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Journal article
Biodiversity on the brink: evaluating a transdisciplinary research collaboration
Journal for Nature Conservation, Vol.40, pp.1-11
2017
Abstract
Global biodiversity is facing an extinction crisis. Australia has one of the highest terrestrial species extinction rates in the world. Scientists, policy advisors and governments have recommended that the issue be addressed at a landscape-scale, while noting that there are significant knowledge gaps that are hampering implementation of such an approach. From 2011–2015, the Australian Government funded a transdisciplinary research program, the Landscapes and Policy Hub, to meet this need. Transdisciplinary research is widely acknowledged as essential to address the complexity of contemporary environmental problems. Given that such research programs are in their infancy, it is important to evaluate their efficacy and provide an empirical basis for improving their design. This paper presents an evaluation of the strategies fostering transdisciplinarity adopted by the Landscapes and Policy Hub. A heavy emphasis on communication, with skilled knowledge brokering, regular face-to-face meetings using participatory activities and shared field engagements enhanced transdisciplinary interaction between researchers and research users. However, establishing a fully integrated interdisciplinary research program remained a challenge. Efforts to enable shared conceptual frameworks to emerge through adaptive application of theory in practice could have been balanced with increased effort at the outset for researchers and research users to collaboratively formulate shared research questions, leading to the establishment of teams that could address these questions through cross-mobilisation of interdisciplinary expertise.
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- Title
- Biodiversity on the brink: evaluating a transdisciplinary research collaboration
- Authors/Creators
- M. Mitchell (Author/Creator) - University of TasmaniaS.A. Moore (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityS. Clement (Author/Creator) - University of LiverpoolM. Lockwood (Author/Creator) - University of TasmaniaG. Anderson (Author/Creator) - People in NatureS.M. Gaynor (Author/Creator) - University of TasmaniaL. Gilfedder (Author/Creator) - Department of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaR. Rowe (Author/Creator) - Department of the Environment and EnergyB. Norman (Author/Creator) - University of CanberraE.C. Lefroy (Author/Creator) - University of Tasmania
- Publication Details
- Journal for Nature Conservation, Vol.40, pp.1-11
- Identifiers
- 991005544217007891
- Copyright
- © 2017 Elsevier GmbH.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Web Of Science research areas
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Ecology
- ESI research areas
- Environment/Ecology