Transdisciplinarity and Knowledge Co-Production

CoKnow Consulting is building capacity for inter- and transdisciplinary processes and supports you and your stakeholders to co-produce knowledge and co-design solutions for sustainability. Together we co-develop the right approaches, e.g.: • Design inter- and transdisciplinary processes tailored to the problem, which you want to solve • Development of facilitation concepts, e.g. for workshop, conferences, or strategic retreats • Stakeholder analyses to ensure inclusive approaches • Co-production of knowledge using participatory methods introduced on Oppla and beyond • Transdisciplinary process evaluation • Process documentation (e.g. support for writing reports or scientific publications)

Uses of this product

The goal of CoKnow is also to develop your capacities to organize inter- and transdisciplinary processes yourself. Trainings offered cover for example:

Concepts, definitions and main issues related to transdisciplinarity and knowledge co-production
Analysis of the context before starting a participatory and co-production process
Planning a transdisciplinary process and knowledge co-production
Presentation and testing of participatory tools, methods and settings
Facilitation tools, methods and skills
Evaluation of transdisciplinary processes

Advantages

Easier and less cost intensive organization of processes
Minimizing risks of failure to co-produce relevant knowledge and ensure the co-design of useful solutions for sustainability
Develop your capacities to organize inter- and transdisciplinary processes yourself

Quality Assurance

Scientific peer review
Professional references

Links

CoKnow Consulting - Coproducing Knowledge for Sustainability

Case studies

Other related case studies:

Hauck, J., Schmidt, J., Werner, A., (2016): Using social network analysis to identify key stakeholders in agricultural biodiversity governance and related land-use decisions at regional and local level. Ecol. Soc. 21 (2), Art. 49

Bela, G., Peltola, T., Young, J.C., Balázs, B., Arpin, I., Pataki, G., Hauck, J., Kelemen, E., Kopperoinen, L., Van Herzele, A., Keune, H., Hecker, S., Suškevičs, M., Roy, H.E., Itkonen, P., Külvik, M., László, M., Basnou, C., Pino, J., Bonn, A., (2016): Learning and the transformative potential of citizen science. Conserv. Biol. 30 (5), 990 – 999

Hauck, J., Albert, C., Fürst, C., Geneletti, D., La Rosa, D., Lorz, C., Spyra, M., (2016): Developing and applying ecosystem service indicators in decision-support at various scales. Special issue editorial. Ecol. Indic. 61 (Part 1), 1 – 5

Hauck, J., Stein, C., Schiffer, E., Vandewalle, M., (2015): Seeing the forest and the trees: Facilitating participatory network planning in environmental governance. Glob. Environ. Change 35 , 400 – 410

Albert, C., Hauck, J., Buhr, N., von Haaren, C., (2014): What ecosystem services information do users want? Investigating interests and requirements among landscape and regional planners in Germany. Landsc. Ecol. 29 (8), 1301 – 1313

Hauck, J., Görg, C., Werner, A., Jax, K., Bidoglio, G., Maes, J., Furman, E., Ratamäki, O., (2014): Transdisciplinary enrichment of a linear research process: experiences gathered from a research project supporting the European Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. Interdiscip. Sci. Rev. 39 (4), 376 – 391

Hauck, J., Görg, C., Varjopuro, R., Ratamäki, O., Jax, K., (2013): Benefits and limitations of the ecosystem services concept in environmental policy and decision making: some stakeholder perspectives. Environ. Sci. Policy 25 , 13 – 21

Hauck, J., Görg, C., Varjopuro, R., Ratamäki, O., Maes, J., Wittmer, H., Jax, K., (2013): “Maps have an air of authority”: potential benefits and challenges of ecosystem service maps at different levels of decision making. Ecosystem Services 4 , 25 – 32

Hauck, J., Schweppe-Kraft, B., Albert, C., Görg, C., Jax, K., Jensen, R., Fürst, C., Maes, J., Ring, I., Hönigová, I., Burkhard, B., Mehring, M., Tiefenbach, M., Grunewald, K., Schwarzer, M., Meurer, M., Sommerhäuser, M., Priess, J.A., Schmidt, J., Grêt-Regamey, A., (2013): The promise of the ecosystem services concept for planning and decision-making. GAIA 22 (4), 232 – 236

Maes, J., Hauck, J., Paracchini, M.L., Ratamäki, O., Hutchins, M., Termansen, M., Furman, E., Pérez-Soba, M., Braat, L., (2013): Mainstreaming ecosystem services into EU policy. Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 5 (1), 128 – 134

Contact details

jennifer.hauck@coknow.de

Transdisciplinarity and Knowledge Co-Production

Associated Oppla members