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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102240
	Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work
	Steger C.; Klein J.A.; Reid R.S.; Lavorel S.; Tucker C.; Hopping K.A.; Marchant R.; Teel T.; Cuni-Sanchez A.; Dorji T.; Greenwood G.; Huber R.; Kassam K.-A.; Kreuer D.; Nolin A.; Russell A.; Sharp J.L.; Šmid Hribar M.; Thorn J.P.R.; Grant G.; Mahdi M.; Moreno M.; Waiswa D.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	9593780
卷号	68
英文摘要	Transdisciplinary research is a promising approach to address sustainability challenges arising from global environmental change, as it is characterized by an iterative process that brings together actors from multiple academic fields and diverse sectors of society to engage in mutual learning with the intent to co-produce new knowledge. We present a conceptual model to guide the implementation of environmental transdisciplinary work, which we consider a “science with society” (SWS) approach, providing suggested activities to conduct throughout a seven-step process. We used a survey with 168 respondents involved in environmental transdisciplinary work worldwide to evaluate the relative importance of these activities and the skills and characteristics required to implement them successfully, with attention to how responses differed according to the gender, geographic location, and positionality of the respondents. Flexibility and collaborative spirit were the most frequently valued skills in SWS, though non-researchers tended to prioritize attributes like humility, trust, and patience over flexibility. We also explored the relative significance of barriers to successful SWS, finding insufficient time and unequal power dynamics were the two most significant barriers to successful SWS. Together with case studies of respondents’ most successful SWS projects, we create a toolbox of 20 best practices that can be used to overcome barriers and increase the societal and scientific impacts of SWS projects. Project success was perceived to be significantly higher where there was medium to high policy impact, and projects initiated by practitioners/other stakeholders had a larger proportion of high policy impact compared to projects initiated by researchers only. Communicating project results to academic audiences occurred more frequently than communicating results to practitioners or the public, despite this being ranked less important overall. We discuss how these results point to three recommendations for future SWS: 1) balancing diverse perspectives through careful partnership formation and design; 2) promoting communication, learning, and reflexivity (i.e., questioning assumptions, beliefs, and practices) to overcome conflict and power asymmetries; and 3) increasing policy impact for joint science and society benefits. Our study highlights the benefits of diversity in SWS - both in the types of people and knowledge included as well as the methods used - and the potential benefits of this approach for addressing the increasingly complex challenges arising from global environmental change. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Collaborative environmental management Knowledge co-production Science policy interface Science to action Social learning Social-ecological systems Sustainability
英文关键词	communication network; environmental planning; guideline; interdisciplinary approach; learning; science and technology; stakeholder; sustainability
语种	英语
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205549
作者单位	Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499, United States; Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499, United States; Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1476, United States; aboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS - Université Grenoble Alpes - Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Grenoble, 38000, France; Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States; Human-Environment Systems, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, United States; York Institute of Tropical Ecosystems, University of York, Department of Environment and Geography, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York, North Yorkshire YO10 5NG, United Kingdom; Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1480, United States; Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nongke Road No.6, Lhasa, T...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Steger C.,Klein J.A.,Reid R.S.,et al. Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work[J],2021,68.
APA	Steger C..,Klein J.A..,Reid R.S..,Lavorel S..,Tucker C..,...&Waiswa D..(2021).Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work.Global Environmental Change,68.
MLA	Steger C.,et al."Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work".Global Environmental Change 68(2021).