Four paradoxes of the user-provider interface: A responsible innovation framework for sea ice services
In the Arctic region, sea ice retreat as a decadal-scale crisis is creating a challenging environment for navigating long-term sustainability. Innovations in sea ice services can help marine users to anticipate sea ice concentration, thickness and motion, plan ahead, as well as increase the safety a...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/562316 2024-02-11T10:01:31+01:00 Four paradoxes of the user-provider interface: A responsible innovation framework for sea ice services Blair, Berill Lee, Olivia A. Lamers, Machiel 2020 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/four-paradoxes-of-the-user-provider-interface-a-responsible-innov https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020448 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/517608 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/four-paradoxes-of-the-user-provider-interface-a-responsible-innov doi:10.3390/su12020448 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wageningen University & Research Sustainability 12 (2020) 2 ISSN: 2071-1050 Climate change Responsible innovation Sea ice services Social-ecological systems Sustainability Article/Letter to editor 2020 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020448 2024-01-24T23:15:50Z In the Arctic region, sea ice retreat as a decadal-scale crisis is creating a challenging environment for navigating long-term sustainability. Innovations in sea ice services can help marine users to anticipate sea ice concentration, thickness and motion, plan ahead, as well as increase the safety and sustainability of marine operations. Increasingly however, policy makers and information service providers confront paradoxical decision-making contexts in which contradictory solutions are needed to manage uncertainties across different spatial and temporal scales. This article proposes a forward-looking sea ice services framework that acknowledges four paradoxes pressuring sea ice service provision: the paradoxes of performing, contradictory functions embedded in sea ice services, contradicting desired futures and the paradox of responsible innovation. We draw on the results from a multi-year co-production process of (sub)seasonal sea ice services structured around scoping interviews, workshops and a participatory scenario process with representatives of marine sectors, fishers, hunters, metservice providers, and policy experts. Our proposed framework identifies institutionalized coproduction processes, enhanced decision support, paradoxical thinking and dimensions of responsible innovation as tactics necessary to address existing tensions in sea ice services. We highlight the role of socio-economic scenarios in implementing these tactics in support of responsible innovation in sea ice social-ecological systems. The article concludes with a discussion of questions around equity and responsibility raised by the ultimate confirmation that enhanced information, data infrastructures, and service provisions will not benefit all actors equally. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Sea ice Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Arctic Sustainability 12 2 448 |
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In the Arctic region, sea ice retreat as a decadal-scale crisis is creating a challenging environment for navigating long-term sustainability. Innovations in sea ice services can help marine users to anticipate sea ice concentration, thickness and motion, plan ahead, as well as increase the safety and sustainability of marine operations. Increasingly however, policy makers and information service providers confront paradoxical decision-making contexts in which contradictory solutions are needed to manage uncertainties across different spatial and temporal scales. This article proposes a forward-looking sea ice services framework that acknowledges four paradoxes pressuring sea ice service provision: the paradoxes of performing, contradictory functions embedded in sea ice services, contradicting desired futures and the paradox of responsible innovation. We draw on the results from a multi-year co-production process of (sub)seasonal sea ice services structured around scoping interviews, workshops and a participatory scenario process with representatives of marine sectors, fishers, hunters, metservice providers, and policy experts. Our proposed framework identifies institutionalized coproduction processes, enhanced decision support, paradoxical thinking and dimensions of responsible innovation as tactics necessary to address existing tensions in sea ice services. We highlight the role of socio-economic scenarios in implementing these tactics in support of responsible innovation in sea ice social-ecological systems. The article concludes with a discussion of questions around equity and responsibility raised by the ultimate confirmation that enhanced information, data infrastructures, and service provisions will not benefit all actors equally. |
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