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Gustafsson, K. M. (2023). Expert organizations as a space for early-career development: Engaging in service while balancing expectations on research and teaching. Environmental Sociology, 9(2), 190-199
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2023 (English)In: Environmental Sociology, ISSN 2325-1042, Vol. 9, no 2, p. 190-199Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

By studying the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) as a community of practice and learning space for academic identity development, this paper studies the creation of environmental expertise within expert organizations. The study focuses its analysis on how IPBES through its fellowship programme contributes to academic identity development among early-career researchers, including providing new contextual references to understand what it means to engage in and balance biodiversity research, teaching, and service. The study is based on interviews with early-career researchers who participated in the production of the IPBES’s Global Assessment Report. The study shows how the IPBES fellowship programme, by introducing its fellows into the organization’s community of practice simultaneously, contributes to their academic identity development and the creation and maintenance of the boundaries of environmental expertise. The analysis further shows how the fellows develop an academic identity that unites two different communities of practice of equal importance for their understanding of what they are supposed to do as academics and widens their understanding of what it means to be a successful academic.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2023
Keywords
Communities of practice, early-career researcher, academic identity development, expert organization, IPBES
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-102351 (URN)10.1080/23251042.2022.2148154 (DOI)000888507500001 ()2-s2.0-85142298278 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2016-00545
Available from: 2022-11-22 Created: 2022-11-22 Last updated: 2023-06-22Bibliographically approved
Gustafsson, K. M. & Lidskog, R. (2023). Expertise for policy-relevant knowledge: IPBES’s epistemic infrastructure and guidance to make environmental assessment. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 20(1), Article ID 2187844.
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2023 (English)In: Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, ISSN 1943-815X, E-ISSN 1943-8168, Vol. 20, no 1, article id 2187844Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Organizations conducting global environmental assessments (GEAs) face the challenge of not only producing trustworthy and policy-relevant knowledge but also recruiting and training experts to conduct these GEAs. These experts must acquire the skills and competencies needed to produce knowledge assessments. By adopting an institutional approach, this paper explores IPBES’s epistemic infrastructure that aims to communicate and form the expertise that is needed to conduct its assessments. The empirical material consists of IPBES’s educational material, which teaches new experts how to perform the assessment. The analysis finds three crucial tasks that experts introduced in the assessments are expected to learn and perform. The paper concludes by discussing the broader importance of the findings that organizations that conduct GEAs are not passive intermediaries of knowledge but instead, through their epistemic infrastructure, generate ways to understand and navigate the world, both for those who create and those who receive the assessment report.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2023
Keywords
Epistemic infrastructure, epistemic culture, expertise, global environmental assessments, IPBES
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-105092 (URN)10.1080/1943815x.2023.2187844 (DOI)000950277500001 ()2-s2.0-85150530813 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2018-01235Swedish Research Council, 2018-01634
Available from: 2023-03-20 Created: 2023-03-20 Last updated: 2023-04-11Bibliographically approved
Gustafsson, K. M. & Hysing, E. (2023). IPBES as a transformative agent: opportunities and risks. Environmental Conservation, 50(1), 7-11
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2023 (English)In: Environmental Conservation, ISSN 0376-8929, E-ISSN 1469-4387, Vol. 50, no 1, p. 7-11Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has played an important role in assessing knowledge and raising awareness of biodiversity loss, and it is now also mandated to assess and support processes of transformative change. This perspective paper argues that the transformative change assessment entails key elements of transformative agency, which, along with the performative role of IPBES, makes it relevant to re-conceptualize the organization as a transformative agent. This new role will change IPBES and brings attention to risks related to undermining the credibility, relevance and legitimacy of IPBES, but it also brings opportunities for innovations that may strengthen the organization, including furthering public reasoning, acknowledging ambiguities and disagreements, ensuring scientific autonomy and balancing governmental power in the organization. As IPBES takes on the fundamental challenge of transformative change, critical scrutiny and democratic debate regarding its function as a political actor are more important than ever.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge University Press, 2023
Keywords
credibility, expertise, governance, legitimacy, policy relevance, transformative change
National Category
Political Science Sociology
Research subject
Political Science; Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-102742 (URN)10.1017/S0376892922000467 (DOI)000899016900001 ()
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2017-01080
Available from: 2022-12-14 Created: 2022-12-14 Last updated: 2023-06-22Bibliographically approved
Benulic, K.-S., Edberg, K. & Gustafsson, K. M. (2023). Klimatkrisens sociologi: Gästredaktörernas introduktion: [The sociology of the climate crisis: Guest editors’ introduction]. Sociologisk forskning, 60(3-4), 219-228
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Klimatkrisens sociologi: Gästredaktörernas introduktion: [The sociology of the climate crisis: Guest editors’ introduction]
2023 (Swedish)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 60, no 3-4, p. 219-228Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [en]

