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Engaging stakeholders in research to address water-energy-food (WEF) nexus challenges.
Sustainability Science ( IF 6 ) Pub Date : 2018-04-04 , DOI: 10.1007/s11625-018-0552-7
C Hoolohan 1 , A Larkin 1 , C McLachlan 1 , R Falconer 2 , I Soutar 3 , J Suckling 4 , L Varga 5 , I Haltas 5 , A Druckman 4 , D Lumbroso 6 , M Scott 7 , D Gilmour 2 , R Ledbetter 6 , S McGrane 7 , C Mitchell 3 , D Yu 8
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The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has become a popular, and potentially powerful, frame through which to analyse interactions and interdependencies between these three systems. Though the case for transdisciplinary research in this space has been made, the extent of stakeholder engagement in research remains limited with stakeholders most commonly incorporated in research as end-users. Yet, stakeholders interact with nexus issues in a variety of ways, consequently there is much that collaboration might offer to develop nexus research and enhance its application. This paper outlines four aspects of nexus research and considers the value and potential challenges for transdisciplinary research in each. We focus on assessing and visualising nexus systems; understanding governance and capacity building; the importance of scale; and the implications of future change. The paper then proceeds to describe a novel mixed-method study that deeply integrates stakeholder knowledge with insights from multiple disciplines. We argue that mixed-method research designs—in this case orientated around a number of cases studies—are best suited to understanding and addressing real-world nexus challenges, with their inevitable complex, non-linear system characteristics. Moreover, integrating multiple forms of knowledge in the manner described in this paper enables research to assess the potential for, and processes of, scaling-up innovations in the nexus space, to contribute insights to policy and decision making.

中文翻译:

让利益相关者参与研究,以解决水能食品(WEF)的关联挑战。

水,能源,食品(WEF)的联系已成为流行的且潜在强大的框架,通过该框架可以分析这三个系统之间的相互作用和相互依存关系。尽管已经提出了在这个领域进行跨学科研究的案例,但是利益相关者参与研究的程度仍然受到限制,因为利益相关者最常作为最终用户纳入研究。但是,利益相关者通过各种方式与关系问题进行交互,因此,协作可以提供很多东西来开发关系研究并增强其应用。本文概述了联系研究的四个方面,并考虑了跨学科研究的价值和潜在挑战。我们专注于评估和可视化联系系统;了解治理和能力建设;规模的重要性;以及未来变化的含义。然后,本文继续描述一种新颖的混合方法研究,该研究将利益相关者的知识与来自多个学科的见解深入融合。我们认为,混合方法研究设计(在这种情况下,围绕着许多案例研究)最适合于理解和应对现实世界中的联系挑战,因为它们具有不可避免的复杂的非线性系统特征。此外,以本文描述的方式整合多种形式的知识,使研究能够评估在联系空间中扩大创新的潜力和过程,从而为政策和决策制定提供见解。我们认为,混合方法研究设计(在这种情况下,围绕着许多案例研究)最适合于理解和应对现实世界中的联系挑战,因为它们具有不可避免的复杂的非线性系统特征。此外,以本文描述的方式整合多种形式的知识,使研究能够评估在联系空间中扩大创新的潜力和过程,从而为政策和决策制定提供见解。我们认为,混合方法研究设计(在这种情况下,围绕着许多案例研究)最适合于理解和应对现实世界中的联系挑战,因为它们具有不可避免的复杂的非线性系统特征。此外,以本文所述的方式整合多种形式的知识,使研究能够评估在联系空间中扩大创新的潜力和过程,从而为政策和决策制定提供见解。
更新日期:2018-04-04
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