Locally Rooted, Globally Connected
Lessons from Europe-Latin America knowledge exchanges in a transdisciplinary research project
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Iwaszuk, E, Burgos Cuevas, N., Uribe, J.C., (2024). Locally rooted, globally connected. Lessons from Europe-Latin America knowledge exchanges in a transdisciplinary research project. INTERLACE Deliverable 5.8.
The publication “Locally rooted, globally connected” captures key lessons learned from the knowledge exchanges in the context of the transdisciplinary research and international cooperation between cities, researchers, city networks, and wider stakeholders from Europe and Latin America conducted in the frames of the INTERLACE project.
Through partnerships across the two regions, the project highlighted both the opportunities and challenges of working across diverse cultural, institutional, and geographic contexts and demonstrated the importance of tailoring NbS to local contexts while balancing the need for comparability across regions.
A valuable resource for future cross-regional research and practice
The valuable insights emerging from the four-year project have been captured in this report to empower those working on cross-regional, transdisciplinary research projects to facilitate meaningful collaboration, support knowledge exchange and co-create solutions for urban ecosystem restoration.
Filled with helpful summaries, key lessons and checklists, the resultant publication provides practical insights into how to foster equitable collaboration, overcome logistical and cultural challenges, and co-create nature-based solutions that are both locally relevant and globally impactful.
The publication's eight chapters explore the following topics:
- Application and understanding of NbS in Europe and Latin America
- Building trust, inclusivity, and collaboration across a transdisciplinary consortium
- Navigating different cultures and types of knowledge in cross-regional collaboration through reflexivity, sensitivity, and mutual learning
- Co-creating tailored solutions and research approaches which are adapted to local governance, social, and environmental contexts
- Fostering city-to-city knowledge exchanges with dynamic, collaborative formats
- Strengthening NbS capacity-building, peer learning and advocacy through global and regional city networks
- Utilising in-person collaboration, site visits and direct interactions to build trust and enrich co-creation processes
- Addressing logistical challenges in multilingual, cross-regional research projects
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