TY - JOUR
T1 - Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects
T2 - Water managers' assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater
AU - White, Dave
AU - Wutich, Amber
AU - Larson, Kelli
AU - Gober, Patricia
AU - Lant, Timothy
AU - Senneville, Clea
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. SES-0345945 Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC). Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
Funding Information:
The study focuses on the science-policy interactions surrounding DCDC, one of five collaborative groups funded by the National Science Foundation’s Decision Making under Uncertainty initiative. DCDC is a policy-relevant research institute that was charged to conduct climate, water, and decision research, and develop decision support tools to bridge the boundary between scientists and decision-makers <http:// dcdc.asu.edu>. The environmental policy context is dominated by water resources management decision-making in the Phoenix metropolitan region of central Arizona.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - The connection between scientific knowledge and environmental policy is enhanced through boundary organizations and objects that are perceived to be credible, salient, and legitimate. In this study, water resource decision-makers evaluated the knowledge embedded in WaterSim, an interactive simulation model of water supply and demand presented in an immersive decision theater. Content analysis of individual responses demonstrated that stakeholders were fairly critical of the model's validity, relevance, and bias. Differing perspectives reveal tradeoffs in achieving credible, salient, and legitimate boundary objects, along with the need for iterative processes that engage them in the co-production of knowledge and action.
AB - The connection between scientific knowledge and environmental policy is enhanced through boundary organizations and objects that are perceived to be credible, salient, and legitimate. In this study, water resource decision-makers evaluated the knowledge embedded in WaterSim, an interactive simulation model of water supply and demand presented in an immersive decision theater. Content analysis of individual responses demonstrated that stakeholders were fairly critical of the model's validity, relevance, and bias. Differing perspectives reveal tradeoffs in achieving credible, salient, and legitimate boundary objects, along with the need for iterative processes that engage them in the co-production of knowledge and action.
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U2 - 10.3152/030234210X497726
DO - 10.3152/030234210X497726
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951962736
SN - 0302-3427
VL - 37
SP - 219
EP - 232
JO - Science and Public Policy
JF - Science and Public Policy
IS - 3
ER -