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Panelist R esponses Bioenergy and Sustainability in Africa. Makoto Yokohari Petra Schweizer-Ries Shauna BurnSilver Barry Ness. Project framework. How we do sustainability science. Themes. Scale Rural – Urban linkages Competing time perspectives
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Panelist ResponsesBioenergy and Sustainability in Africa Makoto Yokohari Petra Schweizer-Ries Shauna BurnSilver Barry Ness
Project framework How we do sustainability science
Themes Scale • Rural – Urban linkages • Competing time perspectives • Linking the global to the local (household) Doing sustainability science research • Descriptive analytical versus transformative research • Critical research • Project duration • Alternative development pathways
Urban population Rural population International market City Region 2008 Balancing Intra-city/region system should be the basis of a sustainable city/region City should also become a provider of fuel and food Domestic market Need to revise the whole energy and food systems to achieve a sustainable city/region Fuel, Food Cash
Some short feedback • See the whole system • Map of Institutes/actors analysis • GIS mapping and think tank • Community project with science-community cooperation potentials • Business model => Cooperation for sustainable development
Pyramid of Participation influence & activity/ level of involvement & level of contribution Involving people Involved people accept responsibility; act on one’s own authority grant scope of action cooperation; co-decision cooperation; accord co-decision contribute and give an opinion consultation; obtain opinions receive & demand information give information Rau, Schweizer-Ries & Hildebrandt (in press) IAPS 01.06.2010; Irina Rau
Challenges: reflect on: power, privilege, and cultural competences T1: willingnessto“invest“something(organisationsandpersons) T2: beclearaboutthepurpose forcollaboration; thinkabouttypes: top-down vs bottom-up; mandatory vs voluntary; problem-based vs vision-based. think about size & structure Münger &Riemer (in press) T3: selectthe“right“teammembers; but, beawareofdiversity! T4: take care of benefits! T5: develop joint goals and missions
Basis for successful collaborations(respect/sensitization, trust/cooperation and solidarity/empathy) • strong commitment to common goals • diversity and respectful valuation of “the other” • participation oriented leadership skills Contextual factors: • institutional supports • other joint projects • availability of electronic linkages among participants. Modifided according to Stockols (2006)
How does SS contribute to solutions to sustainability problems, as opposed to “only” enhancing our understanding of these problems?(Wiek et al. 2012) • How did the line between creating a policy-enabling environment • and project implementation form? • - Explicit, from the beginning? • - Post hoc: an iterative, co-evolutionary process? • Challenge: How to forge these links and create a dynamic that builds • (post funding), with other competing narratives/models? - Brazilian agro-ecological mapping? • - Large Plantations, and biofuel for export? T1 T2 • The Jatropha Biofuels Sector in TZ (2005-2009): Evolution towards Sustainability? (Romijn and Caniëls 2011) Human controversies and actions around biofuels, sustainability and societal values of equity Variation and selection of business models and technology, in an emerging innovation system Actionable Knowledge ?? A historical view
Critical research in SustSciQuestioning development pathways… Beneficial biofuels (Tilman et al. 2009) Biofuels for whom? Neocolonialism Land grabbing Alternatives to top-down approaches
Doing sustainability science • Project scope • Project duration