CollaborateFrancesca Harris, LSHTMFrancesca.Harris@lshtm.ac.uk

(on behalf of IMMANA colleagues)

1. Overview of Collaborate2. “Diet Dimensions”: a case study on a

sustainable diets policy game3. Other example: Making a case for investing

in child nutrition4. Your turn…

Presentation overview

What is collaborate?

A live social game that aims to facilitate the shared development of new ideas.

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• Foster interactions between groups that might otherwise not communicate • Develop innovative policies/project ideas• Encourage players to think and work in an

interdisciplinary way through a collaborative and reflective process.

The aim of the game

Why?

Why?

Policy changes are likely to have multiple impact pathways and assessing trade-offs and co-benefits throughout the system requires interdisciplinary perspectives.

It can be useful to facilitate dialogue and interaction between research and practice as well as between academic disciplines.

Why sustainable diets?

Kalamatianou et al., 2017Key components of a sustainable diet, adapted from FAO 2012.

How to play “Diet Dimensions”

Step 1 – Pre game questionnaireStep 2 – Overview of sustainable dietsStep 3 – The MarketplaceStep 4 – Project FormulationStep 5 – The Battle StageStep 6 – Discussion and FeedbackStep 7 – Post game questionnaireStep 8 – Re-evaluation

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Step 1 – Pre-game Questionnaire

Participants are asked to complete a pre-game online questionnaire where they detail their background and motivation for participating.

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Step 2 – Overview of Sustainable Diets

The session starts with a brief introduction to the concept of Sustainable Diets and Food Systems research.

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Step 3 – The Marketplace

Players complete a Character Sheet with their own educational and/or professional expertise and skills.

They then start interacting in the Marketplace where they aim to form an interdisciplinary team with skills and knowledge that complement their own.

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Character SheetKnowledge Categories

1 2 3 4 5• Nutritional epidemiology 0 0 0 0 0• Clinical nutrition 0 0 0 0 0• Life cycle analysis 0 0 0 0 0• Biodiversity assessment 0 0 0 0 0 • Agronomy 0 0 0 0 0• Agroecology 0 0 0 0 0• Micro-economic analysis 0 0 0 0 0• Macro-economic policy0 0 0 0 0• Behaviour change and cultural dynamics 0 0 0 0 0• Open………………… …………………………… 0 0 0 0 0• Open…………………. ………………………...... 0 0 0 0 0

Background Skills1 2 3 4 5

• Policy influence 0 0 0 0 0• Finance 0 0 0 0 0• Team management 0 0 0 0 0• Education and public engagement 0 0 0 0 0• Law 0 0 0 0 0• Research skills 0 0 0 0 0• Program implementation 0 0 0 0 0• Open……………………. …………………………... 0 0 0 0 0• Open……………………. …………………………….. 0 0 0 0 0

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Step 4 – Project Formulation

The teams are encouraged to design projects that aim to improve the sustainability of the food system.

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Project Sheet• Title• Brief description

• Goals of the Project

• Main issues it addresses

• How is the project tailored to the context? How is it resourced?

• Roles of the various group members in the project

• Potential weaknesses and how these can be mitigated

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Step 5 – Battle Stage and The Evolution of Projects

Teams pitch their projects to each other over several rounds, using peer-to-peer feedback to modify their proposals. The judges rate each project based on four criteria:

1. Interdisciplinary 2. Feasibility 3. Adaptation of the project to context 4. Successful integration of critiques

Step 5 – Battle Stage and The Evolution of Projects

• Moderators facilitate the battles, and judge the projects

• Teams can earn damage and suggestion points

• These are used with notes to asses the winning project.

Step 6 – Discussion and Feedback from Participants

The session concludes with a short discussion where participants and judges provide feedback and comments.

Step 7 – Post game questionnaire

A follow-up survey is conducted with the group to evaluate the participant experience and to collect their recommendations for future modifications. This information is essential for evaluating the game’s potential applications and uses.

