TY - JOUR
T1 - Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research
AU - Norström, Albert V.
AU - Cvitanovic, Christopher
AU - Löf, Marie F.
AU - West, Simon
AU - Wyborn, Carina
AU - Balvanera, Patricia
AU - Bednarek, Angela T.
AU - Bennett, Elena M.
AU - Biggs, Reinette
AU - de Bremond, Ariane
AU - Campbell, Bruce M.
AU - Canadell, Josep G.
AU - Carpenter, Stephen R.
AU - Folke, Carl
AU - Fulton, Elizabeth A.
AU - Gaffney, Owen
AU - Gelcich, Stefan
AU - Jouffray, Jean Baptiste
AU - Leach, Melissa
AU - Le Tissier, Martin
AU - Martín-López, Berta
AU - Louder, Elena
AU - Loutre, Marie France
AU - Meadow, Alison M.
AU - Nagendra, Harini
AU - Payne, Davnah
AU - Peterson, Garry D.
AU - Reyers, Belinda
AU - Scholes, Robert
AU - Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika
AU - Spierenburg, Marja
AU - Stafford-Smith, Mark
AU - Tengö, Maria
AU - van der Hel, Sandra
AU - van Putten, Ingrid
AU - Österblom, Henrik
N1 - Funding Information:
A.V.N. received support by the Swedish Research Council Formas (grant number 2017-01326) and the GRAID programme at SRC. M.F.L. received support by the foundation BalticSea2020 and the Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre. S.W. received support by the Swedish Research Council Formas (mobility starting grant 2017-01631). H.Ö. received support from the Walton Family Foundation (grants 2017-693 and 2018-1371), The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (grants 2017-66205 and 2019-68336), and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (grants GBMF5668.01 and GBMF5668.02). R.B. received support from the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of South Africa (grant 98766); the GRAID programme at SRC; and the Swedish Research Council (grant 621-2014-5137). M.-F.L. received support by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). B.M.C. received support from the CGIAR Trust Fund and through bilateral funding agreements. This research contributes to the Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (www.pecs-science.org).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Research practice, funding agencies and global science organizations suggest that research aimed at addressing sustainability challenges is most effective when ‘co-produced’ by academics and non-academics. Co-production promises to address the complex nature of contemporary sustainability challenges better than more traditional scientific approaches. But definitions of knowledge co-production are diverse and often contradictory. We propose a set of four general principles that underlie high-quality knowledge co-production for sustainability research. Using these principles, we offer practical guidance on how to engage in meaningful co-productive practices, and how to evaluate their quality and success.
AB - Research practice, funding agencies and global science organizations suggest that research aimed at addressing sustainability challenges is most effective when ‘co-produced’ by academics and non-academics. Co-production promises to address the complex nature of contemporary sustainability challenges better than more traditional scientific approaches. But definitions of knowledge co-production are diverse and often contradictory. We propose a set of four general principles that underlie high-quality knowledge co-production for sustainability research. Using these principles, we offer practical guidance on how to engage in meaningful co-productive practices, and how to evaluate their quality and success.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078089579&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85078089579&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41893-019-0448-2
DO - 10.1038/s41893-019-0448-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078089579
SN - 2398-9629
VL - 3
SP - 182
EP - 190
JO - Nature Sustainability
JF - Nature Sustainability
IS - 3
ER -