Trade-offs in expanding citizen participation in low-carbon transitions: Seven transition arena experiments

IF 5.2 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Jani P. Lukkarinen , Satu Lähteenoja , Sampsa Hyysalo , Tatu Marttila , Maija Faehnle , Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki
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Amid the complex and persistent challenges of sustainability transitions, experimental governance has emerged as a way to foster reflexivity, learning, and policy innovation through diverse participatory practices. This paper examines the role of transition arena methodologies in expanding and deepening civic engagement in low-carbon transitions, specifically through seven experimental processes focused on "climate-wise housing" in Finland in 2023. These experiments combined digital and in-person facilitation in an attempt to involve citizens in co-producing actionable insights on climate-smart behaviors, building renovations, and renewable energy adoption, hitherto directing the envisioned transition. The research explores three “avenues” of widening participation in transition arenas, namely expanding, complementing, and opening such arenas to explore questions regarding the potential and limitations of widening transition arena participation and the impact of such breadth on the depth of citizen engagement. Findings highlight trade-offs between different scopes and modes of citizen participation and reveal how participatory processes shape public engagement and policy responsiveness. By suggesting four implications on designing and implementing citizen engagement processes, the study contributes to a nuanced understanding of participation in transition governance and its implications for sustainability transformations.
在低碳转型中扩大公民参与的权衡:七个转型舞台实验
在可持续性转型的复杂和持续挑战中,实验性治理已经成为一种通过各种参与性实践促进反思、学习和政策创新的方式。本文研究了转型舞台方法在扩大和深化公民参与低碳转型方面的作用,特别是通过2023年芬兰“气候智慧型住房”的七个实验过程。这些实验结合了数字和面对面的促进,试图让公民参与到气候智能型行为、建筑改造和可再生能源采用方面的共同提出可操作的见解,迄今为止指导了设想的过渡。本研究探讨了在转型领域扩大参与的三种“途径”,即扩大、补充和开放这些领域,以探索有关扩大转型领域参与的潜力和局限性以及这种广度对公民参与深度的影响的问题。研究结果强调了公民参与的不同范围和模式之间的权衡,并揭示了参与性过程如何影响公众参与和政策响应。通过提出设计和实施公民参与过程的四个含义,该研究有助于细致入微地理解过渡治理中的参与及其对可持续性转型的影响。
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Environmental Science & Policy
Environmental Science & Policy 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
10.90
自引率
8.30%
发文量
332
审稿时长
68 days
期刊介绍: Environmental Science & Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems. It also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research of policy relevance on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, environmental pollution and wastes, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, and the interactions among these issues. The journal emphasises the linkages between these environmental issues and social and economic issues such as production, transport, consumption, growth, demographic changes, well-being, and health. However, the subject coverage will not be restricted to these issues and the introduction of new dimensions will be encouraged.
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