It’s Time To Learn About Learning: Where Should the Environmental and Natural Resource Governance Field Go Next?

Andrea K. Gerlak, Tanya Heikkila, Sharon L. Smolinski, Derek Armitage, Dave Huitema, Brendan Moore

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Abstract

This Commentary reflects on the state of the scholarship on learning for environmental and natural resource policy and governance. How have we been learning about learning? We highlight theoretical and empirical advancements related to learning, as well as areas of divergence between learning theories and frameworks, and underdeveloped knowledge around processes and outcomes. To address these limitations and improve progress in both theory and practice, we offer recommendations for learning scholarship by focusing on how to collectively engage in ‘learning about learning’.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1056-1064
Number of pages9
JournalSociety and Natural Resources
Volume32
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2 2019

Keywords

  • Environmental governance
  • learning
  • outcomes
  • processes
  • research
  • scholarship

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Development
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science

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