Merritt Polk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5774610 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Merritt Polk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Merritt |
| FAMILY NAME | Polk |
| SIGNATURE | POLK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3567-4561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 225 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The situatedness of dilemmas in boundary spaces
Organising ‘boundary spaces’ has become a practice for tackling wicked issues in societal planning. Such spaces bring together diverse actors to intentionally staged problem formulation and management processes. However, despite clear goals, boundary spaces face challenges. Moreover, the processes often generate dilemmas and paradoxes that participating actors are incapable of managing within the boundary space itself. In some situations, such te…
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems
Expertise in research integration and implementation is an essential but often overlooked component of tackling complex societal and environmental problems. We focus on expertise relevant to any complex problem, especially contributory expertise, divided into ‘knowing-that’ and ‘knowing-how.’ We also deal with interactional expertise and the fact that much expertise is tacit. We explore three questions. First, in examining ‘when is expertise in r…
Understanding mechanisms of conflict resolution beyond collaboration
Assessing the impact of transdisciplinary research
There is a call for more transdisciplinary (TD) research, from academia, society, and funding agencies. Consequently, the field of TD research is searching for ways of proving the value and providing evidence to support the effectiveness of such research. The main challenge for evaluating TD research is attribution, that is how to link societal change to the TD research process. However, little attention has been paid to the relationship between …
Organising for Co-Production
Urban sustainability is a wicked issue unsuited to management through traditional decision-making structures. Co-productive arrangements, spaces and processes are inscribed in new organisational forms to bridge between diverse forms of knowledge and expertise. This article suggests that local interaction platforms (LIPs) are innovative responses to these challenges, developed in two African and two European cities between 2010 and 2014. Through e…
The role of learning in transdisciplinary research
Transdisciplinary co-production
Achieving the promise of transdisciplinarity
Physical and economic bias in climate change research
Institutional Capacity-building in Urban Planning and Policy-making for Sustainable Development
Local and regional governments are facing extreme challenges regarding their ability to plan for sustainable urban development. The ever-present pro-market policy agenda leaves little room regarding global considerations for long-term environmental conservation and social justice. The complexity of sustainable development also defies the traditional management and problem solving capabilities of most local municipalities. Different types of infor…
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel
Affective–symbolic and instrumental–independence psychological motives mediating effects of socio-demographic variables on daily car use
Gendering Climate Change through the Transport Sector
Participation, value rationality and mutual learning in transdisciplinary knowledge production for sustainable development
Given the complexity of current social structures and environmental problems, attaining a truly sustainable society seems rather improbable today. Not only has society not been planned for the complexity of the preconditions and effects that sustainability entails, sustainability is also unlikely given current individual consumption patterns, prevailing economic worldviews, and the short‐term focus of political processes. In this context, transdi…
The influence of gender on daily car use and on willingness to reduce car use in Sweden
Gender Mainstreaming in Transport Policy in Sweden
Hvorfor har integrationen af køn i svensk transportpolitik fulgt en konservativ kurs og ikke en mere progressiv vej? Det skyldes blandt andet en uafklaret forståelse af køn som analytisk kategori
Transdisciplinary co-production
Achieving the promise of transdisciplinarity
The role of learning in transdisciplinary research
The influence of gender on daily car use and on willingness to reduce car use in Sweden
Understanding mechanisms of conflict resolution beyond collaboration
Participation, value rationality and mutual learning in transdisciplinary knowledge production for sustainable development
Given the complexity of current social structures and environmental problems, attaining a truly sustainable society seems rather improbable today. Not only has society not been planned for the complexity of the preconditions and effects that sustainability entails, sustainability is also unlikely given current individual consumption patterns, prevailing economic worldviews, and the short‐term focus of political processes. In this context, transdi…
Organising for Co-Production
