The challenges of transdisciplinary knowledge production: from unilocal to comparative research
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

This reflective paper surveys the lessons learnt and challenges faced by the Mistra Urban Futures (MUF) research centre and its research platforms in Sweden, the UK, South Africa and Kenya in developing and deploying different forms of transdisciplinary co-production of knowledge. Considerable experience with a distinctive portfolio of such methods has been gained and reflective evaluation is now under way. While it is important to understand the local context within which each method has evolved, we seek to explain the potential for adaptation in diverse contexts so that such knowledge co-production methods can be more widely utilized. Furthermore, the current phase of MUF’s work is undertaking innovative comparative transdisciplinary co-production research across its research platforms. Since the specific local projects differ, systematic thematic comparison requires great care and methodological rigour. Transdisciplinary co-production is inherently complex, time consuming and often unpredictable in terms of outcomes, and these challenges are intensified when it is undertaken comparatively.

transdisciplinarity

Mistra Urban Futures

co-production

comparative urban research

transdisciplinary urban co-production

Författare

David Simon

Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (Mistra)

Henrietta Palmer

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Stadsbyggnad

Jan Riise

Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (Mistra)

Warren Smit

University of Cape Town

Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (Mistra)

Sandra Valencia

Stiftelsen för miljöstrategisk forskning (Mistra)

Environment and Urbanization

0956-2478 (ISSN) 17460301 (eISSN)

Vol. 30 2 481-500

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi

Tvärvetenskapliga studier

Miljöledning

DOI

10.1177/0956247818787177

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