Complexity of Stakeholder Interaction in Applied Research
Complexity of Stakeholder Interaction in Applied Research
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应用研究中利益相关者互动的复杂性
DOI：
10.5751/es-05405-180213
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
N. Moloto
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作者：
Caroline Pade;R. Luton;T. Jordaan;S. Hildbrand;C. G. Proches;Andile Sitshaluza;James R Dominy;W. Ntshinga;N. Moloto
复杂综合环境中的应用研究应被视为一项需要跨学科和多部门利益相关者互动的努力。社会面临的问题相当复杂，需要社会各个方面的参与和了解，包括不同学科（学术界）、社区、民间社会和政府。成功的应用研究依赖于培育这些关键利益相关者的关系和互动。本文根据文献和作者在各自学科的经验，探讨了南非背景下三个学科应用研究中利益相关者互动的主要挑战。这三个学科包括信息和通信技术促进发展、城镇和区域规划以及自然资源管理。我们还尝试跨学科比较和对比这些挑战，以确定任何共同点和差异。在考虑了不同学科中的相互挑战和应对这些挑战的适应性解决方案后，我们发现与利益相关者互动相关的所有三个领域似乎都表现出复杂系统的特征，因此促使将应用研究视为一个复杂系统。从这个意义上说，复杂性理论可以在不同学科之间提供一种共同语言，从共同的角度审视应用研究中跨学科利益相关者的互动。
Applied research in complex integrated settings should be recognized as an endeavor that requires transdisciplinary and multisectoral stakeholder interactions. The problems faced in society are quite complex, requiring participation and knowledge from diverse aspects of society, including different disciplines (academia), communities, civil society, and government. Successful applied research relies on nurturing these key stakeholder relationships and interactions. This paper explores the key challenges of stakeholder interaction in applied research in three disciplines in the South African context, based on literature and the experience of authors in their disciplines. The three disciplines include information and communication technology for development, town and regional planning, and natural resource management. We attempt to also compare and contrast these challenges across the disciplines, to identify any commonalities and differences. After considering the mutual challenges and adaptive solutions to address these challenges in the different disciplines, we identify that all three areas in relation to stakeholder interaction appear to exhibit characteristics of complex systems, hence motivating to view applied research as a complex system. In this sense, complexity theory may provide a common language between the different disciplines examining transdisciplinary stakeholder interaction in applied research from a shared perspective.