Fostering collaboration for knowledge and action in disaster management in South Africa
Fostering collaboration for knowledge and action in disaster management in South Africa
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促进南非灾害管理知识和行动方面的合作
DOI：
10.1016/j.cosust.2015.12.007
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
K. Esler
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作者：
N. Sitas;B. Reyers;G. Cundill;H. Prozesky;J. Nel;K. Esler
科学家和决策者之间的协作过程促进了知识整合。现有的假设、术语和学科思维会阻碍合作。与知识经纪人共同设计流程有助于成功。采用侧重于实际执行的系统观点有助于产生新的认识和行动。让不同的利益相关者参与到协作过程中，将环境信息整合到决策中是很重要的，但也很有挑战性。它要求在知识类型（由不同价值体系、规范和思维模式组成的复杂环境）和促进知识交流和合作生产的多个利益相关者参与过程之间的边界上开展工作并跨越这些边界。使用定性、归纳的方法，我们分析了一个跨学科项目的看法和产出，该项目旨在为南非基于生态系统的灾害管理产生新的知识、意识和行动。确定了可能破坏项目目标的几个障碍，包括：先入为主的假设；根深蒂固的学科思维；还有令人困惑的术语。促成因素包括确保项目共同创造的努力，以及利用知识中介促进基于实践的系统思维。
HighlightsCollaborative processes between scientists and decision-makers facilitate knowledge integration.Existing assumptions, terminology and disciplinary thinking can obstruct collaborations.Co-design of the process with knowledge brokers fosters success.Adopting a systems view focused on practical implementation facilitates new perceptions and actions.Engaging diverse stakeholders in collaborative processes to integrate environmental information into decision making is important, but challenging. It requires working at and across the boundaries between knowledge types—a complex milieu of different value systems, norms, and mental models—and multiple stakeholder-engagement processes which facilitate knowledge exchange and co-production. Using a qualitative, inductive approach, we analysed perceptions and outputs of a transdisciplinary project which aimed to generate new knowledge, awareness and action for ecosystem-based disaster management in South Africa. Several obstacles that could potentially undermine the project's objectives were identified, including: preconceived assumptions; entrenched disciplinary thinking; and confusing terminology. Enabling factors included efforts to ensure project co-creation and the use of knowledge brokers in promoting systems thinking that is grounded in practice.