Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This proceeding features a case study of the authors' ongoing collaboration in the Horizon Europe project Agroecology-TRANSECT (AE-T), which aims to generate (1) actionable knowledge with 11 territorially-rooted agroecological initiatives (called 'innovation hubs', IHs); and (2) to contribute to transformative change. Building on efforts of previous projects (Leclére et al., 2024; Rossing et al., 2021), AE-T has embedded a co-innovation approach into the project governance. Our paper examines the extent to which the aspirations o this approach are realized, while seeking to understand and explain the factors that enable/constrain AE-T in achieving its mission-oriented goals. In doing so, we contribute to middle-range theory on the 'how' of doing transdisciplinary projects for transformative change. While challenges are ongoing, the co-innovation approach has been key for addressing and adapting during the project. Deeper integration of critical social theory into initial project design and framing, and learning-oriented monitoring can enable project participants to more reflexively orient their planning and activities, which helps empower them to avoid traps of 'conforming' despite transformative intentions.
Source: RUCforsk (Roskilde University)
Authors: Leitheiser, Stephen, Rossing, Walter, van Dam, Dimitri, Egmose, Jonas, Hauggard-Nielsen, Henrik, Kazakova, Yana, Luján Soto, Raquel, Dumont, Bertrand, Barlagne, Céline, Schaan, Lisa, Duval, Julie, Zagaria, Camille
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDGs: Life on land, Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7110646906