Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development

The challenge of meeting human development needs while protecting the earth's life support systems confronts scientists, technologists, policy makers, and communities from local to global levels. Many believe that science and technology (S&T) must play a more central role in sustainable dev...

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Published inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 100; no. 14; pp. 8086 - 8091
Main Authors Cash, David W., Clark, William C., Alcock, Frank, Dickson, Nancy M., Eckley, Noelle, Guston, David H., Jäger, Jill, Mitchell, Ronald B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States National Academy of Sciences 08.07.2003
National Acad Sciences
SeriesScience and Technology for Sustainable Development Special Feature
Subjects
Agricultural management
Agriculture - methods
Agroecosystems
Air Pollution - prevention & control
Animals
Biological Sciences
Communication
Conflict (Psychology)
Conservation of Natural Resources
Crop science
Crops
Decision Making
El Nino
Fisheries
Humans
Information Dissemination
Interinstitutional Relations
International Cooperation
Knowledge
Oceans and Seas
Public Policy
Saliency
Science
Science and Technology for Sustainable Development Special Feature
Social Sciences
Sustainability science
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Sustainable economies
Technology Transfer
Water Supply
Weather
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Summary:The challenge of meeting human development needs while protecting the earth's life support systems confronts scientists, technologists, policy makers, and communities from local to global levels. Many believe that science and technology (S&T) must play a more central role in sustainable development, yet little systematic scholarship exists on how to create institutions that effectively harness S&T for sustainability. This study suggests that efforts to mobilize S&T for sustainability are more likely to be effective when they manage boundaries between knowledge and action in ways that simultaneously enhance the salience, credibility, and legitimacy of the information they produce. Effective systems apply a variety of institutional mechanisms that facilitate communication, translation and mediation across boundaries.
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Communicated by Susan Hanson, Clark University, Worcester, MA, March 7, 2003
Abbreviations: S&T, science and technology; R&D, research and development; CGIAR, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research; ENSO, El Niño/Southern Oscillation; CIMMYT, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo; PEAC, Pacific ENSO Applications Center.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1231332100