1. Co-designing marine science beyond good intentions: support stakeholders’ empowerment in transformative pathways
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Cosma Cazé, Camille Mazé, Anatole Danto, Hanieh Saeedi, Dan Lear, Saara Suominen, Joape Ginigini, Gilianne Brodie, Isoa Korovulavula, Isabel Sousa Pinto, LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UFR Géographie (UP1 UFR08), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1), Centre de Recherches sur l'Action Politique en Europe (ARENES), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Rennes-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum [Frankfurt], Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association-Leibniz Association, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA), Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), University of the South Pacific (USP), Dpt of Biology [Porto], Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, MESRI, and TEMERAIR
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Governance ,Ecology ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,[SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology ,Aquatic Science ,Oceanography ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,[SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science ,Transformation ,History of sciences ,[SHS.HISPHILSO]Humanities and Social Sciences/History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences ,Marine science ,Stakeholders ,Sustainability ,[SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies ,Co-design ,Coastal communities ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Calls for science to innovate by including stakeholders' in the creation of marine knowledge have been rising, to create impact beyond laboratories and to contribute to the empowerment of local communities when interacting with marine and coastal ecosystems. As a transdisciplinary group of scientists working on co-designing research projects, this paper draws upon our experiences to further define the concept and seek to improve the process of co-design. We highlight the key barriers for co-design processes to contribute to increasing stakeholders' capacity to produce intended effects on marine policy. We suggest that stakeholder engagement requires overcoming the resistance to non-scientific knowledge sources and considering power asymmetries in the governance and management of the ocean. We argue that power and politics must be placed at the very heart of the production of a co-designed marine science and must be an aspect of the facilitation itself. In this paper, we aim to provide insights to navigate throughout the journey of stakeholder engagement, with the critical perspective necessary to make this process socially and environmentally effective.
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- 2022
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