Urban sustainability is a wicked issue unsuited to management through traditional decision-making structures. Co-productive arrangements, spaces and processes are inscribed in new organisational forms to bridge between diverse forms of knowledge and expertise. This article suggests that local interaction platforms (LIPs) are innovative responses to these challenges, developed in two African and two European cities between 2010 and 2014. Through e…
Affective–symbolic and instrumental–independence psychological motives mediating effects of socio-demographic variables on daily car use
Gendering Climate Change through the Transport Sector
The situatedness of dilemmas in boundary spaces
Organising ‘boundary spaces’ has become a practice for tackling wicked issues in societal planning. Such spaces bring together diverse actors to intentionally staged problem formulation and management processes. However, despite clear goals, boundary spaces face challenges. Moreover, the processes often generate dilemmas and paradoxes that participating actors are incapable of managing within the boundary space itself. In some situations, such te…
Gender Mainstreaming in Transport Policy in Sweden
Hvorfor har integrationen af køn i svensk transportpolitik fulgt en konservativ kurs og ikke en mere progressiv vej? Det skyldes blandt andet en uafklaret forståelse af køn som analytisk kategori
The influence of gender on daily car use and on willingness to reduce car use in Sweden
Gender Mainstreaming in Transport Policy in Sweden
Hvorfor har integrationen af køn i svensk transportpolitik fulgt en konservativ kurs og ikke en mere progressiv vej? Det skyldes blandt andet en uafklaret forståelse af køn som analytisk kategori
Participation, value rationality and mutual learning in transdisciplinary knowledge production for sustainable development
Given the complexity of current social structures and environmental problems, attaining a truly sustainable society seems rather improbable today. Not only has society not been planned for the complexity of the preconditions and effects that sustainability entails, sustainability is also unlikely given current individual consumption patterns, prevailing economic worldviews, and the short‐term focus of political processes. In this context, transdi…
Gendering Climate Change through the Transport Sector
Affective–symbolic and instrumental–independence psychological motives mediating effects of socio-demographic variables on daily car use
Physical and economic bias in climate change research
Institutional Capacity-building in Urban Planning and Policy-making for Sustainable Development
Local and regional governments are facing extreme challenges regarding their ability to plan for sustainable urban development. The ever-present pro-market policy agenda leaves little room regarding global considerations for long-term environmental conservation and social justice. The complexity of sustainable development also defies the traditional management and problem solving capabilities of most local municipalities. Different types of infor…
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel
Achieving the promise of transdisciplinarity
Transdisciplinary co-production
The role of learning in transdisciplinary research
Assessing the impact of transdisciplinary research
There is a call for more transdisciplinary (TD) research, from academia, society, and funding agencies. Consequently, the field of TD research is searching for ways of proving the value and providing evidence to support the effectiveness of such research. The main challenge for evaluating TD research is attribution, that is how to link societal change to the TD research process. However, little attention has been paid to the relationship between …
Organising for Co-Production
Urban sustainability is a wicked issue unsuited to management through traditional decision-making structures. Co-productive arrangements, spaces and processes are inscribed in new organisational forms to bridge between diverse forms of knowledge and expertise. This article suggests that local interaction platforms (LIPs) are innovative responses to these challenges, developed in two African and two European cities between 2010 and 2014. Through e…
Understanding mechanisms of conflict resolution beyond collaboration
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems
Expertise in research integration and implementation is an essential but often overlooked component of tackling complex societal and environmental problems. We focus on expertise relevant to any complex problem, especially contributory expertise, divided into ‘knowing-that’ and ‘knowing-how.’ We also deal with interactional expertise and the fact that much expertise is tacit. We explore three questions. First, in examining ‘when is expertise in r…
The situatedness of dilemmas in boundary spaces
Organising ‘boundary spaces’ has become a practice for tackling wicked issues in societal planning. Such spaces bring together diverse actors to intentionally staged problem formulation and management processes. However, despite clear goals, boundary spaces face challenges. Moreover, the processes often generate dilemmas and paradoxes that participating actors are incapable of managing within the boundary space itself. In some situations, such te…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Knowledge management (7 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Sustainability (6 works)