Researchers, stakeholders and funding organizations have embraced co-production of knowledge to solve sustainability problems. Research focusing on the practice of co-production can help us understand what works in what contexts and how to avoid potentially undesirable outcomes.
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This work was supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding received from the National Science Foundation (NSF) DBI-1052875. Any opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
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Lemos, M.C., Arnott, J.C., Ardoin, N.M. et al. To co-produce or not to co-produce. Nat Sustain 1, 722–724 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0191-0
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