Step 8 – Re-evaluation

The design of the game is re-evaluated and adapted for different settings and challenges….

MAKING A CASE INVESTMENT IN CHILD NUTRITION

MSc Maternal and Child Nutrition Course

at LSHTM

WHY IT WORKS

- Interdisciplinary course- Integrates the knowledge they have built throughout lectures

- Helps to make the link between “research” and “policy/practice”

- It’s fun! (a nice break from lectures – always positive feedback)

BACKGROUND

You’ve been invited by the Head of State to design a project that

will improve child nutrition

COUNTRY X FACTS

Population 80,000,000 % below the poverty line

30%

Rural 70% Urban 30%Life expectancy

65 Under 5 mortality rank

45

Primary school enrolment (%)

83 Immunisation coverage

75%

Stunting 35% Wasting 8%Overweight/ obese

16% Exclusive breastfeeding <6 months

57%

GAME STRUCTURE

1. Marketplace - make your teams

2. Project Formulation

3. Battle stage

4. Discussion and feedback from judges

5. Reward Ceremony

WINNING PROJECT WILL BE..

• Interdisciplinary! And creative. • Feasible for Country X – have you used all the resources?• Adapted to the project context – does it sufficiently

target the problems/situation in Country X?• Successfully integrated with critique – the project has

developed throughout the gamePrizes will also be given for the Most Helpful Team, Most

Innovative, Best Team Work and Most Defendable Project

Step 8 – Re-evaluation

The design of the game is re-evaluated and adapted for different settings and challenges….

YOUR TURN

ANH Academy Week 2019, Hyderabad

BACKGROUND

Develop a proposal to use a decision-making tool.

You can use the policy tree, “Collaborate”, an adapted

version of either– or something else!

You will formulate projects in interdisciplinary

teams, and pitch ideas in one battle round.

GAME STRUCTURE

1. Marketplace - make your teams

2. Project Formulation

3. Battle stage

4. Discussion and feedback from judges

WINNING PROJECT WILL BE..

•Interdisciplinary, developed through good team work. •Creative. •Possible/plausible/realistic…

MARKETPLACE - 5MINS

•Form SIX interdisciplinary teams

based on your background,

expertise, and geographical region.

•Maximum of 6 people per team

PROPOSAL FORMULATION -10MINS

• In your teams, design a proposal for using this type of tool in an appropriate context/situation. •You can use the decision tree, “Collaborate”, an adapted version of either, or something else!•You can use the proposal sheet/paper to write down notes•Come up with a pitch to present your project (that will take you 5 minutes to present)

BATTLE STAGE – ONE ROUND

•Team A pitches to Team B (5 mins)•Team B discusses, giving critique points for Team A (2 mins)•Team A has 2 minutes to defend •Team B has 2 minutes to gives suggestions

•Then swap roles

FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION

Winning project… Discussion•Did the game work as a way to formulate interdisciplinary proposals/ideas? •Was it suitable for this type of problem? • In what other settings or problems would the game/tree work (that have not already been discussed)?•What updates or amendments are possible for the game/tree? •Are there any other techniques or tools that are useful?

FEEDBACK FROM YOU!

Please enter in your phones.. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Tools-for-policy-decision-making

The game “Diet Dimensions” was created by Zowi Vermeire, Lucas Rutting and Joost Vervoort and was adapted from the Future Earth “Seeds of Good Anthropocenes” project. The “Diet Dimensions” version was created for the ANH Sustainable Diets Working Group, with support from the Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) programme, the CGIAR Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the FP7 programme, TRANSMANGO. The game is a publicly available tool and can be adapted for different purposes.

Kalamatianou, S., Yates, J., Joy, E., Vermeire, Z., Rutting, L., Vervoort, J. and the members of the ANH Academy Working Group on Sustainable Diets (2017). “Diet Dimensions”: a case study on a sustainable diets policy game. Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Sustainable Diets Working Group. Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) programme. London, UK.

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