Transitions in urban water management and patterns of international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration in urban water science

Bei Wen; Marielle van der Zouwen; Edwin Horlings; Barend van der Meulen; Wim  van Vierssen

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2014.03.002

Transitions in urban water management and patterns of international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration in urban water science

Bei Wen, Marielle van der Zouwen, Edwin Horlings, Barend van der Meulen, Wim van Vierssen

Rathenau Institute

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Abstract

Practitioners and scientists dealing with urban water management call for a transition to adaptive regimes. Transition management theories claim that to induce transitions, new forms of research are necessary which cut across traditional disciplinary, organizational and sectoral boundaries. Are such current calls for collaboration reflected in a fundamental change in scientific practices at the international level? This paper explores whether we witness cross-boundary interactions in professional networks and changes in the knowledge production towards more collaborative patterns in urban water science. To this end, we investigate both the professional interaction network at an international congress and the development of scientific output over the last two decades, using social network and bibliometric techniques. The results suggest that the professional interactions indeed reflect the cross-boundary interactions needed for a transition. However, the emerging patterns in scientific output do not indicate an actual system level shift towards a new mode of knowledge production.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123–139
Journal	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
Volume	15
Issue number	June
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2014.03.002
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 06 Jun 2014

Keywords

Interdisciplinary collaboration
Intersectoral collaboration
Knowledge co-production
Transitions
Urban water science

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Wen, B., van der Zouwen, M., Horlings, E., van der Meulen, B., & van Vierssen, W. (2014). Transitions in urban water management and patterns of international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration in urban water science. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 15(June), 123–139. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2014.03.002

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In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 15, No. June, 06.06.2014, p. 123–139.

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