Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives

Cultivating a more dynamic relationship between science and policy is essential for responding to complex social challenges such as sustainability. One approach to doing so is to “span the boundaries” between science and decision making and create a more comprehensive and inclusive knowledge exchang...

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Vydané v:Sustainability science Ročník 13; číslo 4; s. 1175 - 1183
Hlavní autori: Bednarek, A. T., Wyborn, C., Cvitanovic, C., Meyer, R., Colvin, R. M., Addison, P. F. E., Close, S. L., Curran, K., Farooque, M., Goldman, E., Hart, D., Mannix, H., McGreavy, B., Parris, A., Posner, S., Robinson, C., Ryan, M., Leith, P.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.07.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Predmet:
advocacy
Climate Change Management and Policy
Concepts
Decision making
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Management
information exchange
issues and policy
Knowledge Management for Sustainability Science
Landscape Ecology
Methodology
Note and Comment
Public Health
Science
Sustainability
sustainability science and engineering
Sustainable Development
Science-policy interface
Wicked problems
Boundary organizations
Boundary spanning
Sustainability
ISSN:1862-4065, 1862-4057, 1862-4057
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Shrnutí:Cultivating a more dynamic relationship between science and policy is essential for responding to complex social challenges such as sustainability. One approach to doing so is to “span the boundaries” between science and decision making and create a more comprehensive and inclusive knowledge exchange process. The exact definition and role of boundary spanning, however, can be nebulous. Indeed, boundary spanning often gets conflated and confused with other approaches to connecting science and policy, such as science communication, applied science, and advocacy, which can hinder progress in the field of boundary spanning. To help overcome this, in this perspective, we present the outcomes from a recent workshop of boundary-spanning practitioners gathered to (1) articulate a definition of what it means to work at this interface (“boundary spanning”) and the types of activities it encompasses; (2) present a value proposition of these efforts to build better relationships between science and policy; and (3) identify opportunities to more effectively mainstream boundary-spanning activities. Drawing on our collective experiences, we suggest that boundary spanning has the potential to increase the efficiency by which useful research is produced, foster the capacity to absorb new evidence and perspectives into sustainability decision-making, enhance research relevance for societal challenges, and open new policy windows. We provide examples from our work that illustrate this potential. By offering these propositions for the value of boundary spanning, we hope to encourage a more robust discussion of how to achieve evidence-informed decision-making for sustainability.
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ISSN:1862-4065
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DOI:10.1007/s11625-018-0550-9