Innovative pathways for an efficient co-design and extension of socio-environmental change between scientists and… others

Nils Ferrand (1, 2, 3, 4)

1 STEEP - Sustainability transition, environment, economy and local policy
2 UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages
3 UM - Université de Montpellier
4 INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

Addressing science-policy interfaces without including the "others" may lead to disconnections between policy design and efficiency of implementation. In this course held at the "ghent group on science-policy interfaces" we introduce the CoOPLAGE approach as a set of innovative pathways based on participatory modeling, We question :

• the relation between knowledge production and dissemination, and its low impact on the changes required. We question what’s next in the future strategies.
• the essence of transformative science & its potential impact
• multi-level participatory decision making
• roles and engagement of the various stakeholders in the transformative processes
• bases and potentials of a theory of change : targets, holders.
• stages, needs and options for future strategies
• ethical questions between scientific, participation and consequentialist ethics

Mots clés: science-society-policy interface; socio-environmental change; transformative science; participation; cooplage; ethics; participatory modeling

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Gestion et management; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Nils Ferrand. Innovative pathways for an efficient co-design and extension of socio-environmental change between scientists and… others. Doctoral. Advanced Training course on science-based policy advice in agriculture and environment, ILVO, Ghent, Belgium. 2023, pp.1-65. ⟨hal-04330563⟩