Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Luc Hoffmann Institute, IUCN Conservation Centre, Gland, Switzerland;3. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;4. Institute for Water Futures, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;5. Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;6. Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;7. The Peopled Seas Initiative, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;8. Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, School of Histories and Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;9. Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico;10. Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;11. Department of Anthropology and Geography, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;12. Program in Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA;13. Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;14. CSIRO Land and Water and James Cook University Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, Carins, Australia;15. Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;p. Sustainability Research Unit, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa;q. Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands;r. Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;s. Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;t. Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany;u. Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands;v. Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa;w. Department of Natural Resource Science and Bieler School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;x. Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning, LTD., Hod HaSharon, Israel;y. School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK;z. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda (Grahamstown), South Africa;11. Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory, Australia;12. Department of Biology, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand;13. Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile;14. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile;15. Institute of Geography & Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;16. Stockholm Environment Institute York, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK;17. Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;18. Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;19. School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;110. UPEM LISIS INRA, Champs sur Marne, France;111. Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;112. The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington DC, USA;113. School of Nature Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK;114. University of Jos, Nigeria;115. WWF International, Gland, Switzerland;1p. World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia;1q. Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;1r. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Fort Collins, CO, USA |
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| Abstract: | Co-production, the collaborative weaving of research and practice by diverse societal actors, is argued to play an important role in sustainability transformations. Yet, there is still poor understanding of how to navigate the tensions that emerge in these processes. Through analyzing 32 initiatives worldwide that co-produced knowledge and action to foster sustainable social-ecological relations, we conceptualize ‘co-productive agility’ as an emergent feature vital for turning tensions into transformations. Co-productive agility refers to the willingness and ability of diverse actors to iteratively engage in reflexive dialogues to grow shared ideas and actions that would not have been possible from the outset. It relies on embedding knowledge production within processes of change to constantly recognize, reposition, and navigate tensions and opportunities. Co-productive agility opens up multiple pathways to transformation through: (1) elevating marginalized agendas in ways that maintain their integrity and broaden struggles for justice; (2) questioning dominant agendas by engaging with power in ways that challenge assumptions, (3) navigating conflicting agendas to actively transform interlinked paradigms, practices, and structures; (4) exploring diverse agendas to foster learning and mutual respect for a plurality of perspectives. We explore six process considerations that vary by these four pathways and provide a framework to enable agility in sustainability transformations. We argue that research and practice spend too much time closing down debate over different agendas for change – thereby avoiding, suppressing, or polarizing tensions, and call for more efforts to facilitate better interactions among different agendas. |
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| Keywords: | Co-production Transformative processes Social-ecological relations Tensions Power relations Impact |
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