Participatory action research (PAR) offers a practical and inclusive approach to tackling today’s complex challenges. By combining collaboration, critical reflection, and iterative cycles of inquiry and action, this approach helps create solutions that are both meaningful and sustainable. This blog …
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It has been a year since the publication of “A guide to just transitions | He puka arataki whakawhitinga tika“. The guide aims to assist communities, regions and sectors in navigating periods of disruption and achieving fair outcomes. Reflecting on …
Addressing complex sustainability and development challenges require collective action. This post points to the pivotal role of facilitation and co-design in fostering impactful, constructive change. “Human behaviours, at various decision-making levels, play a crucial role in navigating the complex sustainability …
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As agencies, organisations, and change-makers increasingly prioritise equitable and sustainable transformations, the practice of facilitating collective change becomes crucial. This post delves into the often-underestimated role of facilitation in promoting constructive, collaborative change. Facilitation can be described as a process …
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Another year has passed, and this provides a timely opportunity to reflect on what content resonated most with visitors to the Learning for Sustainability (LfS) site in 2022. So – based on site statistics – here are the most visited …
This post provides an introduction to an extended DPSIR (Driving Forces-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses) framework, and looks to show how this can be used to more closely link the social and natural sciences to better help policy makers address complex problem situations. It …
Using a DPSIR framework to support good natural resource management and policy Read more »
There are four broad areas in which it is important to support capacity building to enhance the collaboration and collective action that underpin responsible natural resource management. First, people with expertise in social processes are needed at all levels (just …
Skills and capacities that support collective action Read more »
This post and inline presentation shine a light on methodologies that help us combine reflective practice and adaptive management. The post and presentation begin with some ideas and concepts that introduce adaptive management and social learning, and then move to …
Using mixed methods to support planning, evaluation and learning Read more »
The new SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and Inquiry is now published and available as a two-volume set. My own involvement in this over the past three years has been as a co-editor of the Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning …
Managing participation in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) initiatives Read more »
Human behaviours, at a range of decision-making levels, play a key role in the many complex sustainability and development problems facing public sector policy staff. Challenges include issues such as climate change, public health, catchment (watershed) management, biodiversity and conservation …
Influencing practice change: An introduction to behaviour change models and strategies Read more »
