TY - JOUR
T1 - Collaboration through environmental assessment networks
T2 - Co-creating space and cultivating a joint learning mindset
AU - Kørnøv, Lone
AU - Larsen, Sanne Vammen
AU - Lyhne, Ivar
AU - Puibaraud, Ida Engmann
AU - Hansen, Anne Merrild
AU - Aaen, Sara Bjørn
AU - Nielsen, Helle Nedergaard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The sustainability challenges tackled in environmental assessments (EA) call for transdisciplinary cooperation linking research and practice in a joint change agency. This article explores the researcher's agency through the development of an EA network that seeks to support collaboration between researchers and practitioners, mutual learning, and change with a view to sustainability. We are conducting a case study of ‘The Environmental Assessment Day’ (EA-Day), an annual Danish conference that has been held for 10 years and attracts representatives from public and private organisations relevant to EA. The article is centred around the questions: How and why has the EA-Day network developed, and with what value creation for individual participants and for the general Danish EA practice? A mixed-methods approach is utilised to garner insight into the role and effects of the transdisciplinary conference. The results show that EA-Day is characterised by many different organisations giving presentations and a strong network of participants. The results also reveal how EA-Day provides an important platform for mutual inspiration and the qualification of research and practice. The results are relevant for all actors interested in networks and conferences in the EA field, and especially those interested in how to promote collaboration between research and practice.
AB - The sustainability challenges tackled in environmental assessments (EA) call for transdisciplinary cooperation linking research and practice in a joint change agency. This article explores the researcher's agency through the development of an EA network that seeks to support collaboration between researchers and practitioners, mutual learning, and change with a view to sustainability. We are conducting a case study of ‘The Environmental Assessment Day’ (EA-Day), an annual Danish conference that has been held for 10 years and attracts representatives from public and private organisations relevant to EA. The article is centred around the questions: How and why has the EA-Day network developed, and with what value creation for individual participants and for the general Danish EA practice? A mixed-methods approach is utilised to garner insight into the role and effects of the transdisciplinary conference. The results show that EA-Day is characterised by many different organisations giving presentations and a strong network of participants. The results also reveal how EA-Day provides an important platform for mutual inspiration and the qualification of research and practice. The results are relevant for all actors interested in networks and conferences in the EA field, and especially those interested in how to promote collaboration between research and practice.
KW - Change agency
KW - Forandringsagenter
KW - Miljøvurdering
KW - Samarbejde
KW - Samfundsmæssige impacts
KW - Netværk
KW - Change agency
KW - Change agents
KW - Environmental assessment
KW - Collaboration
KW - Societal impacts
KW - EA networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137156172&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106898
DO - 10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106898
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85137156172
SN - 0195-9255
VL - 97
JO - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
JF - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
M1 - 106898
ER -