As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Antje Witting from the Department of Political and Administrative Sciences at the University of Konstanz, presents, "Policy learning in the context of urban flood mitigation."
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When
stakeholders
fail
to
detect
cognitive
conflicts
and
prioritize
scientific
as
well
as
technical
information
that
bolster
their
beliefs
about
how
socio-ecological
systems
should
be
managed,
there
is
a
risk
of
policy
failure
and
tragedy.
Thus,
understanding
how
this
information
is
used
is
essential
both
to
direct
research
and
to
support
adaptation
responses.
Utilizing
the
policy-oriented
learning
perspective
this
lecture
synthesizes
take-home
messages
that
account
for
the
differences
in
how
stakeholders
acquire
and
process
new
information.
It
also
introduces
an
ongoing
research
project
that
applies
these
lessons
to
flood
risk
management
in
the
Denver
Metropolitan
Area.
Speaker
bio
Antje
WittingAntje
Witting
is
a
postdoctoral
research
fellow
at
the
University
of
Konstanz
who,
in
the
past
twelve
years,
has
contributed
to
policy
analysis
and
advice
on
urban
resilience
building.
Her
published
work
explores
institutional
designs
and
social
network
attributes
that
drive
or
hinder
learning
in
this
context.
Her
research
focuses
in
particular
on
the
planning
and
funding
of
public
infrastructures
that
serve
metropolitan
areas.
She
is
currently
in
the
U.S.
as
a
Visiting
Scholar
at
the
School
of
Public
Affairs
at
the
University
of
Colorado
Denver
to
study
flood
mitigation
in
the
Denver
Metropolitan
Area.