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Abstract
As marine conservation challenges intensify with accelerating anthropogenic change, informing public deliberation about difficult trade-offs requires commitment to epistemological pluralism. Robust integration of social sciences can improve the realism of policy debates by explicating a range of potential social-ecological outcomes. Funders have long incentivized interdisciplinarity, yet progress is insufficient and embedded in a political economy of knowledge production. Failure to substantively address inequities can stymie collaboration. Institutional expectations for promotion and tenure rarely recognize the extent to which deep engagement transforms epistemological norms and scholarly outputs. Several organizations and programs offer relevant experience and resources. Senior scholars can use their privilege to broaden the public accountability of science.
Department
Geography
Publication Date
3-18-2024
Journal Title
npj Ocean Sustainability
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Brewer, J.F., Hapke, H.M. Escalating uncertainties require institutional transformation to support epistemological pluralism. npj Ocean Sustain 3, 15 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00052-y
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This is an open access article published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in npj Ocean Sustainability in 2024, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00052-y