Decision making in complex contexts such as disaster risk management requires collaborative approaches to knowledge production. Evidence-based disaster risk management and pre-event planning relies on robust and relevant disaster risk knowledge. We report on a case study of Project AF8, a “cocreation” collaboration involving localand central-government disaster risk management agencies and groups, critical infrastructure organizations, and scientists from six universities and Crown Research Institutes. Participant observation and interview data are used to document and analyze the processes used to generate, share, and apply multidisciplinary disaster risk knowledge. Project AF8 was conceived as a cross-jurisdictional and multiagency initiative to plan and prepare for a coordinated response across the South Island following a large magnitude earthquake along the Alpine Fault, one of New Zealand’s major natural hazard risks. Findings show that (1) practitioners at all levels operate in highly uncertain environments and therefore have specific knowledge needs at different times and for different purposes, (2) disaster risk knowledge was perceived to be most effective when scientifically credible and focused on identifying likely impacts on the capacity of communities to function, and (3) disaster risk knowledge outputs and the processes used to cocreate them were perceived to be equally important. Using cocreation to combine researcher credibility with practitioner relevancy enhanced the legitimacy of Project AF8 processes, the collective disaster risk knowledge they facilitated, and the wider project. In hindsight, a greater focus at the outset on developing a formal coproduction structure may have increased the pace of cocreation, particularly in the early phases. Future interdisciplinary disaster risk management initiatives could benefit by adopting contextually relevant aspects of this example to strengthen the science-practice interface for more effective pre-event planning and decision making.

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跨学科灾害风险管理举措的知识共享：来自新西兰的共创见解和经验

在灾害风险管理等复杂环境中做出决策需要协作式的知识生产方法。以证据为基础的灾害风险管理和事前规划依赖于强大和相关的灾害风险知识。我们报告了 AF8 项目的案例研究，这是一项涉及地方和中央政府灾害风险管理机构和团体、关键基础设施组织以及来自六所大学和皇家研究所的科学家的“共同创造”合作。参与者观察和访谈数据用于记录和分析用于生成、共享和应用多学科灾害风险知识的过程。AF8 项目被设想为一项跨辖区和多机构举措，旨在规划和准备南岛在阿尔卑斯断层沿线发生大地震后的协调响应，这是新西兰的主要自然灾害风险之一。调查结果表明 (1) 各级从业人员在高度不确定的环境中运作，因此在不同时间和不同目的有特定的知识需求，(2) 灾害风险知识在科学上可信并专注于识别可能的影响时被认为是最有效的关于社区运作的能力，以及 (3) 灾害风险知识产出和用于共同创造它们的过程被认为同样重要。使用共同创造将研究人员的可信度与从业者的相关性相结合，增强了 AF8 项目流程的合法性、他们促进的集体灾害风险知识以及更广泛的项目。事后看来，一开始就更加注重发展正式的联合生产结构可能会加快联合生产的步伐，尤其是在早期阶段。未来的跨学科灾害风险管理举措可以通过采用本示例的上下文相关方面来加强科学实践界面，从而更有效地进行事前规划和决策，从而受益。尤其是在早期阶段。未来的跨学科灾害风险管理举措可以通过采用本示例的上下文相关方面来加强科学实践界面，从而更有效地进行事前规划和决策，从而受益。尤其是在早期阶段。未来的跨学科灾害风险管理举措可以通过采用本示例的上下文相关方面来加强科学实践界面，以实现更有效的事前规划和决策，从而受益。