Browsing by Author "Dickson, Nancy"
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Boundary Work for Sustainable Development: Natural Resource Management at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Clark, William C.; Tomich, Thomas P.; Noordwijk, Meine van; Guston, David; Delia, Catacutan; Dickson, Nancy M.; McNie, Elizabeth (National Academy of Sciences, 2011)Previous research on the determinants of effectiveness in knowledge systems seeking to support sustainable development has highlighted the importance of “boundary work” through which research communities organize their ... -
Enhancing Food Security in an Era of Global Climate Change: An Executive Session on Grand Challenges of the Sustainability Transition
Clark, William C.; Kristjanson, Patti; Campbell, Bruce; Juma, Calestous; Holbrook, Noel Michele; Nelson, Gerald; Dickson, Nancy M. (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University., 2010)The goal of the workshop was to build a more strategic and integrated perspective on the threats and opportunities latent in the food / climate issue, and to discuss the hard challenges of moving forward toward common goals ... -
Evolution of Models to Support Community and Policy Action with Science: Balancing Pastoral Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation in Savannas of East Africa
Reid, R.J.; Nkedianye, D.; Said, M. Y.; Kealo, D.; Neselle, M.; Makui, O.; Onetu, L.; Kiruswa, S.; Kamuaro, N. Ole; Kristjanson, P.; Ogutu, J.; BurnSilver, S. B.; Goldman, M. J.; Boone, R.B.; Galvin, K.A.; Dickson, Nancy M.; Clark, William C. (National Academy of Sciences, 2009)We developed a “continual engagement” model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of promoting more effective action to balance poverty alleviation and wildlife ... -
Linking International Agricultural Research Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development
Kristjanson, Patti; Reid, Robin S.; Dickson, Nancy M.; Clark, William C.; Romney, Dannie; Puskur, Ranjitha; MacMillan, Susan; Grace, Delia (National Academy of Sciences, 2009)We applied an innovation framework to sustainable livestock development research projects in Africa and Asia. The focus of these projects ranged from pastoral systems to poverty and ecosystems services mapping to market ... -
Linking Knowledge with Action Using Community Facilitators to Span Boundaries: Lessons from East Africa
Nkedianye, David; Kaelo, Dickson; Reid, Robin; Neselle, Moses; Onetu, Leonard; Makui, Ogeli; Said, Mohammed; Kiruswa, Steve; Kristjanson, Patti; Kamuaro, Ololtisatti; Kifugo, Shem; Dickson, Nancy M.; Clark, William C. (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2009)Advances of science may take much longer to translate into helpful societal actions without deliberate linkages among policy makers, practitioners, and scientists and an integration of their knowledge systems. Successful ... -
Salience, Credibility, Legitimacy and Boundaries: Linking Research, Assessment and Decision Making
Cash, David; Clark, William C.; Alcock, Frank; Dickson, Nancy M.; Eckley, Noelle; Jäger, Jill (2003)The boundary between science and policy is only one of several boundaries that hinder the linking of scientific and technical information to decision making. Managing boundaries between disciplines, across scales of geography ... -
Toward a General Theory of Boundary Work: Insights from the CGIAR’s Natural Resource Management Programs
Clark, William C.; Tomich, Thomas P.; van Noordwijk, Meine; Dickson, Nancy M.; Catacutan, Delia; Guston, David; McNie, Elizabeth (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)Previous research on the determinants of effectiveness in knowledge systems seeking to support sustainable development has highlighted the importance of “boundary work” through which research communities organize their ...