Adger W.N, Hughes T.P., Folke C., Carpenter S.R., Rockstrom J.. 2005. Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters. Science.. |
resilience |
General |
Theoretical insight |
Adger W.N. 2006. Vulnerability.. Global Environmental Change.. |
resilience |
General |
Theoretical |
Apte J.. 2009. Facilitating transformative learning: a framework for practice. Australian Journal of Adult Learning. 49(1) |
facilitation, reflection, sustainable learning, transformative learning |
General Application |
interviews |
Argyris C., Schön. D.. 1974. Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness. |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
case studies, examples and theory |
Argyris C.. 1977. Double loop learning in organizations. Harvard Business Review. September-October |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
General theory development; case studies |
Argyris C.. 1992. On Organizational Learning. |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
case studies, examples and theory |
Armitage D., Marschke M., Plummer R.. 2008. Adaptive co-management and the paradox of learning.. Global Environmental Change. 18 |
Adaptive governance, adaptive management, co-management, collaborative management, learning, sustainability |
General |
Desktop analysis, literature study |
Barlow J.R., Ewers R.M., Anderson L., Aragao L., Baker T.R., Boyd E., Feldpausch T.R., Gloor E., Hall A., Malhi Y. et al.. 2010. Using learning networks to understand complex systems: a case study of biological, geophysical and social research in the Amaz |
biodiversity, collaborative learning, conservation, deforestation, degradation, interdisciplinary research, learning networks, livelihoods, social learning, sustainable learning |
Amazon |
case study |
Berkes F. 2009. Berkes, F. 2009. Evolution of co-management: role of knowledge generation, bridging organizations and social learning. Journal of Environmental Management. 90: 1692-1702.. Journal of Environmental Management. 90 |
adaptive co-management, bridging organizations, co-management, governance, institutions, knowledge, social learning, trust |
General Application |
Desktop study, literature study |
Berkes F., Seixas. C.S. 2005. Building resilience in lagoon social-ecological systems.. Ecosystems.. |
resilience |
Brazil |
case studies, Desktop study |
Berkhout F., Hertin J., Gann. D.M. 2006. Learning to adapt: organisational adaptation to climate change impacts. Climatic Change. |
Organisational Learning |
United Kingdom |
Multiple case studies; interviews; questionnaires; workshops |
Bess K.D, Prilleltensky I., Perkins D.D, Collins. L.V.. 2009. Participatory organizational change in community-based health and human services: from tokenism to political engagement. Am J Community Psychology. 43 |
Organisational Learning |
United States |
comparative case study; qualitative interviews; focus groups; organizational documents; participant observation |
Blackmore C.. 2007. What kinds of knowledge, knowing and learning are required for addressing resource dilemmas?: a theoretical overview Environmental Science & Policy. 10 |
discourse, learning theories, resource dilemmas, social learning, sustainable development, sustainable learning |
Europe |
Literature analysis and case study |
Booher D.E, Innes. J.E. 2010. Governance for resilience: CALFED as a complex adaptive network for resource management.. Ecology and Society.. |
resilience |
California, USA |
and participant observation., case study, document analysis, interviews |
Bouwen R., Taillieu T.. 2004. Multi-party collaboration as social learning for interdependence: developing relational knowing for sustainable natural resource management. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 14 |
framing and reframing, learning for interdependence, multi party collaboration, relational practices, social learning, sustainable learning |
General Application |
Desktop study, Literature review |
Broderick K.. 2008. Adaptive management for water quality improvement in the Great Barrier Reef catchments: learning on the edge. Geographical Research. 46(3) |
adaptive management, Great Barrier Reef, learning, NRM, water quality |
Australia, Great Barrier Reef |
case study, key stakeholder interviews, workshop |
Carpenter S.R, Westley F., Turner M.G. 2004. Surrogates for resilience of social-ecological systems.. Ecosystems.. |
resilience |
General |
Theoretical |
Cicin-Sain B., Knecht. R.W. 1998. Integrated coastal and ocean management: Concepts and practices.. |
integrated coastal management |
Global |
case studies, key ICM expert s surveys, Literature synthesis, personal background and experience |
Collins K.B., Ison R.L.. 2010. Trusting emergence: some experiences of learning about integrated catchment science with the environment agency of England and Wales. Water Resource Management. 24 |
communities of practice, Emergence, integrated catchment management, integrated catchment science, social learning, sustainable learning, systems thinking |
United Kingdom |
case studies |
Commission. E. 2011. Comparative analyses of the OURCOAST cases.. Ourcoast: ICZM in Europe.. |
integrated coastal management |
