Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges
Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges
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10.1007/s11625-011-0149-x
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
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6
通讯作者：
Thomas, Christopher J.
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作者：
Lang, Daniel J.;Wiek, Arnim;Thomas, Christopher J.
人们逐渐达成共识，认为可持续性挑战需要新的知识生产和决策方式。因此，可持续性科学的一个关键方面是学术界以外的行动者参与研究过程，以便综合现有的最佳知识，调和价值观和偏好，并为问题和解决办法创造所有权。跨学科的、以社区为基础的、互动的或参与性的研究方法经常被认为是满足现实世界问题所提出的要求以及可持续发展科学作为一个变革科学领域的目标的适当手段。关于这些方法的分散文献和应用这些方法的各种实证项目使得感兴趣的研究人员和实践者很难审查和熟悉如何进行跨学科可持续性研究的关键组成部分和设计原则。本文从一个理想典型的跨学科研究过程的概念模型出发，综合并构建了一套来自不同文献和实证经验的原则。然后，我们对它们进行了详细阐述，并根据在欧洲、北美、南美、非洲和亚洲的跨学科可持续发展项目中所经历的挑战和一些应对策略。文章最后提出了未来的研究方向，以期进一步加强跨学科可持续发展研究的实践。
There is emerging agreement that sustainability challenges require new ways of knowledge production and decision-making. One key aspect of sustainability science, therefore, is the involvement of actors from outside academia into the research process in order to integrate the best available knowledge, reconcile values and preferences, as well as create ownership for problems and solution options. Transdisciplinary, community-based, interactive, or participatory research approaches are often suggested as appropriate means to meet both the requirements posed by real-world problems as well as the goals of sustainability science as a transformational scientific field. Dispersed literature on these approaches and a variety of empirical projects applying them make it difficult for interested researchers and practitioners to review and become familiar with key components and design principles of how to do transdisciplinary sustainability research. Starting from a conceptual model of an ideal-typical transdisciplinary research process, this article synthesizes and structures such a set of principles from various strands of the literature and empirical experiences. We then elaborate on them, looking at challenges and some coping strategies as experienced in transdisciplinary sustainability projects in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia. The article concludes with future research needed in order to further enhance the practice of transdisciplinary sustainability research.