Critical pedagogical designs for SETS knowledge co-production: online peer- and problem-based learning by and for early career green infrastructure experts

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 5 - Trang 1-13 - 2023
Mathieu Feagan1, Megan Fork2, Geneva Gray3, Maike Hamann4, Jason K. Hawes5, Elizabeth H. T. Hiroyasu6, Brooke Wilkerson7,8
1Department of Knowledge Integration, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, USA
3Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
4Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
5School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
6The Nature Conservancy, California, Sacramento, USA
7Department of Geography, System Dynamics Group, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
8Department of Geography & Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Tóm tắt

Despite a growing understanding of the importance of knowledge co-production for just and sustainable urban transformations, early career green infrastructure experts typically lack opportunities to practice transdisciplinary knowledge co-production approaches within their normal training and professional development. However, using online collaboration technologies combined with peer- and problem-based learning can help address this gap by putting early career green infrastructure experts in charge of organizing their own knowledge co-production activities. Using the case study of an online symposia series focused on social-ecological-technological systems approaches to holistic green infrastructure implementation, we discuss how critical pedagogical designs help create favorable conditions for transdisciplinary knowledge co-production. Our work suggests that the early career position offers a unique standpoint from which to better understand the limitations of current institutional structures of expertise, with a view towards their transformation through collective action.

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