It's Time To Learn About Learning: Where Should the Environmental and Natural Resource Governance Field Go Next?. Issue 9 (2nd September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gerlak, Andrea K.; Heikkila, Tanya; Smolinski, Sharon L.; Armitage, Derek; Huitema, Dave; Moore, Brendan
• Is Part Of: Society and natural resources. Volume 32:Issue 9(2019)
• Page Start: 1056
• Page End: 1064
• Publication Date: 2019-09-02
• Subjects: Environmental governance -- learning -- outcomes -- processes -- research -- scholarship; Natural resources -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 333.7
• DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2019.1597235
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-1920

Abstract

Abstract: This Commentary reflects on the state of the scholarship on learning for environmental and natural resource policy and governance. How have we been learning about learning? We highlight theoretical and empirical advancements related to learning, as well as areas of divergence between learning theories and frameworks, and underdeveloped knowledge around processes and outcomes. To address these limitations and improve progress in both theory and practice, we offer recommendations for learning scholarship by focusing on how to collectively engage in 'learning about learning'.