Co-Design and transdisciplinary approaches towards sustainability innovationsin agriculture Agricultural research recognizes more and more that complex challenges of shifts to sustainable agriculture cannot be addressed by top-down knowledge transfer implying linear views of knowledge (Macken-Walsh, 2019; Moschitz et al., 2015). Accordingly, the prominent concept of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) aims for collaborative and iterative learning of a variety of actors in order to develop innovative solutions (Sutherland and Marchand, 2021).
This Special Issue connects the discussion on collaborative learning with the role of transdisciplinary approaches and co-design for agricultural innovations. Transdisciplinary approaches and co-design aim at fostering knowledge exchange and mutual learning processes between practitioners and interdisciplinary research teams (Basche et al., 2014; Busse et al., 2023; Francis et al., 2008; Gugganig et al., 2023; Paganini and Stöber, 2021). Knowledge integration between heterogenous actors with different values and logics of action can enable the development of innovative solutions and generate knowledge that is taken up in practice (Frank et al., 2022; Otte et al., 2018; Paganini and Stöber, 2021; Prager and Nicholas, 2024; Schäfer and König, 2018; Zscheischler et al., 2022). The adoption of transdisciplinary or co-design approaches in Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems can potentially contribute to their methodological and conceptual refinement (Harrahill et al., 2022).
Advisors play a crucial role in transdisciplinary and co-design projects as they can act as intermediaries between practitioners and scientists. In this way their role expands and facilitation tasks are added to knowledge exchange (Klerkx, 2020; Macken-Walsh, 2019).
Please consider the requirements of the journal for full papers which should already be reflected in the abstract:
· Clear research questions
· Underpinning theoretical framework and relating research to JAEE and international
literature, including how the paper contributes to it
· Up to date references
· Clear writing style with careful editing for spelling, grammar, and consistent formatting and
style
Submission deadlines:
· December 6, 2024: email your extended abstracts up to 800 words to
schaefer@ztg.tu-berlin.de
· December 22, 2024: decisions on invitations to submit an article to the Special Issue
· February 28, 2025: Paper submission deadline