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Making a Difference: Planning for Engaged Participation in Environmental Research.

Despite the rapid and accelerating rate of global environmental changes, too often research that has the potential to inform more sustainable futures remains disconnected from the context in which it could be used. Though transdisciplinary approaches (TDA) are known to overcome this disconnect, inst...

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Published in:Environmental Management Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 227 - 244
Main Authors: Ferguson, Daniel B., Meadow, Alison M., Huntington, Henry P.
Format: case study tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2022
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          Ferguson, Daniel B.
          Meadow, Alison M.
          Huntington, Henry P.
        affil: Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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          Climate Change
          Environmental Health
          Research, Interdisciplinary
          Consumer Participation
          Interprofessional Relations
          Research Methodology
          Interinstitutional Relations
      ab: Despite the rapid and accelerating rate of global environmental changes, too often research that has the potential to inform more sustainable futures remains disconnected from the context in which it could be used. Though transdisciplinary approaches (TDA) are known to overcome this disconnect, institutional barriers frequently prevent their deployment. Here we use insights from a qualitative comparative analysis of five case studies to develop a process for helping researchers and funders conceptualize and implement socially engaged research within existing institutional structures. The process we propose is meant to help researchers achieve societal as well as scientific outcomes relatively early in a project, as an end in itself or en route to greater engagement later. If projects that have a strong foundation of dialog and shared power wish to use TDA within current institutional and academic structures, we suggest that they focus on three process-based factors to increase their chances for success: (1) the maturity of relationships within a collaboration, (2) the level of context knowledge present within the collaborative team, and (3) the intensity of the engagement efforts within the project.
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