Negotiating space for knowledge co-production

Lisa Verwoerd, Hilde Brouwers, Eva Kunseler, Barbara Regeer and Evelien de Hoop

Science and Public Policy, 2023, vol. 50, issue 1, 59-71

Abstract: Despite increased popularity of knowledge co-production as a research approach to address contemporary environmental issues, its implementation in science–policy contexts is not self-evident. In this paper, we illustrate how researchers at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (in Dutch: Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving (PBL)) ensured a fit between key features of knowledge co-production and conventional norms and customs for knowledge production processes at the science–policy interface while simultaneously challenging those norms to create space for knowledge co-production. Drawing on implementation science, we analyzed two types of alignment activities: negotiation of normative and relational norms and modification of co-production features. Based on three policy evaluation cases, we show that PBL researchers developed co-production capacity over time. They became more skilled at recognizing (un)conducive structures to knowledge co-production, negotiating such structures, and modifying co-production features without compromising co-production integrity. We argue that investment in these skills is required to negotiate space for knowledge co-production in science–policy settings.

Keywords: knowledge co-production; normalization; science–policy interface; implementation science alignment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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