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William C Clark1, Lorrae van Kerkhoff2, Louis Lebel3

  • 1Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; william_clark@harvard.edu.

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Researchers can create more actionable knowledge for sustainable development by understanding the co-production of knowledge and decision-making. Training should incorporate practical lessons on collaboration and social learning for effective science-society integration.

Keywords:
capacitycoproductionknowledge systemsscience–policy interfacesustainable development

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Area of Science:

  • Sustainability Science
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Environmental Social Science

Background:

  • Researchers often struggle to translate scientific findings into practical solutions for sustainable development.
  • Existing formal training for researchers inadequately prepares them for knowledge co-production with societal actors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To distill core lessons for researchers to increase the production of usable knowledge for sustainable development.
  • To articulate essential knowledge and practices for researchers engaging in sustainability-focused action.

Main Methods:

  • Drawing lessons from global practical experience and scholarly research on science-society relationships.
  • Utilizing the ICAP (Innovation, Complex, Adaptive, Political) lens to analyze knowledge co-production in social-environmental systems.

Main Results:

  • Identified four key areas of knowledge: understanding co-production in social-environmental systems through the ICAP lens.
  • Identified four key practices: building capacity for stakeholder collaboration, social learning, knowledge governance, and researcher training.

Conclusions:

  • Formal researcher training must integrate lessons on knowledge co-production for effective sustainable development.
  • Enhancing researcher capacity in collaboration, learning, governance, and training is crucial for bridging science and action.