Europe |
Case analysis |
Cundill G., Fabricius C.. 2009. Monitoring in adaptive co-management: Toward a learning based approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 90 |
adaptive co-management, collaborative monitoring, complexity, social learning |
General Application |
Desktop study, Literature review |
Cundill G.. 2010. Monitoring social learning processes in adaptive co management: three case studies from South Africa. Ecology and Society. 15(3) |
adaptive co-management, collaboration, learning, monitoring, social learning |
South Africa |
case study |
Davidson-Hunt I.J.. 2006. Adaptive learning networks: Developing resource management knowledge through social learning forums.. Human Ecology. 34(4) |
adaptive learning, indigenous knowledge, networks, resource management, social learning, sustainable learning |
Anishinaabe First Nations groups in north-western Ontario. |
Literature review; case study |
Eberhard R., Robinson C.J, Waterhouse J., Parslow J., Hart B., Grayson R., Taylor B.. 2009. Adaptive management for water quality planning - from theory to practice. Marine and Freshwater Research. 60 |
Collaboration, Great Barrier Reef, integrated natural resource management, partnerships, risk, social learning, transformative, uncertainty, watershed planning |
Australia, Great Barrier Reef |
Iterative process of reflection and discourse within a multi-disciplinary project team |
Edwards M.G.. 2009. An integrative meta theory for organisational learning and sustainability in turbulent times. The Learning Organization. 16 |
learning organisation, Organisational Learning, sustainable development |
none |
document analysis |
Fenwick T.. 2007. Developing organizational practices of ecological sustainability: a learning perspective. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. 28(7) |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Literature study; case examples from the literature |
Fletcher S., Potts J., Ballinger R.. 2008. The pedagogy of integrated coastal management.. The Geographical Journal.. |
integrated coastal management |
United Kingdom |
Survey |
Folke C.. 2006. Resilience: The emergence of a perspective for social–ecological systems analyses.. Global Environmental Change. |
resilience |
General Application |
Theoretical |
Garmendia E., Stagl S.. 2010. Public participation for sustainability and social learning: concepts and lessons from three case studies in Europe. Ecological Economics.. 69 |
complex adaptive systems, energy policy, integrated assessment, natural resource management, participatory approaches, social learning, sustainable learning |
Europe |
case studies |
Gond J.P, Herrbach. O.. 2006. Social reporting as an organizational learning tool? A theoretical framework Journal of Business Ethics. 65 |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Literature review: analysis of organizational learning models and corporate social performance literature |
Gonzales R., Parrott. L.. 2012. Network theory in the assessment of the sustainability of social-ecological systems.. Geography Compass.. |
resilience |
General |
Desk-top study; literature review |
Gunderson L., Folke. C.. 2005. Resilience: now more than ever.. Ecology & Society.. |
resilience |
General |
Theoretical (editorial) |
Holling C.S. 1973. Resilience and stability of ecological systems.. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.. |
resilience |
General Application |
literature study |
Holling C.S. 2001. Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological and social systems.. Ecosystem.. |
resilience |
General Application |
literature study |
Holling C.S., Meffe G.K. 1996. Command and control and the pathology of natural resource management. Conservation Biology. 10(2) |
command and control, ecosystems, natural resource management, resilience |
General |
Theoretical |
Holling C.S.. 1978. Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management. |
adaptive management, assessment, learning |
General Application |
Theory and case studies (USA) |
Inayatullah S.. 2007. The Learning and Healing Organization. Questioning the Future: Methods and Tools for Organizational and Societal Transformation. |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
learning theory and participant observation., Theoretical insights based on futures studies |
Ison R., Roling N., Watson D.. 2007. Challenges to science and society in the sustainable management and use of water: investigating the role of social learning. Environmental Science & Policy. 10 |
governance mechanisms, interactive social science, praxis, social learning, sustainable learning, water catchments |
Europe |
case studies |
Jacobson C, Hughey K.FD, Allen W.J, Rixecker S., Carter R.W. 2009. Toward more reflexive use of adaptive management. Society and Natural Resources. 22 |
adaptive management, Collaboration, epistemology, experimentation, reflection |
General |
Literature review; interviews |
James C.R. 2002. Designing learning organizations. Organizational Dynamics. 32(1) |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Literature review, Theory development |
