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Examine why community engagement in climate adaptation research frequently remains superficial and propose actionable pathways toward genuine epistemic partnership.

August 14, 2026npj Climate ActionOpen Access

Navigating the tensions of co-producing climate adaptation research

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IMIshfaq Hussain MalikUniversity of Leeds JFJames D. FordUniversity of Leeds

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Perspective analysis reveals institutional barriers to participatory climate adaptation research, highlighting the need for epistemic partnerships across three stages of shared authority.

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Examine why community engagement in climate adaptation research frequently remains superficial and propose actionable pathways toward genuine epistemic partnership.
Conceptual perspective analyzing the structural differences between instrumental consultation and epistemic partnership.
Framework synthesis structuring participatory research around three progressive stages of shared decision-making authority.
Institutional structures within academia and funding bodies, rather than methodological deficits, serve as the primary barriers to authentic research co-production.
Effective co-production necessitates distributing authority across problem definition, evidence interpretation, and the translation of outputs into climate action.

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Malik et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec735b70b84ec8b9135eb https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-026-00418-7

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Perspective analysis reveals institutional barriers to participatory climate adaptation research, highlighting the need for epistemic partnerships across three stages of shared authority.

Navigating the tensions of co-producing climate adaptation research

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Navigating the tensions of co-producing climate adaptation research

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