Almost three decades have passed since the publishing of the last, and only, special issue on the sociology-environmental nexus in this journal. Since then, few of the articles published in Sociologisk Forskning have addressed climate change at all or in any substantial way. This silence could be interpreted as a quiet statement that sociology does not need to concern itself with climate change. However, no such line of argument is suggested in this special issue “Climate crisis”, which (re)presents current Swedish sociological research on climate change. Many of the authors take a similar stance that (environmental) sociology should not shy away from the climate crisis and the societal project of transformative change. Rather, sociologic research should study empirical cases of climate transitions or transformations, and contribute suggestions, as well as explanations, to how such changes can be accelerated.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sveriges sociologförbund, 2023
Keywords
Klimat, kris, förändring, miljösociologi, omställning
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-111993 (URN)10.37062/sf.60.25966 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-02-27 Created: 2024-02-27 Last updated: 2024-02-27Bibliographically approved
Benulic, K.-S., Edberg, K. & Gustafsson, K. M. (Eds.). (2023). Sociologisk Forskning: Klimatkris. Sveriges sociologförbund
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Sociologisk Forskning: Klimatkris
2023 (Swedish)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sveriges sociologförbund, 2023
Series
Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X ; Vol. 60:3-4
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-111992 (URN)
Available from: 2024-02-27 Created: 2024-02-27 Last updated: 2024-02-27Bibliographically approved
Asayama, S., De Pryck, K., Beck, S., Cointe, B., Edwards, P. N., Guillemot, H., . . . Hulme, M. (2023). Three institutional pathways to envision the future of the IPCC. Nature Climate Change, 13(9), 877-880
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2023 (English)In: Nature Climate Change, ISSN 1758-678X, E-ISSN 1758-6798, Vol. 13, no 9, p. 877-880Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The IPCC has been successful at building its scientific authority, but it will require institutional reform for staying relevant to new and changing political contexts. Exploring a range of alternative future pathways for the IPCC can help guide crucial decisions about redefining its purpose.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Nature Portfolio, 2023
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-108122 (URN)10.1038/s41558-023-01780-8 (DOI)001063421300005 ()2-s2.0-85169836239 (Scopus ID)
Note

This work partly originates from a workshop organized by National Institute for Environmental Studies in April 2023, where S.A., K.D.P. and M.H. participated. S.A. acknowledges the financial support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists [20K20022]. M.H. acknowledges the financial support from the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Available from: 2023-09-07 Created: 2023-09-07 Last updated: 2023-11-01Bibliographically approved
Gustafsson, K. M. (2022). Early Career Researchers. In: Karl De Pryck; Mike Hulme (Ed.), A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: (pp. 71-78). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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2022 (English)In: A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / [ed] Karl De Pryck; Mike Hulme, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, p. 71-78Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This chapter argues that Early Career Researchers (ECRs) can contribute to the IPCC in two major ways. First, ECRs can contribute unique skills and competences to the assessment process. Second, ECRs can share the workload with senior researchers and thus enhance the quality of the assessment. By reviewing the IPCC’s Scholarship Programme and the role of Chapter Scientists, this chapter explores the potentials and challenges of introducing ECRs into the IPCC, and for the Panel to engage in capacity building to enhance the quality of the assessment. The review shows how the organisational setup of the Scholarship Programme and the Chapter Scientist role allows the IPCC to informally engage in capacity building without diverting from its mandate that does not include capacity building. Even so, ECRs remains an untapped source of expertise that, through active and strategic work, can contribute to the future development of the IPCC.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022
Keywords
Early Career Researchers, IPCC’s Scholarship Programme, Chapter Scientist, capacity building, quality control, credibility, relevance, legitimacy
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-102622 (URN)10.1017/9781009082099.011 (DOI)9781009082099 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-12-08 Created: 2022-12-08 Last updated: 2022-12-09Bibliographically approved
Gustafsson, K. M. (2022). (Miljö)representation inom miljösociologin: Om förebilders betydelse för naturens och disciplinens utveckling. In: Rolf Lidskog; Erik Löfmarck (Ed.), En mänsklig natur: Risker, reglering och representationer (pp. 155-168). Örebro: Örebro universitet, sociologiämnet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>(Miljö)representation inom miljösociologin: Om förebilders betydelse för naturens och disciplinens utveckling
2022 (Swedish)In: En mänsklig natur: Risker, reglering och representationer / [ed] Rolf Lidskog; Erik Löfmarck, Örebro: Örebro universitet, sociologiämnet , 2022, p. 155-168Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Med utgångspunkt i Ylva Ugglas arbeten om miljörepresentanten kommer denna text att vända den analytiska blicken mot miljösociologin, dvs. det fält inom vilket Ugglas studier har genomförts och som även är det fällt inom vilket författaren till denna text är verksam. Det analytiska fokuset förflyttas samtidigt från de enskilda aktörer som agerar som miljörepresentanter till miljösociologin som fält och till det eventuella ansvar och de möjligheter som detta fällt skapar i termer av miljörepresentation. Genom att låta analysen utvecklas till en form av disciplinär självreflektion ämnar texten bidra till att problematisera miljösociologins egen roll som representant för naturen samt diskutera vikten av mångfald inom denna representation, både för naturens och disciplinens framtids skull.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Örebro: Örebro universitet, sociologiämnet, 2022
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-99223 (URN)9789187789649 (ISBN)9789187789632 (ISBN)
Note

