Journal
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 182-190Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0448-2
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Funding
- Swedish Research Council Formas [2017-01326, 2017-01631]
- GRAID programme at SRC
- foundation BalticSea2020
- Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre
- Walton Family Foundation [2017-693, 2018-1371]
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation [2017-66205, 2019-68336]
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation [GBMF5668.01, GBMF5668.02]
- South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) of the Department of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation of South Africa [98766]
- Swedish Research Council [621-2014-5137]
- Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- CGIAR Trust Fund
- Vinnova [2017-01631] Funding Source: Vinnova
- Forte [2017-01326] Funding Source: Forte
- Formas [2017-01326, 2017-01631] Funding Source: Formas
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Research practice, funding agencies and global science organizations suggest that research aimed at addressing sustainability challenges is most effective when 'co-produced' by academics and non-academics. Co-production promises to address the complex nature of contemporary sustainability challenges better than more traditional scientific approaches. But definitions of knowledge co-production are diverse and often contradictory. We propose a set of four general principles that underlie high-quality knowledge co-production for sustainability research. Using these principles, we offer practical guidance on how to engage in meaningful co-productive practices, and how to evaluate their quality and success. Research addressing sustainability issues is more effective if 'co-produced' by academics and non-academics, but definitions of co-production vary. This Perspective presents four knowledge co-production principles for sustainability research and guides on how to engage in co-productive practices.
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