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Co-implementation
audiences is critical, including to funders, relevant decisionmakers and societal partners, and the larger public that may be
interested in or impacted by the project. Societal partners may
themselves play a significant role in that outreach and reporting.
By following these strategies and focusing on empowerment,
collaboration, and continuous engagement, the third phase of
a TDR project can effectively translate created knowledge into
meaningful impacts, benefiting both science and society. And it
sets the stage for another TDR cycle, as the real-world problem
is unlikely to be resolved through a single project.
Further reading:
Using scenarios is a strategy that is useful in the co-implementation phase
Credit: Urex Project; Arizona State University
Another key component of this final phase of a TDR project is to
decide whether the project is completed or whether a follow-on
project is warranted. If you decide to continue – often a wise
decision, given the large investment in relationship building
– it may still be that only some team members will continue
while new partners and colleagues join for the next iteration.
Regardless, it is important to properly end those relationships
that will not be continued. Additionally, the project team must
address if or how the data, tools, and models will be transferred
to users.
Closing the project also needs a clear plan for communicating,
documenting, and evaluating what happened and what was
learned. The researchers may intend to publish in academic
journals, but those articles are unlikely to be read by the societal
actors and their colleagues. Planning for reporting to diverse
Concepts Co-implementation
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Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, M. BerbésBlázquez, M. Georgescu, E. S. Krayenhoff, A. Middel, D.
A. Sampson, & N. B. Grimm (2020). The co-production
of sustainable future scenarios. Landscape and Urban
Planning, 197, May, 103744.
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Khan, Sobia, Moore, Julia E. 2021. Core competencies for
implementation practice. Integration and Implementation
Insights. June 29, 2021.
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Mauser, Wolfram, Gernot Klepper, Martin Rice, Bettina
Susanne Schmalzbauer, Heide Hackmann, Rik Leemans,
and Howard Moore. 2013. Transdisciplinary Global
Change Research: The Co-Creation of Knowledge
for Sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental
Sustainability 5 (3–4): 420–31.
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Mitchell, Cynthia, Fam, Dena, Cordell, Dana. 2017.
Designing for impact in transdisciplinary research.
Integration and Implementation Insights. February 16,
2017.
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