Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems
Competing interests in aquatic food systems pose challenges for small-scale food producers trying to secure their place in the blue economy. These challenges include development aspirations, pressure from conservation interests, climate and environmental change, and blue growth agendas. Research-for...
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| author | Marleen Simone Schutter Marleen Simone Schutter Hampus Eriksson Hampus Eriksson Marina Apgar Anouk Ride Anouk Ride |
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| description | Competing interests in aquatic food systems pose challenges for small-scale food producers trying to secure their place in the blue economy. These challenges include development aspirations, pressure from conservation interests, climate and environmental change, and blue growth agendas. Research-for-development can contribute to improving outcomes for small-scale actors in aquatic food systems in the face of uneven development, but the legitimacy and effectiveness of research have been found difficult to operationalize. An “engineering mindset” that prioritizes technical innovations, academic definitions of research excellence, unequal research collaborations, and funding constraints currently inhibit conducting strategic and transformative research. Taking ownership, equity, shared analysis, and feedback as key principles for research-in-development can assist in moving from transfer of technology to recognizing and working within the specific political and institutional contexts of aquatic food systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c057e8fa3af43f3b786d843706eb0992023-09-13T04:45:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2023-09-01710.3389/fsufs.2023.12411641241164Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systemsMarleen Simone Schutter0Marleen Simone Schutter1Hampus Eriksson2Hampus Eriksson3Marina Apgar4Anouk Ride5Anouk Ride6WorldFish (Malaysia), Penang, MalaysiaNippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, EarthLab, University of Washington, Seattle, CA, United StatesWorldFish, Honiara, Solomon IslandsAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, AustraliaInstitute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomWorldFish, Honiara, Solomon IslandsAustralian National University, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaCompeting interests in aquatic food systems pose challenges for small-scale food producers trying to secure their place in the blue economy. These challenges include development aspirations, pressure from conservation interests, climate and environmental change, and blue growth agendas. Research-for-development can contribute to improving outcomes for small-scale actors in aquatic food systems in the face of uneven development, but the legitimacy and effectiveness of research have been found difficult to operationalize. An “engineering mindset” that prioritizes technical innovations, academic definitions of research excellence, unequal research collaborations, and funding constraints currently inhibit conducting strategic and transformative research. Taking ownership, equity, shared analysis, and feedback as key principles for research-in-development can assist in moving from transfer of technology to recognizing and working within the specific political and institutional contexts of aquatic food systems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1241164/fullresearch-for-developmenttransformationpartnershipsequityaquatic food systems |
| spellingShingle | Marleen Simone Schutter Marleen Simone Schutter Hampus Eriksson Hampus Eriksson Marina Apgar Anouk Ride Anouk Ride Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems research-for-development transformation partnerships equity aquatic food systems |
| title | Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems |
| title_full | Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems |
| title_fullStr | Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems |
| title_short | Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems |
| title_sort | research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems |
| topic | research-for-development transformation partnerships equity aquatic food systems |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1241164/full |
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