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| Presentations “Navigating the Science-Policy Interface: Using Innovative Collaborative Strategies for Climate Change and Ocean Issues” Invited Lecture, University of New England, Department of Environmental Studies Center for Sustainable Communities, Biddeford, ME, October 23, 2008 “Collaboration in the Service of Knowledge Co-Creation: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability” International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Burlington, VT, June, 2008 Coastal Communities Interests and Values "THE INFLUENCE OF POLICY ACTORS’ VALUES ON THE ROLE OF SCIENCE: EXAMINING VALUES & CONSENSUS POTENTIAL OF ACTORS IN THE U.S. OCEAN POLICY DISCOURSE" Lynn A. Wilson, Ph.D. SeaTrust Institute, USA (Overview) The role of science in ocean policy is influenced by values reflected in the perceptions policy actors express about scientific and political facts and processes. Discourse and policy analytics framed in scientific methodological terms yield useful information to specific questions that are responsive to quantitative results but limit considerations of complexity regarding values surrounding human interactions.
This presentation and accompanying publication examines how combining narrative analysis and V diagramming inform and guide the logic used in the statistical Q Method investigation of discourse participants’ values in the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (USCOP) review process. The analysis is conducted within the framework of deliberative public policy and conflict theories and the debates surrounding approaches to discourse.
Because the study is about science and the scientific method, about policymaking and methods by which policy is produced, and about how the two interact, combining and interlacing the methods considers the complexities and relationships within the specific USCOP process. Weaving data and methods helps to frame, test and interpret the statistical results. Ecological Valuation Research Methods Governance Public Participation Law and Public Policy Stewardship
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