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ArticleOpen research Europe2025

Rethinking science-policy-practice interaction for transformative sustainability research and innovation in Europe.

Jari Lyytimäki, Leena Kunttu, Stephan Bartke, Karl Henry Eckert, Gerald Jan Ellen, Helmut Gaugitsch, Boris Lipták, Linda Maring, Erkki Mervaala, Camilo Molina and 5 more

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Article in Open research Europe, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Jari LyytimäkiFinnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3308-5234
Leena KunttuFinnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.
Stephan BartkeUmweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-3050
Karl Henry EckertUmweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5598-0563
Gerald Jan EllenDeltares, Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1102-453X
Helmut GaugitschEnvironment Agency Austria, Wien, Austria.
Boris LiptákSlovak Environment Agency, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
Linda MaringDeltares, Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands.
Erkki MervaalaFinnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.
Camilo MolinaEnvironment Agency Austria, Wien, Austria.
Judith NeumannEnvironment Agency Austria, Wien, Austria.
Sonja OttoUmweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Bart RijkenDeltares, Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands.
Kester SavageNatural Resources Wales, Lowestoft, UK.
Mariësse van SluisveldPBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3600-2425

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Impactful knowledge generation and utilisation, aiming at addressing environmental and sustainability challenges, requires meaningful interaction between scientists, stakeholders, policymakers and society. This study identifies key success factors and challenges at the science-policy-practice interaction, drawing on document analysis, interviews, and workshops involving experts, policymakers, and funders of environmental and sustainability research and innovation across 14 European countries. Experiences from current practices highlight the highly variable contexts for interaction and communication throughout Europe, a diverse range of tools and approaches, and differing levels of available resources. Siloed structures and the need to engage various societal sectors and levels of governance remain significant challenges. The development and employment of expertise in communication, interaction and knowledge co-creation, capable to orchestrate this variability, is essential. Greater recognition of the diverse dimensions of inclusive participation is proposed to ensure that environmental and sustainability research and innovation, aimed at societal transformation, leaves no one behind.

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CommunicationInnovationInteractionParticipationPolicyScienceSustainabilityTransformation

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PMID41586437
PMCPMC12824481

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