Knowledge integration in sustainability governance through science-based actor networks |
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| Institution: | Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Society, Politics & Transformation Institute, Chair for Political Science and Sustainable Development, Zschokkestraße 32, D-39104 Magdeburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Understanding how science, technology and innovation can best help to accelerate progress in achieving sustainable development remains a grand challenge for researchers and practitioners. In the context of the global consultation process for preparing a post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, various science-based actor networks have emerged, aiming to translate research into political decision-making and to inform transformations towards sustainability. Over the last years, these networks seem to have taken an ever-growing role in structuring the science-policy interface in global sustainability governance. The question arises, however, how they understand and organize ‘scientific knowledge integration’ in sustainability politics.This study offers a structured comparison of twelve global science-based actor networks engaged in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. It shows that these networks use two types of strategies to foster scientific knowledge integration in sustainability governance. A new framework emerges, in which each strategy corresponds to two main approaches of scientific knowledge integration: The entrepreneurial strategy generally seeks to advance advice-oriented and solution-oriented knowledge processes, while assessment-oriented and learning-oriented processes in scientific knowledge integration are mainly promoted through a mediating strategy. |
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| Keywords: | Sustainability knowledge Global actor networks SDGs Environmental governance Transfer strategy Scientific knowledge integration |
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