Participatory research in times of COVID-19 and beyond

Adjusting your methodological toolkits

verfasst von

Claudia Sattler, Jens Rommel, Cheng Chen, Marina García-Llorente, Inés Gutiérrez-Briceño, Katrin Prager, Maria F. Reyes, Barbara Schröter, Christoph Schulze, Lenny G. J. van Bussel, Lasse Loft, Bettina Matzdorf, Eszter Kelemen

Abstract

Solving grand environmental societal challenges calls for transdisciplinary and participatory methods in social-ecological research. These methods enable co-designing the research, co-producing the results, and co-creating the impacts together with concerned stakeholders. COVID-19 has had serious impacts on the choice of research methods, but reflections on recent experiences of “moving online” are still rare. In this perspective, we focus on the challenge of adjusting different participatory methods to online formats used in five transdisciplinary social-ecological research projects. The key added value of our research is the lessons learned from a comparison of the pros and cons of adjusting a broader set of methods to online formats. We conclude that combining the adjusted online approaches with well-established face-to-face formats into more inclusive hybrid approaches can enrich and diversify the pool of available methods for postpandemic research. Furthermore, a more diverse group of participants can be engaged in the research process.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Umweltplanung

Externe Organisation(en)

Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
University of Aberdeen
Wageningen University and Research
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)
Environmental Social Science Research Group (ESSRG)

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

One Earth

Band

5

Seiten

62-73

Anzahl der Seiten

12

ISSN

2590-3330

Publikationsdatum

21.01.2022

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Umweltwissenschaft, Erdkunde und Planetologie (sonstige)

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.12.006 (Zugang: Offen)
https://hdl.handle.net/2164/18118 (Zugang: Offen)