Citizen energy lost in sustainability transitions: Knowledge co-production in a complex governance context

Lukkarinen, Jani; Salo, Miikka; Faehnle, Maija; Saarikoski, Heli; Hyysalo, Sampsa; Auvinen, Karoliina; Lähteenoja, Satu; Marttila, Tatu

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2022.102932

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“…The recent TA projects in Finland offer a fruitful context to study the adaptability of the mid-range methodology, as well as assess connections between the TA interactions, their outputs, and more long-term developments potentially connected to the local context of action. Since the initial use of the methodology, the utilisation has been continued in a range of contexts including citizen energy (Lukkarinen et al, 2020), national biodiversity strategy (Hyysalo et al, 2022), Agenda 2030roadmaps (Lähteenoja et al, 2022, regional sustainable mobility (Enell-Nilsson et al, 2019), and low-energy buildings and district planning (Grönroos et al, 2022). The methodology and toolset have also been redesigned to support online use (see http://murrosareena.fi/english/).…”

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The routledge handbook of catalysts for a sustainable circular economy

2023

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The routledge handbook of catalysts for a sustainable circular economy

2023

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Reflexive use of methods: a framework for navigating different types of knowledge and power in transformative research

Minna,

Jacobi,

Korhonen-Kurki

et al. 2023

Sustain Sci

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In transformative sustainability science, reflexivity is considered critical for ethically sound and socially relevant research. In practice, many transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes have faced problems in mitigating power hierarchies among the participating actors and the different types of knowledge. In this paper, we develop and test a reflexive framework that enables transdisciplinary researchers to convey more explicitly how their methodological choices play a role in im/balancing power relations in knowledge co-production. The reflexive framework allows researchers to distinguish the different types of knowledge co-produced by the methods, as well as tracking the movements between them. We utilize the framework to reflect upon the methodological choices made through the application of three different transformative methods, namely the Transition Arena, Theory of Change, and Participatory Food Sustainability Assessment and Transformation Framework in different contexts. The results illuminate how the agility between the knowledge types is critical for navigating tensions in power imbalances, as well as producing transformative knowledge. Moreover, the results call further attention to the co-production of critical knowledge in sustainability science.

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