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Evaluation of Multi-level Social Learning for Sustainable Landscapes: Perspective of a Development Initiative in Bergslagen, Sweden

Axelsson, Robert; Angelstam, Per; Myhrman, Lennart; Elbakidze, Marine; Sädbom, Stefan; Ivarsson, Milis; Andersson, Kenneth; Cupa, Petr; Diry, Christian; Doyon, Frederic; Drotz, Marcus K.; Hjorth, Arne; Hermansson, Jan Olof; Kullberg, Thomas; Lickers, F. Henry; McTaggart, Johanna; Olsson, Anders; Pautov, Yurij; Svensson, Lennart; Törnblom, Johan

Sammanfattning

To implement policies about sustainable landscapesand rural development necessitates social learningabout states and trends of sustainability indicators, normsthat define sustainability, and adaptive multi-level governance.We evaluate the extent to which social learning atmultiple governance levels for sustainable landscapesoccur in 18 local development initiatives in the network ofSustainable Bergslagen in Sweden. We mapped activitiesover time, and interviewed key actors in the network aboutsocial learning. While activities resulted in exchange ofexperiences and some local solutions, a major challengewas to secure systematic social learning and make newknowledge explicit at multiple levels. None of the developmentinitiatives used a systematic approach to securesocial learning, and sustainability assessments were notmade systematically. We discuss how social learning canbe improved, and how a learning network of developmentinitiatives could be realized.

Nyckelord

Collaborative learning, Sustainable development, Case study, Knowledge production, Governance

Publicerad i

AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
2013, Volym: 42, nummer: 2, sidor: 241-253

      SLU författare

          • UKÄ forskningsämne

            Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)
            Skogsvetenskap
            Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)

            Publikationens identifierare

            DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0378-y

            Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

            https://res.slu.se/id/publ/51383