TY - JOUR
T1 - Using multi-actor labs as a tool to drive sustainability transitions in coastal-rural territories
T2 - Application in three European regions
AU - Guittard, Alice
AU - Kastanidi, Erasmia
AU - Akinsete, Ebun
AU - Berg, Håkan
AU - Carter, Caitriona
AU - Maneas, Georgios
AU - Martínez-López, Javier
AU - Martínez-Fernandez, Julia
AU - Papadatos, Dionysis
AU - de Vente, Joris
AU - Vernier, Françoise
AU - Tiller, Rachel
AU - Karageorgis, Aristomenis P.
AU - Koundouri, Phoebe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Multi-actor labs (MALs), a form of real-world social experiments, were implemented in three coastal-rural regions in France (Charente River Basin), Spain (Mar Menor), and Greece (South-West Messinia) to better assess and tackle coastal-rural interactions that govern local sustainability challenges, such as water use conflicts and biodiversity degradation. The MALs used participative methodologies based on systems thinking and transition management. Stakeholders were continuously engaged in a series of workshops to co-produce knowledge, reach a common understanding of the sustainability challenges and issues at stake, and co-design solutions in the form of a roadmap for sustainable transitions in coastal-rural regions. This paper evaluates MALs to provide examples of successful sustainability transition experiments based on the outputs produced, outcomes achieved, and processes used in the three coastal, rural regions.
AB - Multi-actor labs (MALs), a form of real-world social experiments, were implemented in three coastal-rural regions in France (Charente River Basin), Spain (Mar Menor), and Greece (South-West Messinia) to better assess and tackle coastal-rural interactions that govern local sustainability challenges, such as water use conflicts and biodiversity degradation. The MALs used participative methodologies based on systems thinking and transition management. Stakeholders were continuously engaged in a series of workshops to co-produce knowledge, reach a common understanding of the sustainability challenges and issues at stake, and co-design solutions in the form of a roadmap for sustainable transitions in coastal-rural regions. This paper evaluates MALs to provide examples of successful sustainability transition experiments based on the outputs produced, outcomes achieved, and processes used in the three coastal, rural regions.
KW - Co-production of knowledge
KW - Coastal
KW - Multi-actor labs
KW - Participatory research
KW - Real-world experiments
KW - Real-world labs
KW - Real-world transformation
KW - Rural
KW - Sustainability transformation
U2 - 10.14512/gaia.33.S1.9
DO - 10.14512/gaia.33.S1.9
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85188796020
SN - 0940-5550
VL - 33
SP - 57
EP - 63
JO - GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
JF - GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
ER -