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Transdisciplinary research in natural resources management: Towards an integrative and transformative use of co-concepts
Authors: Hakkarainen Viola, Mäkinen-Rostedt Katri, Horcea-Milcu Andra, D'Amato Dalia, Jämsä Johanna, Soini Katriina
Publisher: Wiley
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Sustainable Development
Journal name in source: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Journal acronym: SUSTAIN DEV
Volume: 30
Issue: 2
First page : 309
Last page: 325
Number of pages: 17
ISSN: 0968-0802
eISSN: 1099-1719
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2276(external)
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/68714015(external)
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.
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