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Knowledge brokering at the environmental science-policy interface : examining structure and activity

Publiceringsår

2024

Upphovspersoner

Juhola, Sirkku; Huotari, Essi; Kolehmainen, Liisa; Silfverberg, Outi; Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa

Abstrakt

Highlights • The environmental science-policy interface is a network within which knowledge is brokered. • We use a mixed method approach to examine the science-policy interface in Finland. • Results show a centralised network centred around knowledge brokers and users, not producers. • Personal communication and media are main sources with trust being important. Abstract The environmental science-policy interface, consisting of dynamic interactions between various actors, is increasingly an object of study. In this interface, new types and kinds of boundary organisations are emerging and new types of knowledge brokering are taking place. Given the increasing calls for more evidence-based policy, it is pertinent to examine what type of SPI can be identified at the national level, how knowledge is brokered in it and how boundary organisations function and are positioned within the network. To do this, we utilise a mixed method approach, combining a survey questionnaire and interviews as data collection methods with social network analysis and qualitative content analysis to examine the national science-policy interface in the environmental domain in Finland. Our results show a centralised network with weak reciprocal links. The network is centred more around knowledge brokers and users than knowledge producers. In this network, knowledge is mainly brokered through media and personal communication, with no single actor group assuming responsibility. The boundary organisation studied here engages in brokering activities and actively creates venues for knowledge brokering. Our findings are in line with previous research, demonstrating the need for further strengthening of not only the structural foundations of the science-policy interface, but also of the actors engaging in knowledge brokering.
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Organisationer och upphovspersoner

Helsingfors universitet

Huotari Essi

Korhonen-Kurki Kaisa

Juhola Sirkku

Jyväskylä universitet

Silfverberg Outi

Finlands miljöcentral

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Publikationstyp

Publikationsform

Artikel

Moderpublikationens typ

Tidning

Artikelstyp

En originalartikel

Målgrupp

Vetenskaplig

Kollegialt utvärderad

Kollegialt utvärderad

UKM:s publikationstyp

A1 Originalartikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift

Publikationskanalens uppgifter

Moderpublikationens namn

Environmental Science & Policy

Förläggare

Elsevier

Volym

153

Artikelnummer

103672

Publikationsforum

55381

Publikationsforumsnivå

2

Öppen tillgång

Öppen tillgänglighet i förläggarens tjänst

Ja

Öppen tillgång till publikationskanalen

Delvis öppen publikationskanal

Licens för förläggarens version

CC BY

Parallellsparad

Ja

Övriga uppgifter

Vetenskapsområden

Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Socialgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Övriga samhällsvetenskaper; Miljövetenskap; Skogsvetenskap

Nyckelord

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Förlagets internationalitet

Internationell

Språk

engelska

Internationell sampublikation

Nej

Sampublikation med ett företag

Nej

DOI

10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103672

Publikationen ingår i undervisnings- och kulturministeriets datainsamling

Ja