Conceptualizing credibility, relevance and legitimacy for evaluating the effectiveness of science–policy interfaces: Challenges and opportunities

Heink, Ulrich; Marquard, Elisabeth; Heubach, Katja; Jax, Kurt; Kugel, Carolin; Neßhöver, Carsten; Neumann, Rosmarie K.; Paulsch, Axel; Tilch, Sebastian; Timaeus, Johannes; Vandewalle, Marie

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“…Collectively, the result was that "this technical assessment [was] managed by a political process" with personnel who were "not particularly well informed" on socio-environmental ocean affairs or scientific assessments. While these operations would have implications for the structure and integration of the FWOA document as well as its salience to sustainable development actors, it more importantly would have restricted the potential for social learning and capacity building to occur between policy makers and scientists (Heink et al, 2015).…”

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Beneath the Surface of the First World Ocean Assessment: An Investigation Into the Global Process’ Support for Sustainable Development

Fawkes

Cummins

2019

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Beneath the Surface of the First World Ocean Assessment: An Investigation Into the Global Process’ Support for Sustainable Development

Fawkes

Cummins

2019

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…Credibility has been recognised to be an important issue in environmental and climate policy, primarily in the context of the role of science and experts in delivering 'usable knowledge' (Anderegg et al 2010;Lemos et al 2012;Ford et al 2013b;Heink et al 2015) but also in relation to regulations (Helm et al 2003) or commitments (Averchenkova and Bassi 2016). With exceptions (e.g.…”

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Are local climate adaptation policies credible? A conceptual and operational assessment framework

Olazabal

Galarraga

Ford

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International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development

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After the Paris Agreement that put stronger emphasis on the development of climate change adaptation policies and on the definition of financing mechanisms, there is a patent need to track whether actual planning efforts are proving sufficient. This entails the development of assessment methods and metrics as plans are drafted and actions implemented. To this end, this paper explores the concept of credibility as a critical issue in climate policy and develops an Adaptation Policy Credibility (APC) conceptual and operational assessment framework for helping to allocate public funding and private investments, and for implementing and catalysing climate policy. Through a pilot testing in four early-adopting cities (Copenhagen, Durban, Quito and Vancouver), a clear potential for large-n tracking and assessment exercises of local climate adaptation plans is envisaged. The APC approach might also be useful to guide individual cities that aim to improve their adaptation planning and policy-making processes. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Finally, we also wanted to understand how legitimate respondents perceived each source to be for providing information on induced seismicity and oil and gas. Legitimacy has often been thought to be a pertinent factor in science-policy communication [47], in that legitimate institutions are able to more effectively win the support and acceptance of the public in instituting policy. In their study on environmental risk communication, Trettin and Musham (2000) determined that acceptable and understandable standards and procedures are more effective for institutions engaging in such communication [48], reinforcing these ideas around what makes communication legitimate.…”

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Credible Sources of Information Regarding Induced Seismicity

Tracy

Javernick‐Will

2020

Sustainability

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The central United States has seen an increase in earthquakes in recent years, spurring academics to research this new hazard and communicate their findings to the public-that the earthquakes are human-induced and tied to activities associated with oil and gas development. However, individuals receive information from a variety of sources and accept or reject information based on how credible they view the information source. Within this study, we administered and analyzed a household survey to understand what sources individuals view as credible regarding induced seismicity and oil and gas development, and what factors predict this perceived source credibility. We found that academics were viewed as the most credible source, and elected officials were viewed as the least credible source. Rural respondents viewed sources, including academics, as less credible than their urban counterparts. Those who experienced more negative impacts of induced seismicity viewed all sources as less credible than did individuals who have not experienced such adverse impacts. These findings are important to consider when developing outreach and communication campaigns around sustainability issues, as the public will view certain sources, particularly academics, as more credible than the sources that traditionally create and enact policy, such as elected officials and government agencies.

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Conceptualizing credibility, relevance and legitimacy for evaluating the effectiveness of science–policy interfaces: Challenges and opportunities

Cited by 88 publications

References 58 publications

Beneath the Surface of the First World Ocean Assessment: An Investigation Into the Global Process’ Support for Sustainable Development

Beneath the Surface of the First World Ocean Assessment: An Investigation Into the Global Process’ Support for Sustainable Development

Are local climate adaptation policies credible? A conceptual and operational assessment framework

Credible Sources of Information Regarding Induced Seismicity

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