Flexibility & structure: Community engagement on climate action & large infrastructure delivery

How does science and technology studies contribute to climate mitigation research? Advanced review of infrastructure as a concept and method

“…In our sample, especially this latter, intervention-oriented notion of co-production emerges, together with some account of how stakeholders matter or should be made to matter (Boyle et al, 2022;Chiu & Zusman, 2019;Feldpausch-Parker et al, 2018;Khosla & Bhardwaj, 2019;Toxopeus & Polzin, 2021;Upham et al, 2018). In multiple publications, this stakeholder engagement naturally relates to the connection of infrastructural, mitigation, and adaptation issues to the social-geographical notion of place, whether in general (Toxopeus & Polzin, 2021;Upham et al, 2018) or specifically related to cities and urban life (Khosla & Bhardwaj, 2019;Soloviy et al, 2020), or rural development (Sareen & Shokrgozar, 2022).…”

“…In multiple publications, this stakeholder engagement naturally relates to the connection of infrastructural, mitigation, and adaptation issues to the social-geographical notion of place, whether in general (Toxopeus & Polzin, 2021;Upham et al, 2018) or specifically related to cities and urban life (Khosla & Bhardwaj, 2019;Soloviy et al, 2020), or rural development (Sareen & Shokrgozar, 2022). The purpose of stakeholder engagement and co-production ranges from a narrow (by which we do not mean less important) understanding that is limited to acquiring the visions and perceptions of citizens (Feldpausch-Parker et al, 2018;Upham et al, 2018) for the purpose of gaining acceptance and a good socio-technical 'fit,' towards more comprehensive approaches and methods to disseminate information, develop rules, provide demonstrations, explore new policy practices, among others (Boyle et al, 2022;Chiu & Zusman, 2019;Westman & Broto, 2018). Stakeholders are not necessarily individual people but also companies, foundations, research communities, NGOs, and non-profits in general (Hallosserie et al, 2019).…”

Conceptualising the Link between Citizen Science and Climate Governance: A Systematic Review

“…Some studies have highlighted the potential of deep public participation beyond tokenistic forms in nature-based solutions (NbS) to tackle climate-related urban issues and produce social benefits such as social learning, enhanced motivation, sense of belonging and equity [26][27][28]. The relevance of community engagement and co-creation has been promoted also in the field of mitigation; for instance, regarding energy issues such as the social acceptability of climate infrastructure delivery which has become mandatory to the transition to a low-carbon society [29] and the civic involvement in energy communities [30].…”