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Getting the message across:

Foundations and Examples for

Knowledge Transfer from Sustainability Research

Dr. Alexandra Lux

ISOE Institute for Social-Ecological Research

LOEWE Biodiversity and Research Centre (BiK-F)

Guest Lecture Module Policy Consulting

(Master Global Change & Transition Management)

Gieen, July 10, 2013


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Outline

Background:

Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE)

Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)

Examples for Knowledge Transfer from our Projects

Stakeholder Dialogues

Expert Panels

Discourse Field Analysis

Science Communications

Lessons learnt

If there is some time: Transdisciplinary Research Processes and

Knowledge Transfer

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Transdisciplinary

Methods and Concepts

Water Resources andLand Use

Water Infrastructure

and Risk Analyses

Energy and

Climate Protection

in Everyday Life

Mobility andUrban Spaces

Population Dynamics

and Supply

Research Areas and Resources

currently 46 employees, thereof 33 research scientists

financed from public funds awarded by tender and contract work for

NGOs, local authorities or business; institutional support from the

state of Hesse and the city of Frankfurt am Main.4Alexandra Lux // July 10 2013 // Uni Gieen


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ISOE as partner in the Biodiveristy and

Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)

BiK-F founded in 2008 as joint venture of

Senckenberg Natural History Museum

and Research Institute (Lead)

Goethe University Frankfurt

(Bioscience, Geosciences,Social Sciences)

Institute for Social-Ecological Research

and other partners

Funded by LOEWE

(excellence initiative of the

State of Hesse)

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BiK-F Research Structure

(time/process and spatial axis)



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Key questions Project Area F

What are the implications of climate induced changes of biodiversity for

societal actions and decisions?

How can the research results of BiK-F be decision-bases for

providing society with essential ecosystem services? Which social adaptations to climate induced changes of biodiversity

and which strategies to protect and utilize ecosystems and their

services are sustainable?

Which transfer methods and instruments are suitable to support

social actors with the implementation of measures for the

conservation of biodiversity and climate protection in accordance

with the research results of BiK-F?



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Examples for Knowledge Transfer

Stakeholder-Dialogues Involvement & participation

Expert Panels Advice for scientific projects

Discourse Field

Analyses Preparing the transfer

ScienceCommunication Information and news



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Stakeholder Dialogues Project behind

BiK-F Project Forest and Forestry Systems of the Future

Aims:

improved knowledge for an adaptive and sustainable management of

European forest ecosystems

contributing to long-term biodiversity conservation, strengthening of

resilience and securing the provision of ecosystem services

Organization:

Project Head: Dr. Engelbert Schramm (ISOE, BiK-F)

Duration: 2009-2014

Information: www.bik-f.de (Project F2)


Stakeholder-Dialogues

Expert PanelsDiscourse Field

AnalysesScience

Communication


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Stakeholder Dialogues

What is a Stakeholder?

A person, group or organization that

has interest or concern in an organization

is affected by the organizations actions, policies etc.

has specific knowledge about the organizations issues

Why a dialogue with stakeholders?

Methodological approach to assess options for forest conversion as

climate adaptation measure Recognition of uncertainty of future developments and underlying

ecological processes under climate change




AnalysesScience

Communication


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Stakeholder groups of the BiK-F Project

Forest and Forestry Systems of the Future


Watersuppliers

FVA

Forestersunion

nursery

similar

projekts

LOEWEWalking

clubs

Political

institutions

Environm

organizations

Lobbies

Private forestowners

Hessen-

Forst

Timberindustry

Hunters

BiKF

Watersuppliers

FVA

Forestersunion

nursery

similar

projekts

LOEWEWalking

clubs

Political

institutions

Environm

organizations

Lobbies

Private forestowners

Hessen-

Forst

Timberindustry

Hunters

BiKF


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Implementing Stakeholder Dialogues

Stakeholder-Analyses as way to frame a dialogue process (Schramm 2012)

Selecting stakeholders

Do I know all relevant groups?

Do I know which persons are the right ones?

(iterative) analyses of various interests

What interests do the stakeholders have respectively how are they

affected?

Are there conflicts? Are there coalitions?

