Zachary Johner, Nicole Klenk, Christopher Cvitanovic, Maud Borie
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Abstract
Calls for co-production at the environmental science-policy interface emphasize broad participation and inclusion, yet they continue to privilege knowledge aligned with Western scientific standards over other ways of knowing. This editorial argues that experiential knowledge—embodied and affective understanding rooted in lived experience and often communicated through vivid storytelling—remains largely unrecognized and undervalued in co-production frameworks and initiatives. Drawing on insights from philosophy, narrative theory, and neuroscience, we examine how storytelling enables the transmission of experiential knowledge through aesthetic engagement and embodied simulation. We distinguish between using anecdotes as illustrative tools and crafting narratives that convey the full affective and sensory texture of experience. The article proposes non-extractive and epistemically inclusive approaches to account for experiential knowledge in research and policy, including strategies for inviting both analytical and aesthetic reading. We conclude with practical recommendations for valuing and respecting experiential knowledge, moving toward a more inclusive understanding of what counts as knowing at the environmental science-policy interface.
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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.