Transdisciplinary research in natural resources management: Towards an integrative and transformative use of co‐concepts

Transdisciplinary research in natural resources management: Towards an integrative and transformative use of co‐concepts

Transdisciplinary research often utilizes collaborative ways of knowledge production to enable deliberate transformations towards sustainability. Multiple concepts with varying definitions are applied, leading to confusion in the aims and uses of these concepts. In this article, we review five conce...

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Published in:Sustainable development (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) West Yorkshire, England), 2022-04, Vol.30 (2), p.309-325
Main Authors: Hakkarainen, Viola, Mäkinen‐Rostedt, Katri, Horcea‐Milcu, Andra, D'Amato, Dalia, Jämsä, Johanna, Soini, Katriina
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
adaptive co‐management
Collaboration
Concepts
Conceptual analysis
Confusion
co‐creation
co‐design
co‐learning
co‐production
Definitions
Harvest
Interdisciplinary research
Learning
Literature reviews
Natural resource management
Natural resources
Power structure
Production
Reflexivity
Resource management
Sustainability
sustainability transformations
Sustainable development
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Summary:Transdisciplinary research often utilizes collaborative ways of knowledge production to enable deliberate transformations towards sustainability. Multiple concepts with varying definitions are applied, leading to confusion in the aims and uses of these concepts. In this article, we review five concepts relevant to the current debate on the new collaborative ways of knowledge production in transdisciplinary research. We focus on the concepts of co‐creation, co‐production, co‐design, co‐learning, and adaptive co‐management in the context of natural resources management (NRM). This study couples a literature review and a conceptual analysis, and aims to clarify definitions, use, the interlinkages of these concepts and to shed light on their intertwined nature. We propose an integrative understanding of the concepts to facilitate collaborative modes and to enable the transformative aims of research processes. To this end, we discuss how to harvest the transformative potential of the “co‐concepts” by focusing on reflexivity, power analysis and process orientation.
ISSN:0968-0802
1099-1719