Quality assurance in stakeholder communication

Strategies and measures for keeping contact between the meetings




AnalysesScience

Communication


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Clustering Stakeholder Groups:

Relevance and Influence

High relevance,low influence

High relevance,high influence

Low relevance,low influence

Low relevance,high influence

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Stakeholder Dialogues Experiences

Regular meeting of stakeholder groups concerning the future of

forest management, each with a specific topic

climate adaption in commercial forests in Southern Hesse/Germany

climate adaptation of water resource management in Hesse/Germany

financing options for the conversion of German forests

oomycetes and their climate-induced harm to native beech forest

Dialogues are platforms for

exchange and developing a common understanding

mutual learning processes

identifying societal problems at a very early stage




AnalysesScience

Communication

Schramm2

01

2,

Litschel/Schramm2

010)


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Expert Panels Project behind

BMBF-Project start - Management Strategies for Pharmaceutical

Residues in Drinking Water

Aims

developing an integrated, precautionary action strategy to reduce the

input of active pharmaceutical ingredients into water bodies

Organisation

Project Head: Dr. Florian Keil (ISOE, kib)

Duration: 2005-2008

Information: www.start-project.de




AnalysesScience

Communication


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start What is the Project about?


Start (2008:14)

Drug Manufacturers Pharmacies

Households MunicipalSewage

Hospitals

SewageTreatment Plant

Soil

GoundwaterSurface Waters

Drinking Water

Improper Disposal

Excretions

Leakages

Sludge Disposal

Preparations

Active Ingredients



AnalysesScience

Communication


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Members of starts Expert Panel


after start (2008)


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Expert Panel within the start-project

Experts from various sectors formed the panel

Over more than 2 years the group met regularly with the project team

Reality Check for the scientific results

Participation in multi-criteria assessment of strategy elements

(integration of practical knowledge)

Advice for strategic positioning and on political developments

Increasing the acceptability and adoptability of results

Experts gained most recent state of the art in a problem field




AnalysesScience

Communication


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Discourse Field Analysis Project behind

BiK-F Project Transdisciplinary Concepts Discourse Field Analysis

Aims

create and maintain the transdisciplinary foundations for BiK-Fs work

support BiK-Fs research at the interface between science and society

Organisation

Project Head: Dr. Alexandra Lux (ISOE, BiK-F)

Duration: 2008-2014

www.bik-f.de (Project F1)




Analyses (DFA)Science

Communication


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Research Object: Dynamics of Discourses

Initial hypotheses:

Social construction of knowledge: What is seenas correct or true?

complexity of an object as reason for contested knowledge

Ottow

(2002

:254)

Input OutputPOWERDiscourse Field

(Cambridge School)

Discourses(Foucault)

ResistanceDiscourse Formation




Communication

Jahn/Lux(2009)



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DFA Levels of Analysis

Discourse field:

Dynamic and plural context for negotiating problems and solutions

Discourse arenas:

occasions which bring together actors and stakeholders

Discourse threads:

negotiated topics



AnalysesScience

Communication

Jahn/Lux(2009)



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Politic &Administration Nature & Env.

Conservation

Business

Natural & Social

Sciences

Civil Society

etc. inter-

national

national

Discourse Field

Climate-induced Changes in Biodiversity

DFA Biodiversity and Climate Change

Actor analysis and Key questions

What issues are high on the agenda?

Are there knowledge claims concerning cause-effect relationships?

Are there needs for action and for further research?




Communication

Jahn/Lux(2009),Lux/Jahn(2009)



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Discourse Arenas

9thConference of the

Parties of the CBD

(2008)

Millennium

Ecosystem

Assessment (2005)

German Strategy on

Biological Diversity(2007)



AnalysesScience

Communication

Lux/Jahn(2009)



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Discourse threads and contested issues

COP 9/CBD National Strategy MEA

Implementation Processes

Financing of measuresDecentralized

implementation processes

uncertainty of forecasts

for decision making

Economic Aspects

Access Benefit SharingBusiness responsibility for

adaptation and mitigationBiodiv as an economic good

Protected Areas Management

rights of local communities

vs.

intl conservation interests

conflicts between climate and

conservation policy goals

understanding of complex

ecosystemic relationships

Stakeholder Networks

improve implementation Science-Policy-Interface

Lux/Jahn(2009)



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Discourse threads and contested issues

COP 9/CBD National Strategy MEA

Implementation Processes

Financing of measuresDecentralized

implementation processes

uncertainty of forecasts

for decision making

Economic Aspects

Access Benefit SharingBusiness responsibility for

adaptation and mitigationBiodiv as an economic good

Protected Areas Management

rights of local communities

vs.

intl conservation interests

conflicts between climate and

conservation policy goals

understanding of complex

ecosystemic relationships

Stakeholder Networks

improve implementation Science-Policy-Interface

Lux/Jahn(2009)



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DFA for what?

DFA fields of application in sustainability research

rapid assessment tool for

evaluating certain and contested knowledge

identifying relevant actors: systematic overview on actors and their

positions

assemble need for action and need for research

prepares research processes

variety of problem views

first ideas for dissemination and knowledge transfer



AnalysesScience

Communication

Jahn/Lux(2009),Lux/Jahn(2009)



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BiK-F Transfer Office

Aim:

provide relevant scientific data and information to groups of stakeholders

supporting their efforts in the conservation and sustainable use of

biodiversity.

