Identifying and unravelling persistent problems

Schuitmaker-Warnaar, Tjerk Jan

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2011.11.008

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“…In a European context, the Lund Declaration [1] stressed the urgency of pursuing solutions to problems in diverse fields such as climate change, food security, health, industrial restructuring, and energy security. A key common denominator for these grand challenges is that they can be characterised as persistent problems, which are highly complex, open-ended, and characterised by uncertainty in terms of how they can be addressed and solved-a partial solution may result in further problems at a later point in time due to feedback effects [2][3][4].…”

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What Is the Bioeconomy? A Review of the Literature

2016

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Abstract:The notion of the bioeconomy has gained importance in both research and policy debates over the last decade, and is frequently argued to be a key part of the solution to multiple grand challenges. Despite this, there seems to be little consensus concerning what bioeconomy actually implies. Consequently, this paper seeks to enhance our understanding of what the notion of bioeconomy means by exploring the origins, uptake, and contents of the term "bioeconomy" in the academic literature. Firstly, we perform a bibliometric analysis that highlights that the bioeconomy research community is still rather fragmented and distributed across many different fields of science, even if natural and engineering sciences take up the most central role. Secondly, we carry out a literature review that identifies three visions of the bioeconomy. The bio-technology vision emphasises the importance of bio-technology research and application and commercialisation of bio-technology in different sectors of the economy. The bio-resource vision focuses on processing and upgrading of biological raw materials, as well as on the establishment of new value chains. Finally, the bio-ecology vision highlights sustainability and ecological processes that optimise the use of energy and nutrients, promote biodiversity, and avoid monocultures and soil degradation.

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What Is the Bioeconomy? A Review of the Literature

2016

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“…However, the aforementioned historical collaborative issues may have become so culturally embedded in the professional foundations of both the midwives and obstetricians (Schuitmaker, 2012) and led to a deeply rooted mistrust in one another that is difficult to address.…”

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An examination of the historical context of interprofessional collaboration in Dutch obstetrical care

Lee

Driessen²,

Houwaart

et al. 2013

Journal of Interprofessional Care

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Collaboration between different groups of health care professionals is often rooted in a long and often difficult history. This history can exert a strong influence on how professionals collaborate and historical tensions can contribute to problems in contemporary practice. However, literature about interprofessional collaboration often ignores the historical underpinnings of collaboration. In this paper, the historical development of interprofessional collaboration between obstetricians and midwives within the setting of Dutch obstetrical care is explored using a review of Dutch and English literature for documents explicitly or implicitly describing the historical development of this collaboration. This literature delineates the establishment of professional boundaries and the formalization of the collaboration between the two professions. It also details the history of physician domination over the midwives both in midwifery practice and education and the relatively recent reversal of this situation. Moreover, the shift in collaborative partner from general practitioner to obstetrician and its effect on collaboration is examined. Insight into the historical foundations of Dutch maternity care collaboration may allow us to understand the origins, and thus formulate possible solutions, for contemporary problems within this collaboration.

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“…Such sectors are often characterized by 'wicked problems' (Rittel and Webber, 1973, 155-169) or 'persistent problems' (Schuitmaker, 2012). These are long-standing problems that are difficult to solve, partially because solutions for one type of problem tend to increase another type of problem.…”

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The RIO approach: Design and anchoring of sustainable animal husbandry systems

Elzen

Bos

2019

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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a b s t r a c tThis paper discusses an approach to develop new 'integrally sustainable' animal production systems and stimulate their uptake in practice. It consists of a design approach called RIO, and a set of 'anchoring' activities to stimulate their uptake in niches and in the regime. In the period 2001-2015 we have applied the approach in various animal production sectors, and adapted and improved it while doing. The general aim of the paper is to assess the applicability of the RIO/anchoring approach to induce sustainability transitions. We conclude that RIO is especially suited for areas characterized by a 'heterogeneous' set of sustainability challenges (in our case, environmental burden, animal welfare, public acceptance, profitability). A RIO approach can then render 'integrally sustainable' alternatives that generate wide interest in the regime. Anchoring activities can successfully stimulate a variety of initial changes. This does not suffice, however, and a conducive institutional environment is key to facilitate the initial uptake of the novel systems. With relatively simple and cheap financial instruments, governments can help to create such a conducive environment.

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Identifying and unravelling persistent problems

Cited by 90 publications

References 16 publications

What Is the Bioeconomy? A Review of the Literature

What Is the Bioeconomy? A Review of the Literature

An examination of the historical context of interprofessional collaboration in Dutch obstetrical care

The RIO approach: Design and anchoring of sustainable animal husbandry systems

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