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Questioning co-production of knowledge Passed

Wednesday February 10, 2021 13:30 - 15:00 DAY ZERO

Presenter: Katinka Wågsæther

Contact person: Katinka Wågsæther, Centre for Climate & Energy Transformation, University of Bergen


Type of event: Physical and digital event


Does co-production unambiguously play a role in grounding research and policy, removing the fear of the perceived intellectual elite and bridging divides? Or might it also obscure power relationships and create false legitimacy for unjust outcomes?

Co-production of knowledge is seen as having the potential to provide a space for engaging with different points of view, and for bringing academic knowledge and politics in closer dialogue. But it has also become a buzzword, with the danger that it may conceal power relations and construct legitimacy for projects that produce unjust and undemocratic outcomes.

The Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) invites you to a discussion between scientists, politicians, technocrats and the public on how we can best co-produce solutions for sustainable transformations. CET’s aim is to produce actionable knowledge through critical assessment of and direct participation in sustainability transformations.

We need to reframe and reimagine discourses on sustainability. As social scientists, we should challenge dominant narratives and question “who is in the room?”


This event is relevant for:
- SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG 13: Climate Action

Lecturers

Katinka Wågsæther Presenter

Vitenskapelig Assistent
Center For Climate & Energy Transformations, University Of Bergen