Bruce Small
Biographic Data
| ID | 6146896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce Small |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Small |
| SIGNATURE | SMALL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | AgResearch |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2730-7654 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Leveraging Change
This study examines the role of agents of change (AoCs) in promoting environmentally sustainable land management in Aotearoa New Zealand's (AoNZ's) agricultural system. Survey responses from 196 individuals across five organisational types highlighted significant sustainability challenges in nine agricultural sectors. Dairy was perceived as the least sustainable; mixed farming as the most sustainable, albeit still facing moderate environmental ch…
The science‐society relationship in Aotearoa
Reports on Aotearoa New Zealand's research, science, and innovation (RSI) system suggest the sector could improve its social responsibility and create more social value. However, researchers and innovators within the sector find this challenging. Through qualitative interviews and a national survey of RSI system participants, this study explores the current perceptions, practices enacted, and support given around responsible research and innovati…
Where to for collaboration in land and water policy development in Aotearoa New Zealand? Guidance for authorising agencies
For the past decade, collaboration has been the preferred method of devising land and water policy in Aotearoa New Zealand to achieve agreed outcomes. However, the use of collaboration in policymaking is at a crossroads, as some argue it is unrealistic to expect stakeholders and tangata whenua with competing interests to work in partnership on contentious policy issues. To help clarify the future direction of collaboration, this paper provides au…
Designing transdisciplinary projects for collaborative policy-making
Collaborative policy-making has increased in New Zealand, and with it has brought new demands for supporting research. As a tool for reflection of projects where both research and societal outcomes of policy and practice change are pursued and multiple knowledges are recognised, we use the Integration and Implementation Sciences framework. We present insights for the design and implementation of transdisciplinary research from the Selwyn Waihora …
Revealing power dynamics and staging conflicts in agricultural system transitions
Innovation platforms (IPs) that support agricultural innovation to enable transition processes towards more sustainable agriculture provide a space where conflicts of interest among actors in the existing agricultural system (the so called incumbent regime) may play out. Sometimes these conflicts over how actors will benefit from an action are not revealed until actors are brought together. However, a barrier to change occurs when IP actors use t…
Agents for diffusion of agricultural innovations for environmental outcomes
Reflexive monitoring in New Zealand
An Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) approach is currently being used to determine whether the adoption of agricultural innovations in New Zealand can be enhanced. Important elements of the innovation systems approach include the participatory application of a co-innovation process, for example inclusiveness and a focus on transformative change, to remove barriers in the creation and uptake of sustainable innovations. Alongside AIS, novel eval…
What do individuals in different science groups within a life sciences organization think about genetic modification
An assessment was undertaken of the attitudes of individuals within the science community towards a program to produce genetically modified cattle for altered milk composition, expectantly allowing for research into the treatment of multiple sclerosis in humans. The majority of respondents to an electronic survey expressed favorable attitudes to the program, thought it beneficial, respected individual freedom and was fair and just and disagreed t…
Measuring Biotechnology Employees’ Ethical Attitudes towards a Controversial Transgenic Cattle Project
Technology and ecological economics
Revealing power dynamics and staging conflicts in agricultural system transitions
Innovation platforms (IPs) that support agricultural innovation to enable transition processes towards more sustainable agriculture provide a space where conflicts of interest among actors in the existing agricultural system (the so called incumbent regime) may play out. Sometimes these conflicts over how actors will benefit from an action are not revealed until actors are brought together. However, a barrier to change occurs when IP actors use t…
Reflexive monitoring in New Zealand
An Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) approach is currently being used to determine whether the adoption of agricultural innovations in New Zealand can be enhanced. Important elements of the innovation systems approach include the participatory application of a co-innovation process, for example inclusiveness and a focus on transformative change, to remove barriers in the creation and uptake of sustainable innovations. Alongside AIS, novel eval…
Agents for diffusion of agricultural innovations for environmental outcomes
Technology and ecological economics
The science‐society relationship in Aotearoa
Reports on Aotearoa New Zealand's research, science, and innovation (RSI) system suggest the sector could improve its social responsibility and create more social value. However, researchers and innovators within the sector find this challenging. Through qualitative interviews and a national survey of RSI system participants, this study explores the current perceptions, practices enacted, and support given around responsible research and innovati…
What do individuals in different science groups within a life sciences organization think about genetic modification
An assessment was undertaken of the attitudes of individuals within the science community towards a program to produce genetically modified cattle for altered milk composition, expectantly allowing for research into the treatment of multiple sclerosis in humans. The majority of respondents to an electronic survey expressed favorable attitudes to the program, thought it beneficial, respected individual freedom and was fair and just and disagreed t…
Measuring Biotechnology Employees’ Ethical Attitudes towards a Controversial Transgenic Cattle Project
Technology and ecological economics
Reflexive monitoring in New Zealand
An Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) approach is currently being used to determine whether the adoption of agricultural innovations in New Zealand can be enhanced. Important elements of the innovation systems approach include the participatory application of a co-innovation process, for example inclusiveness and a focus on transformative change, to remove barriers in the creation and uptake of sustainable innovations. Alongside AIS, novel eval…
Agents for diffusion of agricultural innovations for environmental outcomes
Designing transdisciplinary projects for collaborative policy-making
Collaborative policy-making has increased in New Zealand, and with it has brought new demands for supporting research. As a tool for reflection of projects where both research and societal outcomes of policy and practice change are pursued and multiple knowledges are recognised, we use the Integration and Implementation Sciences framework. We present insights for the design and implementation of transdisciplinary research from the Selwyn Waihora …
Revealing power dynamics and staging conflicts in agricultural system transitions
Innovation platforms (IPs) that support agricultural innovation to enable transition processes towards more sustainable agriculture provide a space where conflicts of interest among actors in the existing agricultural system (the so called incumbent regime) may play out. Sometimes these conflicts over how actors will benefit from an action are not revealed until actors are brought together. However, a barrier to change occurs when IP actors use t…
Where to for collaboration in land and water policy development in Aotearoa New Zealand? Guidance for authorising agencies
For the past decade, collaboration has been the preferred method of devising land and water policy in Aotearoa New Zealand to achieve agreed outcomes. However, the use of collaboration in policymaking is at a crossroads, as some argue it is unrealistic to expect stakeholders and tangata whenua with competing interests to work in partnership on contentious policy issues. To help clarify the future direction of collaboration, this paper provides au…
The science‐society relationship in Aotearoa
Reports on Aotearoa New Zealand's research, science, and innovation (RSI) system suggest the sector could improve its social responsibility and create more social value. However, researchers and innovators within the sector find this challenging. Through qualitative interviews and a national survey of RSI system participants, this study explores the current perceptions, practices enacted, and support given around responsible research and innovati…
Leveraging Change
This study examines the role of agents of change (AoCs) in promoting environmentally sustainable land management in Aotearoa New Zealand's (AoNZ's) agricultural system. Survey responses from 196 individuals across five organisational types highlighted significant sustainability challenges in nine agricultural sectors. Dairy was perceived as the least sustainable; mixed farming as the most sustainable, albeit still facing moderate environmental ch…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (3 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Aotearoa (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)