Forks in the road: Critical design moments for identifying key processes in stakeholder interaction
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2022Type
- Journal Article
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Abstract
Much of the knowledge regarding “what works” in creating stakeholder events remains tacit. This article describes the concept of critical design moments (CDMs) as a guide for designing context-sensitive and inclusive stakeholder interactions. The approach makes often implicit processes explicit. It is rooted in the experiences of coordinating and participating in a transdisciplinary winter school in a village in Switzerland.
While the importance of transdisciplinary (Td) processes as a means to address societal problems is well-established, guidance for the intentional design of stakeholder interactions to meet specific goals, under different conditions and contexts, remains less explored. We propose the concept of critical design moments (CDMs) as a lens through which to identify key processes in the design of stakeholder interactions that affect the relevance and impact of its outcomes. We demonstrate how an approach using CDMs can help to make explicit not only the goals of stakeholder interactions, but also how these goals might be met through the process design of specific activities orienting these interactions. The CDMs were identified as part of the implementation of a Td winter school for early career researchers to provide them with real-world experiences of interacting with stakeholders and local residents of a community. This work provides an approach for how Td stakeholder interactions can be designed in other Td contexts. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000590139Publication status
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GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and SocietyVolume
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OekomSubject
critical design moments; design thinking; process design; stakeholder interaction; transdisciplinary processesOrganisational unit
02818 - Schweiz. Erdbebendienst (SED) / Swiss Seismological Service (SED)
02351 - TdLab / TdLab
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