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 post …

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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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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 …

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Virtual teams have become common in recent years. Remote work allows businesses and startups to compete in an increasingly globalized society, and provides new freedoms for employees, freelancers and consultants to work with clients and colleagues – less constrained by …

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