Co-production of Knowledge in Multi-stakeholder Processes: Analyzing Joint Experimentation as Social Learning

Akpo, Essègbémon; Crane, Todd A.; Vissoh, P.V.; Tossou, Rigobert

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2014.939201

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“…A stakeholder in the Cvitanovic et al (2016: 5) case explained: "everyone involved in the program has to have the ability to talk to people, to be friendly, to be approachable, and to be able to speak in plain English and not just science." Cvitanovic et al (2016), Campbell et al (2016), Kraaijvanger et al (2016), and Akpo et al (2015) each provide examples of the ways in which communication, engagement, and facilitation skills among the researchers were crucial in the process of collaboration. Castellanos et al (2013: 26) provided an example of how lack of these proficiencies hindered their work at the outset, "As typical of many researchers, we lacked experience communicating research results to the general public and policy makers."…”

Section: Proficiency and Expertise For Knowledge Co-productionmentioning

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“…Castellano et al (2013) established structured feedback mechanisms and created opportunities for open discussion. Akpo et al (2015) used research site selection as an opportunity to demonstrate how transparency built trust with the local research participants. In that case, it was the local learning group, not researchers, who identified the three candidate sites and then came to consensus about the final site selection.…”

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The art of co-production of knowledge in environmental sciences and management: lessons from international practice

Djenontin

Meadow

2018

Environmental Management

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This review paper addresses the challenging question of "how to" design and implement co-production of knowledge in climate science and other environmental and agricultural sciences. Based on a grounded theory review of nine (9) published case studies of transdisciplinary and collaborative research projects, the paper offers a set of common themes regarding specific components and processes for the design, implementation, and achievement of co-production of knowledge work, which represent the "Modus Operandi" of knowledge co-production. The analysis focuses on practical methodological guidance based on lessons from how different research teams have approached the challenges of complex collaborative research. We begin by identifying broad factors or actions that inhibit or facilitate the process, then highlight specific practices associated with co-production of knowledge and necessary competencies for undertaking co-production. We provide insights on issues such as the integration of social and professional cultures, gender and social equity, and power dynamics, and illustrate the different ways in which researchers have addressed these issues. By exploring the specific practices involved in knowledge co-production, this paper provides guidance to researchers on how to navigate different possibilities of the process of conducting transdisciplinary and co-production of knowledge research projects that best fit their research context, stakeholder needs, and research team capacities.

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The art of co-production of knowledge in environmental sciences and management: lessons from international practice

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2018

Environmental Management

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“…Those results support the importance of the development of shared knowledge, information, and mutual understandings as outcomes of dialogue, which our analysis suggests. Previous research (e.g., Akpo et al, 2015;Franzel, Coe, Cooper, Place, & Scherr, 2001) also supports these results in indicating that the outcomes resulting from participatory, dialogic, stakeholder engagement often facilitate co-learning, co-ownership, and adoption of resulting outcomes.…”

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“…Faysse et al (2014), for example, highlight the value of collaborative, social learning that resulted from dialogue processes regarding agricultural issues, particularly in bridging differences between stakeholders with opposing views. Similarly, in an agricultural context in western Africa, Akpo, Crane, Vissoh, and Tossou (2015) report on multistakeholder processes including dialogue that encouraged social learning by incorporating the areas of knowledge of different stakeholders in a way that resulted in co-ownership of project outcomes among initially disparate groups. Garmendia and Stagl (2010) state the importance of dialogue for including diverse public participation in sustainability appraisal methods in domains such as energy policy.…”

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The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

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This thesis explores the multifaceted role of dialogue in the context of social licence to operate (SLO) in the extractives sector (including mining and gas extraction). SLO is a concept that describes the ongoing and dynamic social acceptance of a resource development by local communities and other stakeholders who have the power to influence company operations. There has been discourse by extractives companies and in academia about the importance of 'meaningful dialogue' as one form of engagement that contributes to developing and maintaining a social licence. The relationship between dialogue and SLO, however, has undergone relatively little explicit, in-depth examination. I use a mixed methods approach to address this gap by exploring the role of dialogue in social licence from three standpoints: (a) a theoretical perspective, drawing on literature from multiple disciplines; (b) stakeholder engagement practitioner perspectives using qualitative, semi-structured interviews; and (c) perceptions of residents in Australian mining communities through a quantitative, social psychological survey.Through this body of work, I make five contributions to the SLO field of knowledge. The first is an interdisciplinary conceptual framework considering the role of dialogue in SLO. The second is a coherent understanding of dialogue and potential outcomes from dialogue specific to SLO. The third is a reconceptualisation of two core factors that have previously been established as central to SLO: trust and procedural fairness, bringing conceptual depth to an under-theorised field.The fourth is an analysis of how dialogue can potentially reinforce the illegitimate power asymmetries it may seek to redress with implications for stakeholder identification and engagement processes. The fifth is a model establishing empirical relationships between community members' experiences of dialogue and other factors central to SLO including company-community relationship, perceptions of procedural fairness, company-community trust, and social acceptance.I argue, based on these theoretical and empirical findings, that dialogue has a critical but complex role to play in the processes of social licence engagement. I discuss each set of results in relation to the SLO literature. Implications for theory are highlighted, pointing to areas of future research that might usefully build on current findings. Implications for industry also are drawn to propose evidence-based considerations for the design, implementation, and evaluation of current and future engagement strategies used by companies to engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue in attempts to establish and maintain a social licence.3

