Charting the emergence of a ‘knowing system’ for climate change adaptation in Australian regional natural resource management

Wallis, Peter; Bosomworth, Karyn; Harwood, Andrew; Leith, Peat

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.06.002

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“…“Opening up” active political spaces for critical contention over alternative transformation pathways (Stirling, , p. 83) can enable systematic exposure of how alternative reasonable courses of action appear preferable under different framing conditions and how these relate to divergent contexts, public values, disciplinary perspectives and stakeholder interests (Stirling, , p. 280). Including diverse, sometimes contending, perspectives can thereby provide more holistic, diverse understandings of a problem, support more distributive power (Hoppe, ; Huitema et al, ; Loorbach, Frantzeskaki, & Avelino, ; Rijke, Farrelly, Brown, & Zevenbergen, ) and guide a greater diversity of means and ends required in decision‐making under conditions of uncertainty (Wallis, Bosomworth, Harwood, & Leith, ).…”

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A discursive–institutional perspective on transformative governance: A case from a fire management policy sector

Bosomworth

2018

Env Pol Gov

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Scholarship around questions of climate change adaptation is increasingly concerned with ideas of transformative adaptation and its governance through critical re‐evaluation of beliefs, values and associated institutions. For public policy sectors, the concept of transformative governance brings attention to their capacities for supporting and engaging in such governance. While much adaptation research and practice informs technical and structural understandings of these capacities (e.g., governance arrangements, learning systems and adaptation planning), most of this research (and practice) has ignored less formal, yet equally important dimensions of public administration and governance. Institutional scholarship highlights that dominant norms, beliefs, and philosophical ideas underpin how policy sectors structure their policy responses and engagement in governance. Discursive Institutionalism suggests that examining a sector's dominant discourse can provide insights into these “institutional logics”. This paper therefore argues that understanding a policy sector's institutional logics is a crucial part of working toward enabling transformative governance of adaptation. This argument is developed through a case study of the institutional logics operating in the fire management policy sector of Victoria, Australia, and the potential influence of these logics on that sector's capacities to engage in transformative governance. Findings suggest this sector's institutional logics may currently constrain its capacities to engage in transformative governance and highlight the need for greater attention to socioinstitutional dimensions of public administration to help catalyze transformative governance of (and for) adaptation.

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Section: A DI Perspective On Enabling Transformative Governancementioning

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A discursive–institutional perspective on transformative governance: A case from a fire management policy sector

Bosomworth

2018

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“…Their point of the intersection during research interactions would suffice for facilitating discussion in problem definition and solution-seeking. Such an intersection may be seen as providing a boundary critique for co-inquiry [44]. The engagement of stakeholders would support the process of both as a 'reality check' on our understanding of the incumbent or current system [52] and as a process of engaging in the social construction of its transformation [21].…”

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“…We adopted an approach that aimed to work through existing networks of representative stakeholders (Iwi/agency/sector organisations) to connect the ICT innovation with their wider communities. The approach adopted was premised on bi-directional knowledge exchange through a networked community, rather than one that worked through conduit and container models of technology transfer, that is usually attempted at the end of technology development and inadequately addresses the knowledge and frameworks of users [44].…”

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“…In this model, it was proposed that the ability of this stakeholder-led network to report observations of potential biosecurity threats would be supported by new technology solutions, such as mobile phone apps and other real-time communication methods that facilitated the transfer of observations to species identifiers. as providing a boundary critique for co-inquiry [44]. The engagement of stakeholders would support the process of both as a 'reality check' on our understanding of the incumbent or current system [52] and as a process of engaging in the social construction of its transformation [21].…”

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Emerging Stakeholder Relations in Participatory ICT Design: Renegotiating the Boundaries of Sociotechnical Innovation in Forest Biosecurity Surveillance

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Pawson

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2019

Forests

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Research Highlights: This research advanced understanding of stakeholder relations within the context of innovation using citizen science in a biosecurity sociotechnical system (STS) in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Background and Objectives: It draws on recent experiences in the United Kingdom, where analysis of stakeholder engagement in the development of biosecurity surveillance technologies and citizen science initiatives have occurred to support understanding and development of forest and tree health biosecurity. Early detection technologies are essential as biosecurity risks to the primary sectors increase with the expansion of global trade and shifting pest dynamics that accompany a changing climate. Stakeholder engagement in technology development improves the chances of adoption but can also challenge the mental models of users in an existing STS. Materials and Methods: Two conceptual models that embed stakeholder relations in new information and communications technology (ICT) design and development were applied: (i) a future realist view of the general surveillance system incorporating citizen experts as species identifiers; (ii) a social construction of the ICT platform to surface mental models of the system in use creating the groundwork for evolution of stakeholder relations within STS innovation. A case study demonstrating how we addressed some of the practical limitations of a proposed systems change by applying sociotechnical innovation systems (STIS) theory to the development and adoption of new technologies for surveillance in the existing biosecurity system was presented. Results: Opportunities to enhance the capacity for early detection were considered, where the needs of diverse factors within a central government biosecurity authority and the wider citizenry are supported by the development of a general surveillance network (GSN).

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“…This article focusses on Phil's professional life and achievements. Specifically, his significant contribution to environmental management and interdisciplinary research for sustainable futures in the areas of water governance and planning , climate change adaptation Wallis et al 2017Wallis et al , 2014, social learning (Ison, Collins, and Wallis 2015;Wallis, Ison, and Samson 2013), systems thinking (Ison, Russell, and Wallis 2009) and developmental agriculture (Ison et al 2014).…”

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Philip James Wallis 5th March 1982 – 2nd February 2018

2018

Australasian Journal of Water Resources

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Charting the emergence of a ‘knowing system’ for climate change adaptation in Australian regional natural resource management

Cited by 18 publications

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A discursive–institutional perspective on transformative governance: A case from a fire management policy sector

A discursive–institutional perspective on transformative governance: A case from a fire management policy sector

Emerging Stakeholder Relations in Participatory ICT Design: Renegotiating the Boundaries of Sociotechnical Innovation in Forest Biosecurity Surveillance

Philip James Wallis 5th March 1982 – 2nd February 2018

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