Navigating the stormy seas of building ‘trust’ as a boundary organisation connecting marine science with policy and management

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106952
• Publication Date: 2023-12-12T12:32:20Z
• Authors: C. Cvitanovic; R.J. Shellock; D.B. Karcher; P. Tuohy; M. Mackay; E.I. van Putten; Marta Ballesteros; M. Dickey-Collas
• Keywords: Advice (programming)

Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers is a critical component of navigating ocean sustainability challenges. Boundary organisations are one approach to facilitating influencing marine policy management. However, effectively do so, boundary must navigate various challenges that can undermine the extent which they considered as trusted by partners. At present, there lack specific guidance on how these build trust. We seek address this gap empirically via in-depth qualitative analysis, using International Council for Exploration Sea (ICES) case study. Through interviews with requesters ICES advice (i.e. users knowledge), we sought understand (i) benefits derived from working (ii) factors affect trust generated provided ICES. Our results show gain numerous requesting (e.g., being able rely an independent scientific body, receiving best available evidence, engaged in processes enable sharing expertise knowledge). also identified contribute increased processes, good relationships between ICES, requester's ability advice). Conversely, was negatively affected when production poor-quality advice, transparency, went beyond its original remit. In presenting insights study provides operating at interface science helps them stormy seas associated maintaining