Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F19%3A73595793" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/19:73595793 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00111513

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss2/art26/" target="_blank" >https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss2/art26/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-10747-240226" target="_blank" >10.5751/ES-10747-240226</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Archetypes are increasingly used as a methodological approach to understand recurrent patterns in variables and processes that shape the sustainability of social-ecological systems. The rapid growth and diversification of archetype analyses has generated variations, inconsistencies, and confusion about the meanings, potential, and limitations of archetypes. Based on a systematic review, a survey, and a workshop series, we provide a consolidated perspective on the core features and diverse meanings of archetype analysis in sustainability research, the motivations behind it, and its policy relevance. We identify three core features of archetype analysis: recurrent patterns, multiple models, and intermediate abstraction. Two gradients help to apprehend the variety of meanings of archetype analysis that sustainability researchers have developed: (1) understanding archetypes as building blocks or as case typologies and (2) using archetypes for pattern recognition, diagnosis, or scenario development. We demonstrate how archetype analysis has been used to synthesize results from case studies, bridge the gap between global narratives and local realities, foster methodological interplay, and transfer knowledge about sustainability strategies across cases. We also critically examine the potential and limitations of archetype analysis in supporting evidence-based policy making through context-sensitive generalizations with case-level empirical validity. Finally, we identify future priorities, with a view to leveraging the full potential of archetype analysis for supporting sustainable development.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making

Popis výsledku anglicky

Archetypes are increasingly used as a methodological approach to understand recurrent patterns in variables and processes that shape the sustainability of social-ecological systems. The rapid growth and diversification of archetype analyses has generated variations, inconsistencies, and confusion about the meanings, potential, and limitations of archetypes. Based on a systematic review, a survey, and a workshop series, we provide a consolidated perspective on the core features and diverse meanings of archetype analysis in sustainability research, the motivations behind it, and its policy relevance. We identify three core features of archetype analysis: recurrent patterns, multiple models, and intermediate abstraction. Two gradients help to apprehend the variety of meanings of archetype analysis that sustainability researchers have developed: (1) understanding archetypes as building blocks or as case typologies and (2) using archetypes for pattern recognition, diagnosis, or scenario development. We demonstrate how archetype analysis has been used to synthesize results from case studies, bridge the gap between global narratives and local realities, foster methodological interplay, and transfer knowledge about sustainability strategies across cases. We also critically examine the potential and limitations of archetype analysis in supporting evidence-based policy making through context-sensitive generalizations with case-level empirical validity. Finally, we identify future priorities, with a view to leveraging the full potential of archetype analysis for supporting sustainable development.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

ISSN

1708-3087

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CA - Kanada

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

"26-1"-"26-19"

Kód UT WoS článku

000482712400008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85070838129