James C.R. 2002. Designing learning organizations. Organizational Dynamics. 32(1) |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Literature review, Theory development |
Joerin F., Desthieux G., Billeau-Beuze S., Nembrini A.. 2009. Participatory diagnosis in urban planning: Proposal for a learning process based on geographical information. Journal of Environmental Management. 90 |
decision, indicators, learning process, participatory, social learning, sustainable learning, Urban diagnosis |
Geneva, Switzerland |
case study, participatory diagnosis |
Kinchin I.M.. 2010. Solving Cordelia’s Dilemma: threshold concepts within a punctuated model of learning. Journal of Biological Education. 44(2) |
Concept mapping, Dynamic transformation, Evolution, Knowledge structures, sustainable learning, transformative learning |
General |
Theoretical insight |
Kolb A.Y., Kolb D.A. 2005. Learning styles and learning spaces: enhancing experiential learning in higher education. Academy of Management Learning and Education. 4(2) |
change, Curriculum development, experiential learning, higher education, institutions, sustainable learning |
United States |
Longitudinal case studies |
Kolb D.A. 1984. The Process of Experiential Learning.. Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development.. |
experimental learning, sustainable learning |
General Application |
Theoretical |
Lal P., Lim-Applegate H., Scoccimarro M.. 2001. The adaptive decision-making process as a tool for integrated natural resource management: focus, attitudes, and approach. Conservation Ecology. 5(2) |
adaptive decision making process, adaptive learning, decision support system, integrated natural resource management, participatory |
Fiji, Thailand |
case study |
Lazarow N., Smith T.F, Clarke B.. 2011. Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment. Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment. |
integrated coastal management |
General |
Desk-top review |
Lee K.N. 1993. Compass and Gyroscope: Integrating Science and Politics for the Environment. |
adaptive management, bounded conflict, environmental management, learning, politics, public policy, science |
General |
Theory and comparative desk-top case studies |
Levitt B., March. J.G. 1988. Organizational learning. Annual Review of Sociology. 14 |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Literature review to delineate key ideas |
Magis K.. 2010. Community resilience: an indicator of sustainability.. Society and Natural Resources.. |
resilience |
United States |
focus groups, Literature review |
Manring S.L. 2007. Creating and managing inter-organizational learning networks to achieve sustainable ecosystem management. Organization Environment. 20(325) |
Organisational Learning |
United States |
case studies |
Mcfadden L.. 0. Exploring systems interactions for building resilience within coastal environments and communities. 9. |
resilience |
South Australia |
Case study analysis, desktop analysis of reports, interviews |
Measham T.G.. 2009. Social learning through evaluation: a case study of overcoming constraints for management of dryland salinity. Environmental Management. 43 |
collaborative learning, community engagement, environmental policy, monitoring, participatory, social learning, sustainable learning |
Australia |
case study |
Merriam S.B., Ntseane G.. 2008. Transformational learning: How culture shapes the process. Adult Education Quarterly. 58(3) |
adult learning, southern Africa, sustainable learning, transformational learning, transformative learning |
Botswana |
In-depth interviews |
Mezirow J.. 1997. Transformative Learning: Theory to Practice. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. 1997 |
adult learning, critical reflection, discourse, frames of reference, sustainable learning, transformative learning |
General |
Theoretical |
Michaels S., Goucher N.P, McCarthy D.. 2006. Policy windows, policy change, and organizational learning: watersheds in the evolution of watershed management. Environmental Management. 38 |
Organisational Learning |
Canada, Ontario |
Case study; in-depth interviews |
Moon J.A.. 2004. A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning: Theory and Practice. |
experiential learning, reflective learning, sustainable learning |
General |
Desk-top study with the presentation of practical activities and resources |
Mostert E., Pahl-Wostl C., Rees Y., Searle B., Tabara J.D., Tippett J.. 2007. Social learning in European river-basin management: barriers and fostering mechanisms from 10 river basins. Ecology and Society. 12 |
Collaboration, Europe, public participation, river-basin management, social learning, sustainable learning |
Europe |
case study |
Muro M., Jeffrey P.. 2008. A critical review of the theory and application of social learning in participatory natural resource management processes. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 51(3) |
natural resource management, participatory, social learning, sustainable learning |
General Application |
Literature review |
Newig J., Haberl H., Pahl-Wostl C., Rothman D.S.. 2008. Formalised and non-formalised methods in resource management- knowledge and social learning in participatory processes: an introduction. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 21 |
