Post-normal science in practice
Post-Normal Science (PNS) emphasises the need for scientists and policy-makers to iteratively co-analyse and learn together, as part of an extended peer community. However, the roles and implications for scientific experts when interacting with policy-makers are not well understood. Informed by insi...
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Post-normal science in practiceReflections from scientific experts working on the European agri-food policy nexusWaylen, Kerry A.|||0000-0002-6593-2795Blackstock, Kirsty L.Matthews, Keith B.Juarez-Bourke, AlbaHague, Alice|||0000-0003-4874-7050Wardell-Johnson, Dough H.Miller, Dave G.|||0000-0002-9311-1708Kovacic, Zora|||0000-0002-0911-9273Völker, Thomas|||0000-0002-2921-3996Guimaraes Pereira, AngelaGiampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023TransdisciplinarityNexusScience-policy interfaceKnowledge co-productionEuropean policyScientific ethnographyPost-Normal Science (PNS) emphasises the need for scientists and policy-makers to iteratively co-analyse and learn together, as part of an extended peer community. However, the roles and implications for scientific experts when interacting with policy-makers are not well understood. Informed by insights from science and technology studies (STS) on modalities of interaction and the multiple potential roles of experts, we reflect on our experiences as scientific experts working on European agricultural policy within the interdisciplinary H2020 MAGIC project. We aimed to analyse and facilitate science-policy dialogue on a variety of European sustainability challenges. Whilst we achieved stimulating interactions on the nexus of issues associated with sustainable agriculture, our experiences did not fully match our deliberative vision. In part this was due to the varied constraints and reactions of policy-makers: many had limited remit for engagement, some expressed scientists should act as 'fact' providers in support of current tasks; others contested scientific analyses when these implied policy approaches were insufficient. Our own roles and reactions also varied across the scientific team and over time: from attempting to foster relationships, to emphasising our relevance to their tasks, or making stronger judgements. This dynamic mix was at times personally uncomfortable and challenging. Navigating such processes needs explicit reflection on the potentially plural roles expected of scientific and other experts working on and for sustainability. Meanwhile, the persistent expectations and institutional constraints that underlie and constrain science-policy interactions need more recognition, including by policy institutions themselves. 22023-01-0120232023-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/299044https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2023.01.007reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 689669Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 CEX2019-000940-Mopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2990442026-06-06T12:50:31Z |
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Post-normal science in practice Reflections from scientific experts working on the European agri-food policy nexus |
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Waylen, Kerry A.|||0000-0002-6593-2795 Blackstock, Kirsty L. Matthews, Keith B. Juarez-Bourke, Alba Hague, Alice|||0000-0003-4874-7050 Wardell-Johnson, Dough H. Miller, Dave G.|||0000-0002-9311-1708 Kovacic, Zora|||0000-0002-0911-9273 Völker, Thomas|||0000-0002-2921-3996 Guimaraes Pereira, Angela Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023 |
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Waylen, Kerry A.|||0000-0002-6593-2795 |
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Waylen, Kerry A.|||0000-0002-6593-2795 Blackstock, Kirsty L. Matthews, Keith B. Juarez-Bourke, Alba Hague, Alice|||0000-0003-4874-7050 Wardell-Johnson, Dough H. Miller, Dave G.|||0000-0002-9311-1708 Kovacic, Zora|||0000-0002-0911-9273 Völker, Thomas|||0000-0002-2921-3996 Guimaraes Pereira, Angela Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023 |
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Blackstock, Kirsty L. Matthews, Keith B. Juarez-Bourke, Alba Hague, Alice|||0000-0003-4874-7050 Wardell-Johnson, Dough H. Miller, Dave G.|||0000-0002-9311-1708 Kovacic, Zora|||0000-0002-0911-9273 Völker, Thomas|||0000-0002-2921-3996 Guimaraes Pereira, Angela Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023 |
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Transdisciplinarity Nexus Science-policy interface Knowledge co-production European policy Scientific ethnography |
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Post-Normal Science (PNS) emphasises the need for scientists and policy-makers to iteratively co-analyse and learn together, as part of an extended peer community. However, the roles and implications for scientific experts when interacting with policy-makers are not well understood. Informed by insights from science and technology studies (STS) on modalities of interaction and the multiple potential roles of experts, we reflect on our experiences as scientific experts working on European agricultural policy within the interdisciplinary H2020 MAGIC project. We aimed to analyse and facilitate science-policy dialogue on a variety of European sustainability challenges. Whilst we achieved stimulating interactions on the nexus of issues associated with sustainable agriculture, our experiences did not fully match our deliberative vision. In part this was due to the varied constraints and reactions of policy-makers: many had limited remit for engagement, some expressed scientists should act as 'fact' providers in support of current tasks; others contested scientific analyses when these implied policy approaches were insufficient. Our own roles and reactions also varied across the scientific team and over time: from attempting to foster relationships, to emphasising our relevance to their tasks, or making stronger judgements. This dynamic mix was at times personally uncomfortable and challenging. Navigating such processes needs explicit reflection on the potentially plural roles expected of scientific and other experts working on and for sustainability. Meanwhile, the persistent expectations and institutional constraints that underlie and constrain science-policy interactions need more recognition, including by policy institutions themselves. |
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