practice -- 3 Generating actionable knowledge outputs through collaborative research co-design -- 3.1 Usable knowledge production on sustainability transformations -- 3.2 Collaborative research co-design across technological, socioeconomic, and cultural levers of sustainability transformations -- 3.3 A pragmatist constructivist approach to knowledge co-production -- 4 Social learning among actors with incommensurable value perspectives on sustainability transformations -- 4.1 Building common perspectives for research collaboration in highly diverse societal value settings -- 4.2 Amartya Sen's deliberative approach to social choice with incommensurable societal values -- 4.3 Illustrating the various types of social learning in transdisciplinary research practices -- 4.4 Fostering critical engagement across differences -- 5 Developing integrated boundary-crossing organizational networks -- 5.1 From disciplinary divisions and departments to flexible network organizations