collective learning, Communication, complexity, conflict resolution, land-use planning, modelling, social learning, stakeholder involvement, sustainable learning, system dynamics, trans-disciplinary research, uncertainty, water management |
General Application |
literature study |
Nicholson-Cole S., O'Riordan T.. 2009. Adaptive governance for a changing coastline: science, policy and publics in search of a sustainable future. Adapting to climate change: thresholds, values, governance. |
adaptive management, Coastal governance, learning |
England, United Kingdom |
case study |
O'Brien G., O'Keefe P., Gadema Z., Swords J.. 2010. Approaching disaster management through social learning. Disaster Prevention and Management. 19(4) |
disasters, learning, risk analysis, social learning, social processes, sustainable development, sustainable learning |
General Application |
literature study |
Olsson P., Folke C., Berkes F.. 2004. Adaptive co management for building resilience in social-ecological systems. Environmental Management. 34 |
adaptive management, co-management, resilience, self-organisation, social-ecological systems |
Canada, Sweden |
case studies, Desktop study |
P. Wolf R, Rickard J.A.. 2003. Talking circles: a Native American approach to experiential learning. Journal of Multicultural Counselling and Development. 31(1) |
culture, Education, experiential learning, group learning, indigenous knowledge, sustainable learning |
United States |
Action research: talking circle participation |
Pahl-Wostl C., Tabara D.J., Bouwen R., Craps M., Deuwulf A., Mostert E., Ridder D., Taillieu T.. 2008. The importance of social learning and culture for sustainable water management. Ecological Economics. 64 |
culture, institutional change, participatory management, social learning, sustainable learning, Sustainable water resources management |
Europe |
Desktop study, synthesis of the HarmoniCOP project |
Pahl-Wostl C.. 2009. A conceptual framework for analysing adaptive capacity and multi-level learning processes in resource governance regimes. Global Environmental Change. 19 |
adaptive capacity, Adaptive governance, climate change adaptation, complexity, institutions, natural resource management, social learning, sustainable learning, water governance |
General Application |
Comparative analysis, literature study |
Paquette S., Wiseman. E.. 2006. Knowledge for sustainable development: the role of knowledge networks & organizational learning. American Conference on Information Systems 2006 Proceedings. |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
literature study |
Pelling M.. 2007. Learning from others: the scope and challenges for participatory disaster risk assessment. Disasters. 31(4) |
community engagement, disaster risk assessment, experiential learning, local, natural disaster, participatory, social learning, sustainable learning, vulnerability |
International |
literature study, Participatory disaster risk assessments, workshop |
Petts J.. 2007. Learning about learning: lessons from public engagement and deliberation on urban river restoration. The Geographical Journal. 173(4) |
Birmingham, deliberation, learning, public engagement, social learning, sustainable learning, urban river restoration |
Birmingham, UK |
case study, participant observation, workshops |
Reed M.S., Evely A.C., Cundill G., Fazey I., Glass J., Laing A., Newig J., Parrish B., Prell C., Raymond C. et al.. 2010. What is social learning? Ecology and Society. |
social learning, social-ecological systems, stakeholder participation, sustinable learning |
General Application |
literature study |
Reynolds M. 2009. Wild frontiers reflections on experiential learning. Management Learning. 40 |
experiential learning, Leadership, management education, negotiation, organisations, participatory, sustainable learning |
General Application |
Theoretical |
Rist S., Chidambaranathan M., Escobar C., Wiesmann U., Zimmermann A.. 2007. Moving from sustainable management to sustainable governance of natural resources: The role of social learning processes in rural India, Bolivia and Mali. Journal of Rural Studies |
communicative action, governance, natural resource management, social learning approach, sustainability, sustainable learning |
Bolivia, India, Mali |
case studies, participatory workshops |
Roling N.. 2009. Professionals in context: How robust is the normative model. Irrigation & Drainage. 58 |
anthropogenics, coordination mechanism, multi-stakeholder process, social learning, sustainable learning, the Netherlands |
The Netherlands |
case studies |
Schianetz K., Jones T., Kavanagh L., Walker P.A, Lockington D., Wood D.. 2009. The practicalities of a learning tourism destination: a case study of the Ningaloo Coast. International Journal of Tourism Research. 11 |
Organisational Learning |
Australia, Ningaloo |
case study, scenarios, stakeholder modelling workshop, Survey |
Schön D.A.. 1983. The Reflective Practitioner. |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Theory development from detailed examples |
