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Mobile health (mHealth) research involving pervasive sensors, mobile apps and other novel data collection tools and methods present new ethical, legal, and social challenges specific to informed consent, data management and bystander rights. To address these challenges, a participatory design approach was deployed whereby stakeholders contributed to the development of a web-based commons to support the mHealth research community including researchers and ethics board members. The CORE (Connected and Open Research Ethics) platform now features a community forum, a resource library and a network of nearly 600 global members. The utility of the participatory design process was evaluated by analyzing activities carried out over an 8-month design phase consisting of 86 distinct events including iterative design deliberations and social media engagement. This article describes how participatory design yielded 55 new features directly mapped to community needs and discusses relationships to user engagement as demonstrated by a steady increase in CORE member activity and followers on Twitter.
John Harlow; Nadir Weibel; Rasheed Al Kotob; Vincent Chan; Cinnamon Bloss; Rubi Linares-Orozco; Michelle Takemoto; Camille Nebeker. Using Participatory Design to Inform the Connected and Open Research Ethics (CORE) Commons. Science and Engineering Ethics 2019, 26, 183 -203.
AMA StyleJohn Harlow, Nadir Weibel, Rasheed Al Kotob, Vincent Chan, Cinnamon Bloss, Rubi Linares-Orozco, Michelle Takemoto, Camille Nebeker. Using Participatory Design to Inform the Connected and Open Research Ethics (CORE) Commons. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2019; 26 (1):183-203.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohn Harlow; Nadir Weibel; Rasheed Al Kotob; Vincent Chan; Cinnamon Bloss; Rubi Linares-Orozco; Michelle Takemoto; Camille Nebeker. 2019. "Using Participatory Design to Inform the Connected and Open Research Ethics (CORE) Commons." Science and Engineering Ethics 26, no. 1: 183-203.
Transition arenas that do not converge with policy windows to achieve structural or institutional change often fail to achieve their stated transformative goals. For their part, policy windows often lead to only incremental change. On their own, transition management and the multiple streams approach seem inadequate to the challenges facing cities. However, in combination, they can be transformative, as exemplified by the Citizens Committee for the Future of Phoenix Transportation. In 2015, this committee in Phoenix, AZ passed a ~USD 31.5 billion 2050 transportation plan funded by a sales tax increase from 0.4% to 0.7%. This plan’s development realized a policy window in a transition arena through an instrumental boundary object workshop with innovative facilitation. This article sets out to explore, based on this in-depth, applied transition arena process, how to combine transition management and the multiple streams approach to increase the transformative potential of transition arenas. The multiple streams approach and transition management have rarely been used simultaneously or had their integration planned. However, this case from Phoenix, AZ illustrates the potential for boundary objects and facilitation processes in designing for the convergence of policy windows and transition arenas.
John Harlow; Erik Johnston; Eric Hekler; Zoë Yeh. Fostering Sustainability Transitions by Designing for the Convergence of Policy Windows and Transition Arenas. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2975 .
AMA StyleJohn Harlow, Erik Johnston, Eric Hekler, Zoë Yeh. Fostering Sustainability Transitions by Designing for the Convergence of Policy Windows and Transition Arenas. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (9):2975.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohn Harlow; Erik Johnston; Eric Hekler; Zoë Yeh. 2018. "Fostering Sustainability Transitions by Designing for the Convergence of Policy Windows and Transition Arenas." Sustainability 10, no. 9: 2975.
Moving consumption toward sustainable patterns has been a key goal of sustainability science since the 1990s. However, a large knowledge gap remains between identified consumption problems that restrict social and ecological development and progress toward solutions. Unfortunately, “sustainable consumption” is generally discussed in a rational context and does not address how culture, pleasure, identity, and communication drive consumption. This exclusively rational framing limits innovation in problem-solving research methodologies based on the other drivers of consumption. Marketing, however, excels at capitalizing on all the drivers of consumption. Consumers are the targets of countless behavior change strategies, and this article offers perspective on how the nonrational drivers of consumption can be leveraged to instead pursue sustainable consumption. Bridging the behavior change knowledge gap can be relevant for many sustainability impasses, as many of them stem from human behavior, and boundary work drawing on behavioral science can effectively navigate norms and expectations at the interface of science and society. The better researchers understand the behaviors of relevant actors, the better their behavior change strategies will support sustainability transitions.
John Harlow; Michael J. Bernstein; Bastien Girod; Arnim Wiek. Consumption and Sustainability. Sustainability Science 2016, 293 -301.
AMA StyleJohn Harlow, Michael J. Bernstein, Bastien Girod, Arnim Wiek. Consumption and Sustainability. Sustainability Science. 2016; ():293-301.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohn Harlow; Michael J. Bernstein; Bastien Girod; Arnim Wiek. 2016. "Consumption and Sustainability." Sustainability Science , no. : 293-301.
In public planning processes for sustainable urban development, planners and experts often face the challenge of engaging a public that is not familiar with sustainability principles or does not subscribe to sustainability values. Although there are calls to build the public’s sustainability literacy through social learning, such efforts require sufficient time and other resources that are not always available. Alternatively, public participation processes may be realigned with the sustainability literacy the participants possess, and their capacity can modestly be built during the engagement. Asking what tools might successfully align public participation with participants’ sustainability literacy, this article describes and evaluates a public participation process in Phoenix, Arizona, in which researchers, in collaboration with city planners, facilitated sustainability conversations as part of an urban development process. The tool employed for Visually Enhanced Sustainability Conversation (VESC) was specifically designed to better align public participation with stakeholders’ sustainability literacy. We tested and evaluated VESC through interviews with participants, city planners, and members of the research team, as well as an analysis of project reports. We found that the use of VESC successfully facilitated discussions on pertinent sustainability issues and embedded sustainability objectives into the project reports. We close with recommendations for strengthening tools like VESC for future public engagements.
Matthew Cohen; Arnim Wiek; Braden Kay; John Harlow. Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona. Sustainability 2015, 7, 8709 -8728.
AMA StyleMatthew Cohen, Arnim Wiek, Braden Kay, John Harlow. Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona. Sustainability. 2015; 7 (7):8709-8728.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatthew Cohen; Arnim Wiek; Braden Kay; John Harlow. 2015. "Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona." Sustainability 7, no. 7: 8709-8728.
Sustainable development is commonly traced to the ‘Bruntland Report’. However, its origins wind their way back through earlier UN conferences, 18th and 19th century political economic thought, Rousseauian ideals, the modernism founded on Bacon and Descartes, early Christian utopianism, and classical utopias such as Republic and New Atlantis, which expressed themes of social justice, environmental stewardship and economic growth. This article follows these utopian themes back through the history of sustainable development thought, relying on contemporary histories and reviews of the field as well as certain original texts. We also identify these threads within, and their impact upon, contemporary narratives and debates. We conclude with the suggestion that awareness of these discursive streams can assist in the effective use of the tools and concepts available for sustainable development efforts. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
John Harlow; Aaron Golub; Braden Allenby. A Review of Utopian Themes in Sustainable Development Discourse. Sustainable Development 2011, 21, 270 -280.
AMA StyleJohn Harlow, Aaron Golub, Braden Allenby. A Review of Utopian Themes in Sustainable Development Discourse. Sustainable Development. 2011; 21 (4):270-280.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohn Harlow; Aaron Golub; Braden Allenby. 2011. "A Review of Utopian Themes in Sustainable Development Discourse." Sustainable Development 21, no. 4: 270-280.