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“…They evaluated together the effectiveness of the adaptations that nursery holders had made to meet research recommendations' package in order to produce reliable and high quality seedlings in the actual conditions of their nurseries ( Akpo et al, 2014bAkpo et al, , 2014c. This process of co-producing knowledge enabled nursery holders to learn new practices from each other and from the researchers and extension agents, and for the researchers, extension agents and local officials to better appreciate the conditions facing nursery holders (Akpo et al, 2014d). At the same time, during workshops and field visits, farmers in the two study areas were sensitised to the advantages of hybrid oil planting material.…”

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Innovating a system for producing and distributing hybrid oil palm seedlings to smallholder farmers in Benin

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-This article analyses the development of a system for producing and distributing hybrid oil palm seedlings to small-scale famers. The existing seed system had become so corrupted that the seedlings actually planted were largely of unimproved kinds. The article describes institutional experiments carried out by two Innovation Platforms (IPs) in order to improve the oil palm seed system. Theory Guided Process Inquiry was used to document, evaluate and analyse these interventions. The experiments catalysed changes in interpersonal and inter-organisational power relationships that enabled further co-learning and co-construction of understanding and action among key stakeholders in the oil palm domain. The IPs and those who became local champions of seed system innovation, also triggered change in institutional behaviours, technologies, and practices that further improved the integrity of the seed system. Official nursery holders must now be trained, registered and licensed by local government. Farmers are encouraged to source hybrid seedlings only from licensed nurseries. These achievements were then shared and discussed with officials and higher level government leaders, drawing on IP members' pre-existing professional and personal networks. Improvement of the oil palm seed system was included in the government's latest 5-year development plan.Keywords: institutional development / stakeholders / innovation / seedling system / oil palm / Benin Résumé -Systèmes d'innovation pour la production et la distribution de plants améliorés de palmier à huile aux petits producteurs du Bénin. Cet article analyse le développement d'un système de production et de distribution de plants améliorés de palmier à huile aux petits producteurs. Le système semencier actuel est si corrompu que les plants fournis sont de mauvaise qualité. Cet article décrit des expérimentations institutionnelles à l'aide de deux plate-formes d'innovation afin d'améliorer le système semencier du palmier à huile. Un processus d'enquêtes a été utilisé pour documenter, évaluer et analyser ces interventions. Les expérimentations institutionnelles ont induit divers changements dans les relations de pouvoir interpersonnel et inter-organisationnel, facilitant un apprentissage mutuel et une co-construction entre les acteurs de la filière palmier à huile. Les plate-formes d'innovation ont entraîné un changement institutionnel dans les habitudes, les technologies et les pratiques, qui ont en outre amélioré la probité du système semencier. Les pépiniéristes doivent à présent être formés, enregistrés et autorisés par les communes. Ces acquis ont ensuite été discutés avec les décideurs politiques locaux et nationaux en utilisant les réseaux des membres des plate-formes d'innovation. L'amélioration du système semencier du palmier à huile a ainsi été incluse dans le dernier plan de développement quinquennal du gouvernement.Mots clés : renforcement institutionnel / innovation / exploitation agricole / système semencier / palmier à huile / Bénin

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Co-production of Knowledge in Multi-stakeholder Processes: Analyzing Joint Experimentation as Social Learning

Cited by 63 publications

References 31 publications

The art of co-production of knowledge in environmental sciences and management: lessons from international practice

The art of co-production of knowledge in environmental sciences and management: lessons from international practice

The role of dialogue in social licence to operate in the extractives sector

Innovating a system for producing and distributing hybrid oil palm seedlings to smallholder farmers in Benin

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