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posted on 2021-01-01, 00:00 authored by Enayat A. Moallemi, Fjalar de Haan, Michalis HadjikakouMichalis Hadjikakou, S Khatami, S Malekpour, A Smajgl, M Stafford Smith, A Voinov, Reihaneh BandariReihaneh Bandari, Prahlad Lamichhane, Kelly MillerKelly Miller, Emily NicholsonEmily Nicholson, W Novalia, Euan Martin Ritchie, A M Rojas, Mohammad Abdullah Shaikh, Katrina Szetey, Brett BryanBrett BryanThe achievement of global sustainability agendas, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, relies on transformational change across society, economy, and environment that are co‐created in a transdisciplinary exercise by all stakeholders. Within this context, environmental and societal change is increasingly understood and represented via participatory modelling for genuine engagement with multiple collaborators in the modelling process. Despite the diversity of participatory modelling methods to promote engagement and co‐creation, it remains uncertain what the extent and modes of participation are in different contexts, and how to select the suitable methods to use in a given situation. Based on a review of available methods and specification of potential contextual requirements, we propose a unifying framework to guide how collaborators of different backgrounds can work together and evaluate the suitability of participatory modelling methods for co‐creating sustainability pathways. The evaluation of method suitability promises the integration of concepts and approaches necessary to address the complexities of problems at hand while ensuring robust methodologies based on well‐tested evidence and negotiated among participants. Using two illustrative case studies, we demonstrate how to explore and evaluate the choice of methods for participatory modelling in varying contexts. The insights gained can inform creative participatory approaches to pathway development through tailored combinations of methods that best serve the specific sustainability context of particular case studies.
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Earth's FutureIssue
Accepted, unedited articles published online and citable. The final edited and typeset version of record will appear in the future.Article number
e2020EF001843Publisher
John Wiley & SonsLocation
Oxford, Eng.Publisher DOI
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2328-4277eISSN
2328-4277Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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