Transdisciplinary research for wicked problems

Worosz, Michelle R.

doi:10.1007/s10460-022-10371-w

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“…The first modelling workshop (W3) had strongly clarified the second phase of the work that was then starting; consequently, each of these institutions decided to delegate the most available, competent and/or concerned person. As recently stressed by Worosz (2022), it is critical that some individual participants behave as "boundary players" with multi-dimensional skills who transcend the science, facilitate cooperation, and reduce transaction costs. They are invaluable allies for building the trust-based relationships that are fundamental to the approach, satisfying organization expectations, and managing the costs of participation throughout the entire process.…”

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How to intensify collaboration in a participatory modelling process to collectively design and evaluate new farming systems

Barbier,

Tardivo,

Delmotte

et al. 2024

Ital J Agronomy

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Agricultural research is expected to foster agro-ecological transitions. For that purpose, methodologies of participative integrated assessment of new farming and cropping systems are requested. However, the territory level and the stakeholders’ participation are often not sufficiently embraced. Based on the companion modeling approach, a group of researchers from different disciplines experimented an approach where researchers and stakeholders collaborated intensively all along the process of design and use of the model. The researchers selected a small rural area where agriculture plays a major role (Valensole plateau, south of France) and where they had not carried out any investigation before. In such conditions, we argue that the interactions between researchers and stakeholders involved in the co-design from scratch of a simulation model stimulate a collective reflection about the sustainability of current and alternative farming systems. This article describes the different phases of the process from stakeholders’ enrolment until the final discussion of the results provided by the model. It underlines the conditions that favored the emergence of consensus and the production of a new set of knowledge. It emphasizes how the discordances between data and disagreements between stakeholders were used to stimulate collective debates and underlines the role played by the model. Finally, the article discusses the drawbacks that the approach did not overcome.

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Section: Scenario Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

How to intensify collaboration in a participatory modelling process to collectively design and evaluate new farming systems

Barbier,

Tardivo,

Delmotte

et al. 2024

Ital J Agronomy

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Guiding community discussions on human–water challenges by serious gaming in the upper Ewaso Ngiro River basin, Kenya

Wamucii,

van Oel,

Teuling

et al. 2024

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Water-related conflicts in river catchments occur due to both internal and external pressures that affect catchment water availability. Lack of common understanding of human–water perspectives by catchment stakeholders increases the complexity of human–water issues at the river catchment scale. Among a range of participatory approaches, the development and use of serious games gained prominence as a tool to stimulate discussion and reflection among stakeholders about sustainable resource use and collective action. This study designed and implemented the ENGAGE (Exploring New Gaming Approach to Guide and Enlighten) game that mimics the dynamics observed during the dry season in the upper Ewaso Ngiro catchment, northwest of Mount Kenya. The purpose of this study was to explore the potential role of serious gaming in subsequent steps of strengthening stakeholder engagement (agenda setting, shared understanding, commitment to collective action, and means of implementation) toward addressing complex human–water challenges at the catchment scale. We assessed the type of decisions made during gameplay, the communication dynamics, the active participation, and the implication of decisions made on water availability. The results of three game sessions show that the ENGAGE game raised awareness and provided a recognizable hydrologic background to conflicts while guiding community discussions toward implementable decisions. The results revealed increasing active participation, knowledge gain, and use of plural pronouns and decreasing individual interests and conflicts among game participants. This study presents important implications for creating a collective basis for water management and can inform human–water policies and modification of the process behind water allocation rules in a river catchment.

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Transdisciplinary research for wicked problems

Cited by 2 publications

References 24 publications

How to intensify collaboration in a participatory modelling process to collectively design and evaluate new farming systems

How to intensify collaboration in a participatory modelling process to collectively design and evaluate new farming systems

Guiding community discussions on human–water challenges by serious gaming in the upper Ewaso Ngiro River basin, Kenya

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