Extended Peer Communities

Appraising the contributions of tacit knowledges in climate change decision-making

Bibliographic Data

ID9847747
AuthorsSimon Meisch (0000-0003-3388-2305, University of Bergen, corresponding author), Sina Bremer (0000-0002-4505-9386, University of Bergen), Mark Thomas Young (0000-0003-0318-8486, Delft University of Technology), Silvio Funtowicz (0000-0003-0399-1471, University of Bergen), Silvio O Funtowicz
Year2022
Volume135
Pages102868
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFutures (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-3287 • E-ISSN: 1873-6378
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.futures.2021.102868
OpenAlexW3214074496
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited51

This paper explores the implications of assessing tacit knowledges of climatic change in extended peer communities, as applied in two European research projects on climate action. Post-normal science (PNS) proposes the extension of the peer community to co-produce better quality knowledge for decision-making on issues like climate change, where facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent. The paper has two aims. The first, more practical, is to explore methods for critically appraising tacit knowledges for climate action, using the example of two ongoing research projects. The second, more conceptual, is to improve practices and discourses surrounding tacit knowledge in current PNS praxis, with close consideration to the implications and challenges involved in including these forms of knowledge in decision making processes. By exploring theoretical perspectives on the topic of tacit knowledge, four challenges facing extended peer communities in engaging with tacit forms of knowledge have been identified: communication, representation, appropriation, and assessment

Action (physics · Appropriation · Climate change · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Political science · Praxis · Public relations · Sociology · Tacit knowledge · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Ecology · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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