‘Nexus Methods’ opening up democracy as rigour Andy Stirling SPRU & STEPS Centre University of Sussex presentation to conference session on Nexus Methods ESRC Methods Festival University of Bath 5 th July 2016 www.steps-centre.org/ www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/ www.multicriteriamapping.com www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/people/peoplelists/person/7513
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‘Nexus Methods’
opening up democracy as rigour
Andy StirlingSPRU & STEPS Centre
University of Sussex
presentation to conference session on Nexus Methods ESRC Methods Festival
(aspects that are conveyed outwards into wider discourse)
’Plural conditional’ conclusions…
… if X then A … if Y then B …
Rigour in Nexus-Focused Methodologies
Combining reflexivity about framing and reflection about error in informing policy and politics
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
decision analysis
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
sustainability
safety
impacts
Rigour in Nexus-Focused Methodologies
Combining reflexivity about framing and reflection about error in informing policy and politics
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
citizen’s juries
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
Rigour in Nexus-Focused Methodologies
Combining reflexivity about framing and reflection about error in informing policy and politics
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
citizen’s juries
participatory appraisal
q-method
scientometric mapping
open space
multicriteria mapping
extended foresightcitizen’s juries
decision analysis
stakeholder negotiation
participatory sensitivity analysis
cost-benefit analysis
risk assessment
interactive modelling
structured interviews
participant observation
multi-site ethnographic-
methods
citizen’s juries
consensus conference
open hearings
concurrent evidence
critical narratives
intervention futures
PIPA
plural photovoice
system histories
innovation histories
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
Rigour in Nexus-Focused Methodologies
Combining reflexivity about framing and reflection about error in informing policy and politics
spot-the-narrative
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
citizen’s juries
decision analysis
participatory rural appraisal
stakeholder negotiation
q-method
sensitivity analysis
deliberative mapping
scientometric mapping
open space
cost-benefit analysis
risk assessment
interactive modelling
structured interviews
narrative-based participant observation
multi-site ethnographic-
methods
citizen’s juries
consensus conference
open hearings
dissenting opinions
multi-criteria mapping
extended foresight
stakeholder negotiation
cost-benefit analysis
risk assessment
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
Power Closes Down Nexus Research and AppraisalPressure to command authority, foster trust, secure acceptance, manage blame
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
Challenges for Research and Appraisal
Reflexively means actively balancing bias in conventional appraisal
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
participatory appraisal
q-method open space
multicriteria mapping
participatory sensitivity
analysis
intervention futures PIPA
plural photovoice
system histories
innovation histories
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
Power Closes Down Research and Appraisal
A responsibility for neutrality means independent innovation research and policy appraisal should deliberately counter pressures for closure
MONODISCIPLINARITY
eg: Q-method comes out of social psychology
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
Power Closes Down Research and Appraisal
A responsibility for neutrality means independent innovation research and policy appraisal should deliberately counter pressures for closure
MONODISCIPLINARITY - enquiry is structured by community practices - institutionalised as “normal science” within paradigm - authority through self-confident coherence
eg: in Q-method analysis is subject to particular assumptions and conventions
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
MONODISCIPLINARITY - enquiry is structured by community practices - institutionalised as “normal science” within paradigm - authority through self-confident coherence
Participatory methods can also be monodisciplinary
eg: participatory panel follows particular rules
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
Power Closes Down Research and Appraisal
A responsibility for neutrality means independent innovation research and policy appraisal should deliberately counter pressures for closure
INPU
TS
OUTPUTS
narrow
broad
closing down opening up
expert / analytic
participatory / deliberative
Power Closes Down Research and Appraisal
A responsibility for neutrality means independent innovation research and policy appraisal should deliberately counter pressures for closure
CROSS-DISCIPLINARITY
- task- and context-specific - allows cross-critique and triangulation - authority through juxtaposition
eg:participatory panel providescomplement to discourse analysis