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Negotiating space for knowledge co-production.
- Source :
- Science & Public Policy (SPP); Feb2023, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p59-71, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Despite increased popularity of knowledge co-production as a research approach to address contemporary environmental issues, its implementation in science–policy contexts is not self-evident. In this paper, we illustrate how researchers at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (in Dutch: Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving (PBL)) ensured a fit between key features of knowledge co-production and conventional norms and customs for knowledge production processes at the science–policy interface while simultaneously challenging those norms to create space for knowledge co-production. Drawing on implementation science, we analyzed two types of alignment activities: negotiation of normative and relational norms and modification of co-production features. Based on three policy evaluation cases, we show that PBL researchers developed co-production capacity over time. They became more skilled at recognizing (un)conducive structures to knowledge co-production, negotiating such structures, and modifying co-production features without compromising co-production integrity. We argue that investment in these skills is required to negotiate space for knowledge co-production in science–policy settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MANUFACTURING processes
NEGOTIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL agencies
POPULARITY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03023427
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Science & Public Policy (SPP)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162026225
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scac045