Drought risks pose serious threats to socio-ecological systems, built environments, livelihoods and human wellbeing. Managing these risks requires long-term collaboration between diverse groups with different values, interests and forms of knowledge. Funders, researchers and practitioners have increasingly advocated for collaborative models of knowledge production in which all participants recognise the multiple ways of understanding drought risk and strive to co-create knowledge for decision making. Such transdisciplinary research approaches aim to develop and sustain more equitable and meaningful interactions between scientific and societal actors, and have been shown to increase knowledge use and build resilience to climate variability. In practice, however, collaborations around drought remain largely science-driven and, as a result, can struggle to produce actionable knowledge necessary to better manage drought risk. This article draws from drought studies and related transdisciplinary fields to highlight common barriers inhibiting actionable knowledge production across a broad range of drought risk management contexts. We also propose opportunities for improved knowledge production that can guide researchers, practitioners and funders seeking to engage in transdisciplinary work. Diverse understandings of drought risk have hindered widespread advances in knowledge production and resilience building. We argue for multi-disciplinary researchers to come together with stakeholders and focus on creating inclusive and context-driven environments. While not appropriate or cost-effective in all situations, co-production between researchers, practitioners and other stakeholder groups offers opportunities for actionable management plans and policies that reflect the complex and contested problem framings and socio-ecological contexts in which droughts impact society.

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干旱风险管理中可行的知识生产的障碍和机遇：拥抱联合生产的前沿

干旱风险严重威胁着社会生态系统，建筑环境，生计和人类福祉。管理这些风险需要具有不同价值，兴趣和知识形式的不同群体之间的长期合作。资助者，研究人员和从业人员日益提倡建立知识生产的协作模型，在这种模型中，所有参与者都认识到理解干旱风险的多种方式，并努力共同创造知识以供决策。这种跨学科的研究方法旨在发展和维持科学与社会行为者之间更公平和有意义的互动，并已被证明可以增加知识的利用并增强对气候变化的适应力。但是，实际上，围绕干旱的合作在很大程度上仍由科学驱动，因此，可能难以产生可操作的知识，以更好地管理干旱风险。本文从干旱研究和相关跨学科领域中汲取经验，重点介绍了在广泛的干旱风险管理环境中，阻碍可操作知识生产的常见障碍。我们还提出了改进知识生产的机会，可以指导寻求从事跨学科工作的研究人员，从业人员和资助者。对干旱风险的不同理解阻碍了知识生产和抵御力建设的广泛进步。我们主张让多学科的研究人员与利益相关者共同努力，并专注于创建包容性和上下文驱动的环境。尽管并非在所有情况下都是合适的或具有成本效益的，但研究人员之间的联合制作