Crafting usable knowledge for sustainable development

This paper distills core lessons about how researchers (scientists, engineers, planners, etc.) interested in promoting sustainable development can increase the likelihood of producing usable knowledge. We draw the lessons from both practical experience in diverse contexts around the world and from scholarly advances in understanding the relationships between science and society. Many of these lessons will be familiar to those with experience in crafting knowledge to support action for sustainable development. However, few are included in the formal training of researchers. As a result, when scientists and engineers first venture out of the laboratory or library with the goal of linking their knowledge with…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: 0621004, SES-0621004
• HU
  Harvard University
• ID
  International Development Research Centre
• CM
  Chiang Mai University
• NO
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Award: NA03OAR4310098
• CP
  Climate Program Office