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Celliers L, Rölfer L, Rivers N, Rosendo S, Fernandes M, Snow B, Costa MM. Stratification of stakeholders for participation in the governance of coastal social-ecological systems. Ambio 2023; 52:1418-1430. [PMID: 36952095 PMCID: PMC10035481 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01844-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Knowledge co-production has become part of an evolution of participatory and transdisciplinary research approaches that are increasingly important for achieving sustainability. To effectively involve the most appropriate stakeholders there is a need for engagement and increasing prominence of stakeholders in environmental management and governance processes. The paper aims at developing and testing a methodology for stratifying stakeholders by (i) classifying organisations involved in coastal and ocean governance by their agency, and (ii) grouping them into organisational archetypes for representation and selection in research processes. Agency was measured by the three dimensions of scale, resources, and power. Each dimension was further elaborated as a set of indicators. The methodology is applied in the context of a research project set in Algoa Bay, South Africa. The stratification of organisations enabled the research team to gain a better understanding of the stakeholder landscape of organisational agency, and thus identify the most relevant stakeholder with which to engage. The use of a hierarchical cluster analysis identified five organisational archetypes in relation to ocean and coastal governance in Algoa Bay. The methodology used in this study proposes an informed and intentional approach to create the conditions under which the co-production of and participation in research processes can take place.
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Affiliation(s)
- Louis Celliers
- Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Fischertwiete 1, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
- Faculty of Sustainability, Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
| | - Lena Rölfer
- Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Fischertwiete 1, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
- Faculty of Sustainability, Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
| | - Nina Rivers
- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research (ICMR), Nelson Mandela University, A Block, Ocean Sciences Campus, Gommery Ave. Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Gqeberha, 6031 South Africa
| | - Sérgio Rosendo
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH), Nova University of Lisbon (UNL), NOVA FCSH, Colégio Almada Negreiros, Campus de Campolide, 1070-312 Lisbon, Portugal
| | - Meredith Fernandes
- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research (ICMR), Nelson Mandela University, A Block, Ocean Sciences Campus, Gommery Ave. Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Gqeberha, 6031 South Africa
| | - Bernadette Snow
- Institute for Coastal and Marine Research (ICMR), Nelson Mandela University, A Block, Ocean Sciences Campus, Gommery Ave. Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Gqeberha, 6031 South Africa
- One Ocean Hub, Law School, University of Strathclyde, Lord Hope Building, 141 St James Road, Glasgow, G4 0LT UK
| | - María Mãnez Costa
- Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Fischertwiete 1, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
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