Organisation:

Head: Dr. Julia Krohmer (BiK-F, Senckenberg)

Duration: since 2008

www.bik-f.de

Science Communication Project behind




AnalysesScience

Communication


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Science Communication:

Tasks of the BiK-F Transfer Office

Networking

and Consulting

Media and

Public Relations

Partnerships

and Cooperation

HESSEN RIC Sozialwissenschaften



AnalysesScience

Communication



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Science Communication:

Examples from the BiK-F Transfer Office

Biodiv-Scientists

YoungScientists

FundingAgencies

DevelopmentAid

Po

litics/Administration

Business

En

viorn.Associations

Schools,Students

Interested,widerpublic

Public Lecutres

Conferences, seminars etc.

Summer School

Exhibitions

Newsletter

Position Papers

Press & Public Relations

Web page

Policy Consuting

Stakeholder Consulting

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Lessons Learnt: Knowledge Transfer

is more than one-way delivery of facts, i.e. is dialogue oriented

is important at various stages of research processes

allows integrating non-scientific problems into research

bases on knowing who should be involved

is an evaluation of research processes and scientific results

empowers involved stakeholders

increases the acceptability and adoptability of results

increases synergies and coherency through coordination of actorsand activities across sectors and disciplines

is an additional task beside doing excellent science




AnalysesScience

Communication


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further more?


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Idealised Implementation Concept for

Transdisciplinary Research


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Adapted from Jahn, T./M. Bergmann/F. Keil (2012)

Scientific

Problems

Results for

Societal Praxis

Societal

Discourse

Transdisciplinary

Integration

Scientific

Discourse

Societal ProblemsCommon

Research Object

Results for

Scientific Praxis

2Production of new

knowledge

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Scientific

Problems

Results for

Societal Praxis

Societal

Discourse

Transdisciplinary

Integration

Scientific

Discourse


Research Object

Results for

Scientific Praxis

2Production of new

knowledge

1


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Scientific

Problems

Results for

Societal Praxis

Societal

Discourse

Transdisciplinary

Integration

Scientific

Discourse


Research Object

Results for

Scientific Praxis

2Production of new

knowledge

1


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Scientific

Problems

Results for

Societal Praxis

Societal

Discourse

Transdisciplinary

Integration

Scientific

Discourse


Research Object

Results for

Scientific Praxis

2Production of new

knowledge

1


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Scientific

Problems

Results for

Societal Praxis

Societal

Discourse

Transdisciplinary

Integration

Scientific

Discourse


Research Object

Results for

Scientific Praxis

2Production of new

knowledge

1


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The Cycle of Science-Policy Interface


IUCN (2010)


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Further Reading

Bergmann, Matthias/Thomas Jahn/Tobias Knobloch/Wolfgang Krohn/Christian Pohl/Engelbert Schramm (2012): Methodsfor Transdisciplinary Research. A Primer for Practice. Frankfurt/New York

IUCN (2010): Enhancing the Science-Policy Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Information Paper.http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/ipbes_inf_paper_for_sbstta_wgri_april_2010_final_1.pdf

Jahn, Thomas/Matthias Bergmann/Florian Keil (2012): Transdisciplinarity: Between mainstreaming and marginalization.Ecological Economics, Vol. 79, July 2012, 110 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.017

Jahn, Thomas/Alexandra Lux/Anna Klipstein (2010): Vom Wissen zum Handeln - Grundlagen des Wissenstransfers. BiK-FKnowledge Flow Paper Nr. 8

Jahn, Thomas/Alexandra Lux (2009): Problem-Oriented Discourse Field Analysis: New Methods and Possible Applications.ISOE-Studientext Nr. 15. Frankfurt am Main

Litschel, J. & E. Schramm (2010) : Welchen Wald brauchen wir fr die Klimaanpassung? - AFZ-Der Wald 17/2010, S. 34

Lux, Alexandra (2010): Updates: Current Developments in the Discourse Field Biodiversity & Climate'. BiK-F KnowledgeFlow Paper No. 7. Frankfurt am Main

Lux, Alexandra/Thomas Jahn (2009): Klimabedingte Vernderungen der Biodiversitt. Eine Diskursfeldanalyse fr BiK-F.Knowledge Flow Paper Nr. 3

Schramm (2012): Stakeholder-Involvement zur Bewltigung von Biodiversittskonflikten. Ein Leitfaden. BiK-F KnowledgeFlow Papers Nr. 15.

start (2008): Pharmaceuticals for Human Use: Options of Action for Reducing the Contamination of Water Bodies. APractical Guide. Institute for Social-Ecological Research, Frankfurt am Main

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