Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social network position and causes of fatigue within participatory water governance networks

博士论文研究：参与式水治理网络中的社会网络地位和疲劳原因

• 批准号: 2214135
• 负责人: Jeffrey Johnson
• 金额: $ 3.05万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2214135&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Social; network

Resolving environmental and social challenges like water sustainability requires participatory governance. This argument has been posed by scientists whose research suggests that public participation can both secure democracy and contribute to more sustainable use, allocation, and distribution of water. Participatory forums—spaces where state- and non-state actors come together to discuss public issues—are powerful governance platforms for negotiating societal change and can support positive environmental policy outcomes. Bureaucrats are key actors in participatory forums, and their unique position at the intersection of government and civil society means that their work often involves translating the ideas of others into policy. However, when governments decide to involve non-governmental actors in public decision-making, new and unexpected challenges emerge that can undermine the intended goals of public participation. This doctoral dissertation project uses tools for social network analysis and models of organizational fatigue to advance the theory and practice of participatory modes of natural resources governance by developing a better understanding of why and how frontline water managers—natural resource bureaucrats who make decisions about water— experience and navigate participation fatigue, intensified frustration and overwhelm that sometimes accompanies participatory water governance. The findings of this project will be disseminated to research participants and diverse governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in designing and implementing participatory water governance.The overarching goal of this project is to understand how bureaucrats understand participation fatigue within the context of participatory water governance (PWG) and why they experience it the way that do using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies thatprogresses from an exploratory (Phase I) to a confirmatory (Phase II) phase of data collection and analysis. These methods include active participant observation, semi-structured interviews, social network analysis and cultural consensus analysis. Because participation is a key challenge that government actors face when implementing participatory water management, developing a more formative understanding of this phenomenon can inform the design of participatory governance spaces that mitigate fatigue and lead to better water policy outcomes. The findings of this work hold global significance as participatory water governance models become an increasingly popular strategy among nations interested in addressing emerging environmental challenges.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

解决环境和社会挑战，如水的可持续性，需要参与性治理。这一论点是由科学家提出的，他们的研究表明，公众参与既可以确保民主，也可以为更可持续地使用、分配和分配水做出贡献。参与性论坛是国家和非国家行为者聚集在一起讨论公共问题的空间，是谈判社会变革的强大治理平台，可以支持积极的环境政策成果。官僚是参与性论坛的关键行为者，他们在政府和民间社会交汇处的独特地位意味着他们的工作往往涉及将他人的想法转化为政策。然而，当各国政府决定让非政府行为者参与公共决策时，就会出现新的和意想不到的挑战，这些挑战可能会破坏公众参与的预期目标。这一博士论文项目使用社会网络分析工具和组织疲劳模型，通过更好地理解一线水资源管理者--做出关于水的决策并驾驭参与疲劳、加剧的挫折感和有时伴随参与式水资源治理的不堪重负的自然资源官僚--的原因和方式，来推进参与式自然资源治理的理论和实践。该项目的主要目标是了解官僚机构如何在参与性水资源治理(PWG)的背景下理解参与性疲劳症，以及他们为什么会经历这种情况，采用定性和定量相结合的方法，从数据收集和分析的探索性(第一阶段)进入确认性(第二阶段)阶段。这些方法包括积极参与观察、半结构访谈、社会网络分析和文化共识分析。由于参与是政府行为者在实施参与式水管理时面临的一个关键挑战，因此，对这一现象有更全面的理解可以指导参与式治理空间的设计，从而缓解疲劳并导致更好的水政策结果。这项工作的发现具有全球意义，因为参与式水治理模式在对应对新出现的环境挑战感兴趣的国家中越来越受欢迎。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。