Place-based knowledge transfer in a local-to-global and knowledge-to-action context: key steps and facilitative factors

IF 3.6 2区 社会学 Q1 ECOLOGY
Eva Sievers, Marja Spierenburg, Shivant S. Jhagroe, Alexander P. E. van Oudenhoven
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Abstract

Rapid global change threatens to outstrip global efforts to establish sustainable stewardship of social-ecological systems (SES). Place-based research can enhance effectiveness of global sustainability policies and actions by providing contextualized knowledge underpinning bottom-up solutions. However, the use and transfer of place-based knowledge remains a major challenge. In this study, we analyze place-based knowledge transfer in a local-to-global and knowledge-to-action context. We aim to provide insights on when, how, and why place-based research can inform decision making at the global scale and lead to action toward more sustainable and just futures. Our iterative and exploratory methodology involved alternating rounds of literature reviews and interviews with interdisciplinary researchers. We identified four key steps (place-based knowledge production, knowledge synthesis, knowledge use at the global scale, and knowledge revision and lessons learned) and five facilitative factors (bridging organizations, knowledge brokers, boundary organizations, institutionalized knowledge governance, and polycentric governance systems), which provide a comprehensive understanding of place-based knowledge transfer. Our conceptual framework provides suggestions on how to set up place-based knowledge transfer to be more effective, complete, and inclusive. Furthermore, our study discusses two major structural challenges that currently inhibit place-based knowledge transfer and shows ways forward for science and policy to overcome these. We argue that place-based knowledge transfer can be an effective means to undo dominant power relations and the epistemic status quo and enable a shift from short-termism in science and policy toward more long-term SES goals. Therefore, it is seminal to open up the predominant value system to more diverse knowledge systems, signifying a shift away from global decision making that is guided by neoliberal capitalist principles and over-emphasizes short-term and individual gains. Finally, it is crucial to prioritize learning over knowing to exploit the long-term value of place-based knowledge transfer.

The post Place-based knowledge transfer in a local-to-global and knowledge-to-action context: key steps and facilitative factors first appeared on Ecology & Society.

从地方到全球、从知识到行动的地方知识转让:关键步骤和促进因素
全球的快速变化有可能超过全球为建立社会生态系统(SES)可持续管理所做的努力。基于地方的研究可以通过提供支持自下而上解决方案的背景知识,提高全球可持续发展政策和行动的有效性。然而,如何利用和转让基于地方的知识仍然是一项重大挑战。在本研究中,我们分析了在从地方到全球以及从知识到行动的背景下基于地方的知识转移。我们的目标是就基于地方的研究何时、如何以及为何能够为全球范围的决策提供信息,并促使人们采取行动,实现更加可持续和公正的未来,提供真知灼见。我们的迭代探索方法包括交替进行文献综述和对跨学科研究人员进行访谈。我们确定了四个关键步骤(基于地方的知识生产、知识综合、全球范围内的知识使用以及知识修正和经验教训)和五个促进因素(桥梁组织、知识经纪人、边界组织、制度化知识治理以及多中心治理系统),从而提供了对基于地方的知识转移的全面理解。我们的概念框架为如何建立更加有效、完整和包容的地方性知识转移提供了建议。此外,我们的研究还讨论了目前阻碍地方知识转移的两大结构性挑战,并指出了科学和政策克服这些挑战的途径。我们认为,以地方为基础的知识转移可以成为一种有效的手段,来打破占主导地位的权力关系和认识论现状,使科学和政策从短期主义转向更长远的社会经济地位目标。因此,向更多样化的知识体系开放占主导地位的价值体系具有开创性意义,这意味着要摆脱以新自由资本主义原则为指导、过分强调短期和个人利益的全球决策。最后,至关重要的是要将学习置于知识之上,以开发基于地方的知识转移的长期价值。
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Ecology and Society
Ecology and Society 环境科学-生态学
CiteScore
6.20
自引率
4.90%
发文量
109
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: Ecology and Society is an electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. Manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are all handled on the Internet. Software developed for the journal automates all clerical steps during peer review, facilitates a double-blind peer review process, and allows authors and editors to follow the progress of peer review on the Internet. As articles are accepted, they are published in an "Issue in Progress." At four month intervals the Issue-in-Progress is declared a New Issue, and subscribers receive the Table of Contents of the issue via email. Our turn-around time (submission to publication) averages around 350 days. We encourage publication of special features. Special features are comprised of a set of manuscripts that address a single theme, and include an introductory and summary manuscript. The individual contributions are published in regular issues, and the special feature manuscripts are linked through a table of contents and announced on the journal''s main page. The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience that includes an array of disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities concerned with the relationship between society and the life-supporting ecosystems on which human wellbeing ultimately depends.
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