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DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102074 |
The social structure of climate change research and practitioner engagement: Evidence from California | |
Baker Z.; Ekstrom J.A.; Meagher K.D.; Preston B.L.; Bedsworth L. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 0959-3780 |
卷号 | 63 |
英文摘要 | Interactions between researchers and practitioners can lead to the increased use of climate science in decision-making. Past studies on these interactions have focused on the information needs of decision-makers, but less is known about why and how climate researchers choose to engage with decision-makers. Understanding the experiences, beliefs and constraints on both sides of the ‘knowledge-action gap’ is critical for implementing robust climate adaptation strategies. This study thus examines the perspectives and experiences of researchers regarding practitioner engagement, drawing from an original survey of California's climate research community (N= 991) and supplemental interviews. Given a history of support for climate research and climate change adaptation, analysis of the California case is useful as a means of characterizing the relationship between climate research and practitioner engagement. We find that most scientists want to engage more with practitioners but are constrained by several factors, including resource limitations and the challenge of building relationships. Additionally, we find that the level of interest and frequency of engagement with stakeholders varies significantly across academic disciplines. We demonstrate that building capacity within research organizations and integrating stakeholder engagement in funding criteria and professional development can help foster relationship-building between scientists and decision-makers. The analysis suggests that the social structure of climate research warrants further examination of the ways that climate researchers relate to practitioners at present. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
英文关键词 | Climate change adaptation; Climate services; Co-production; Science production; Sociology of science |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | climate change; decision making; limiting factor; questionnaire survey; social structure; stakeholder; California; United States |
来源期刊 | Global Environmental Change |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/142045 |
作者单位 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Anchorage, AK, United States; University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK, United States; University of California Davis, Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy, Davis, CA, United States; California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States; University of California Davis, Department of Food Science and Technology, Davis, CA, United States; RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States; California Strategic Growth Council, Sacramento, CA, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Baker Z.,Ekstrom J.A.,Meagher K.D.,et al. The social structure of climate change research and practitioner engagement: Evidence from California[J],2020,63. |
APA | Baker Z.,Ekstrom J.A.,Meagher K.D.,Preston B.L.,&Bedsworth L..(2020).The social structure of climate change research and practitioner engagement: Evidence from California.Global Environmental Change,63. |
MLA | Baker Z.,et al."The social structure of climate change research and practitioner engagement: Evidence from California".Global Environmental Change 63(2020). |
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