Promising practices for dealing with complexity in research for development
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Promising practices for dealing with complexity in research for development. / Abad, Carmenza Robledo; Bieri, Sabin; Eschen, René et al.
in: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Jahrgang 32, Nr. 1, 20.05.2023, S. 115-124.Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › begutachtet
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T1 - Promising practices for dealing with complexity in research for development
AU - Abad, Carmenza Robledo
AU - Bieri, Sabin
AU - Eschen, René
AU - Fuerst, Sandra
AU - Jacobi, Johanna
AU - Jiménez, Elizabeth
AU - Zonta, Aymara Llanque
AU - Naughton, Meleesa
AU - Schaffner, Urs
AU - Winkler, Mirko S.
AU - Flury, Manuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors; licensee oekom. This Open Access article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
PY - 2023/5/20
Y1 - 2023/5/20
N2 - The need to deal with complexity is getting increasingly attention in research for development projects implemented through transboundary research partnerships between organisations from the Global North and the Global South. However, less is known about aspects beyond the systems under study that still affect complexity in the research project. We conducted an experience capitalization of five transboundary research partnerships undertaking research in 14 countries in the Global South. We found that the combination of multiple contexts, the cultural and disciplinary diversity of the transboundary research partnerships, and the set of rules and proceedings from the funding mechanism affect the levels of complexity. We further identified that a transdisciplinary approach and several related practices, like intercultural communication or integrative partnerships, are promising ways of dealing with complexity. Current structures in research for development need to improve in order to fully use the potential of transdisciplinarity for sustainability transformation.
AB - The need to deal with complexity is getting increasingly attention in research for development projects implemented through transboundary research partnerships between organisations from the Global North and the Global South. However, less is known about aspects beyond the systems under study that still affect complexity in the research project. We conducted an experience capitalization of five transboundary research partnerships undertaking research in 14 countries in the Global South. We found that the combination of multiple contexts, the cultural and disciplinary diversity of the transboundary research partnerships, and the set of rules and proceedings from the funding mechanism affect the levels of complexity. We further identified that a transdisciplinary approach and several related practices, like intercultural communication or integrative partnerships, are promising ways of dealing with complexity. Current structures in research for development need to improve in order to fully use the potential of transdisciplinarity for sustainability transformation.
KW - complex adaptive system
KW - experience capitalization
KW - Global North
KW - Global South
KW - transboundary research partnership
KW - transdisciplinarity
KW - Sustainability Governance
KW - Environmental planning
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U2 - 10.14512/gaia.32.1.8
DO - 10.14512/gaia.32.1.8
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85166174637
VL - 32
SP - 115
EP - 124
JO - GAIA
JF - GAIA
SN - 0940-5550
IS - 1
ER -