Ingår som kapitel i festskrift till Ylva Uggla

Available from: 2022-06-01 Created: 2022-06-01 Last updated: 2022-06-01Bibliographically approved
Gustafsson, K. M. (2021). Expert organizations’ institutional understanding of expertise and responsibility for the creation of the next generation of experts: comparing IPCC and IPBES. Ecosystems and People, 17(1), 47-56
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Expert organizations’ institutional understanding of expertise and responsibility for the creation of the next generation of experts: comparing IPCC and IPBES
2021 (English)In: Ecosystems and People, ISSN 2639-5908, E-ISSN 2639-5916, Vol. 17, no 1, p. 47-56Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This perspective paper argues for the importance of a better understanding of expert organizations' roles in creating expert knowledge and these organizations’ responsibilities in building the next generation of experts. To what extent is this responsibility theirs, do they take it on, and what are the consequences if they do or do not? The argument is based on a comparison of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES). Using a theoretical framework that defines expertise, expert communities, and expertise in organizations, the analysis explores and explains the structural preconditions that guide these organizations in their work. The paper shows how the IPCC and the IPBES play similar but different roles in developing expertise and creating the next generation of experts due to differences in their current organizational structures. The paper also shows how the IPCC and the IPBES are not mere facilitators or coordinators of existing expert knowledge. Instead, the IPCC and the IPBES also create experience-based situated expert knowledge that influences the epistemic communities that inform environmental governance on climate change and biodiversity loss and enable transformative change for a sustainable future.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2021
Keywords
Expertise, expert organizations, epistemic communities, communities of practice, early career researcher
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-90125 (URN)10.1080/26395916.2021.1891973 (DOI)000623606600001 ()2-s2.0-85102200210 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2016-00545
Available from: 2021-03-04 Created: 2021-03-04 Last updated: 2022-12-07Bibliographically approved
Gustafsson, K. M., Díaz-Reviriego, I. & Turnhout, E. (2020). Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs. Earth System Governance, 4(June), Article ID 100050.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs
2020 (English)In: Earth System Governance, ISSN 2589-8116, Vol. 4, no June, article id 100050Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Capacity building has been identified as being of importance for the Intergovernmental Science-PolicyPlatform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). As the IPBES is becoming an influentialexpert organization, it is essential to examine what capacity building means in its context, what capacitiesit has built, and what implications these capacities have. This study explores these issues byfocusing on the IPBES's general strategy for capacity building, the IPBES's fellowship programme and towhat extent there are additional capacity building needs that can be addressed. The study shows that theIPBES has focused its capacity building efforts on the science side of the science-policy interface while,thus far, it has neglected to build capacities on the policy side of the interface. The study provides insightinto how capacity building for the science-policy interface sets preconditions for science-policy relationsat different levels and scales within biodiversity and ecosystem services and beyond.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2020
Keywords
Capacity building, IPBES, Science-policy interface, Early-career researchers, Participation, Empowerment
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-82014 (URN)10.1016/j.esg.2020.100050 (DOI)000694534400001 ()2-s2.0-85087933184 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2016-00545
Available from: 2020-05-25 Created: 2020-05-25 Last updated: 2023-12-08Bibliographically approved
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