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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, Cara; Klein, Julia A.; Reid, Robin S.; Lavorel, Sandra; Tucker, Catherine; Hopping, Kelly A.; Marchant, Rob; Teel, Tara; Cuni-Sanchez, Aida; Dorjii, Tsechoe; Greenwood, Greg; Huber, Robert; Kassam, Karim-Aly; Kreuer, David; Nolinn, Anne; Russello, Aaron; Sharp, Julia L.; Hribar, Mateja Smid; Thorn, Jessica P. R.; Grants, Gordon; Mahdi, Mohammed; Morenou, Martha; Waiswav, Daniel
通讯作者	Steger, C (通讯作者)
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0959-3780
EISSN	1872-9495
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. 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., ques
关键词	KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS DECISION-MAKING CLIMATE-CHANGE SUSTAINABILITY LESSONS INTERDISCIPLINARY GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES COPRODUCTION EXPERIENCES
英文关键词	Social-ecological systems; Collaborative environmental management; Knowledge co-production; Social learning; Sustainability; Science policy interface; Science to action
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Geography
WOS记录号	WOS:000663342300012
来源期刊	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/260549
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Steger, Cara,Klein, Julia A.,Reid, Robin S.,et al. Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2021,68.
APA	Steger, Cara.,Klein, Julia A..,Reid, Robin S..,Lavorel, Sandra.,Tucker, Catherine.,...&Waiswav, Daniel.(2021).Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work.GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,68.
MLA	Steger, Cara,et al."Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work".GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS 68(2021).