Schusler T.M., Decker D.J., Pfeffer M.J.. 2003. Social learning for collaborative natural resource management. Society & Natural Resources.. 16 |
collaborative natural resource management, community-based co-management, deliberation, search conference, social learning, sustainable learning |
Canada, Lake Ontario |
case study, interviews, participatory research |
Senge P.. 1990. The leader’s new work: building the learning organization. Sloan Management Review. Fall |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Theory and case study |
Senge P.M. 2006. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. |
Organisational Learning |
General Application |
Theory development |
Shah A., Treby E., May V., Walsh P.. 2007. Bridging the divide between academia and practitioners: Training coastal zone managers.. Ocean & Coastal Management.. |
integrated coastal management |
United Kingdom |
Case study of an MSc course |
Smith T.F, Myers S., Thomsen D.C, Rosier J.. 2011. Integrated Coastal Zone Management & Planning.. Marine Resources Management. |
integrated coastal management |
Australia |
Literature review |
Smith T.F. 2006. Institutionalising adaptive learning for coastal management.. Coastal management in Australia: Key institutional and governance issues for coastal natural resource management and planning.. |
integrated coastal management |
Australia |
Desktop study |
Smith T.F., Carter R.W., Thomsen D.C., Mayes G., Nursey-Bray M., Whisson G., Jones R., Dovers S., O'Toole K.. 2009. Enhancing science impact in the coastal zone through adaptive learning. Journal of Coastal Research. Special Issue 56 |
adaptive learning, Australia, coastal management, coastal zone management, learning organisation, science impact, social learning, sustainable learning |
Australian coastal environments |
Literature review |
Steyaert P., Barzman M., Billaud J.P., Brives H., Hubert B., Ollivier G., Roche B.. 2007. The role of knowledge and research in facilitating social learning among stakeholders in natural resources management in the French Atlantic coastal wetlands.. Envir |
intervention research, natural resource management, public participation, science-policy interface, social learning, sustainable learning, wetlands |
Atlantic coast, France |
case study |
Storbjörk S.. 2010. It takes more to get a ship to change course: barriers for organizational learning and local climate adaptation in Sweden. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning . 12 |
Organisational Learning |
Sweden |
case study, interviews |
Tabara J.D., Dai X., Jia G., Mcevoy D., Neufeldt H., Serra A., Werners S., West J.J.. 2010. The climate learning ladder. A pragmatic procedure to support climate adaptation. Environmental Policy and Governance. 20 |
climate change adaptation, reflexive learning, social learning, sustainable learning |
Europe, Inner Mongolia |
case studies |
Tompkins E., Adger W.N, Brown. K.. 2002. Institutional networks for inclusive coastal management in Trinidad and Tobago.. Environment and Planning. |
integrated coastal management |
Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago |
Action Research, case study, participatory workshop for resource managers, semi-structured interviews |
Tribbia J., Moser. S.C. 2008. More than information: what coastal managers need to plan for climate change.. Environmental Science & Policy.. :315-328. |
boundary organizations, Climate change, coastal impacts, coastal zone management, information needs, integrated coastal management, sea-level rise |
California, United States |
case study, semi-structured interviews, Survey |
Tschakert P., Dietrich K.A. 2010. Anticipatory learning for climate change adaptation and resilience. Ecology and Society. 15(2) |
resilience |
Africa |
Desktop study, literature study |
Van Bommel S., Roling N., Aarts N., Turnhout E.. 2009. Social learning for solving complex problems: a promising solution or wishful thinking? A case study of multi-actor negotiation for the integrated management and sustainable use of the Drentsche Aa ar |
competing claims, multi-stakeholder negotiation platforms, natural resource problems, nature conservation policy, participatory, power relations, social learning, sustainable learning |
Drentsche Aa, The Netherlands |
case study |
Walker B., Carpenter S., Anderies J., Abel N., Cumming G., Janssen M., Lebel L., Norberg J., Peterson G.D, Pritchard R.. 2002. Resilience management in social-ecological systems: a working hypothesis for a participatory approach. Conservation Ecology. 6(1 |
resilience |
Australia, Goulburn Broken Catchment |
Desk top analysis |
Walker J., Cooper. M.. 2011. Genealogies of resilience: From systems ecology to the political economy of crisis adaptation. Security Dialogue. 42(2) |
resilience |
General Application |
Literature review; case study |
Walkerden G.. 2006. Adaptive management planning projects as conflict resolution processes. Ecology and Society. 11(1) |
adaptive management, conflict resolution, ecosystem management, environmental assessment, negotiation, planning |
General |
Desktop study |
Wenger E.. 2000. Communities of practice and social learning systems. Organization . 7 |
Organisational Learning |
General |
Desktop study |