@article{09a98051c5324209b887479e934f1a34,
title = "Exploring the role of relational practices in water governance using a game-based approach",
abstract = "The growing complexity and interdependence of water management processes requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders in water governance. Multi-party collaboration is increasingly vital at both the strategy development and implementation levels. Multi-party collaboration involves a process of joint decision-making among key stakeholders in a problem domain directed towards the future of that domain. However, the common goal is not present from the beginning; rather, the common goal emerges during the process of collaboration. Unfortunately, when the conflicting interests of different actors are at stake, the large majority of environmental multi-party efforts often do not reliably deliver sustainable improvements to policy and/or practice. One of the reasons for this, which has been long established by many case studies, is that social learning with a focus on relational practices is missing. The purpose of this paper is to present the design and initial results of a pilot study that utilized a game-based approach to explore the effects of relational practices on the effectiveness of water governance. This paper verifies the methods used by addressing the following question: are game mechanisms, protocols for facilitation and observation, the recording of decisions and results, and participant surveys adequate to reliably test hypotheses about behavioral decisions related to water governance? We used the {"}Lords of the Valley{"} (LOV) game, which focuses on the local-level management of a hypothetical river valley involving many stakeholders. We used an observation protocol to collect data on the quality of relational practices and compared this data with the quantitative outcomes achieved by participants in the game. In this pilot study, we ran the game three times with different groups of participants, and here we provide the outcomes within the context of verifying and improving the methods.",
keywords = "Experimental social research, Multi-party collaboration, Relational practices, River basin management, Serious games, Social learning, Social simulation, Stakeholders, Water governance",
author = "Piotr Magnuszewski and Karolina Kr{\'o}likowska and Anna Koch and Michal Pajak and Craig Allen and Victoria Chraibi and Anil Giri and Danielle Haak and Noelle Hart and Michelle Hellman and Donald Pan and Nathan Rossman and Jan Sendzimir and Maggi Sliwinski and Joanna Stefa{\'n}ska and Tharsi Taillieu and Weide, {Denise Marie} and Ilonka Zlatar",
note = "Funding Information: Institute. This work was supported inpart bythe NationalScienceFoundation{\textquoteright}s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program (NSF #0903469). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. We would like to express our gratitude to Magdalena Liszka, Elzbieta Szlauer, Anna Dubel, and Agata Author Contributions: The concept of the research and the article: Piotr Magnuszewski; Research design Pierscieniak, who greatly supported the organization of the game sessions for this study. (including observation protocol): Joanna Stefa{\'n}ska, Piotr Magnuszewski, Tharsi Taillieu, Jan Sendzimir; Research impleAmuetnhtoartiConon(tirnicbluutdioinnsg: Tobhseecrovnactieopnts oafn dthperreosceeasrscihn ganodf rhetes ualrttsic)l:e:VPicitootrr iaMCahgnruasizbei,wAsnki;i lRGeisrei,aDrcha ndieeslilgenHaak, Noelle(iHncalrutd, Minigc hoebllseeHrvealltmioann ,opDtrooconla)l:d JoPaannn, aN aSttehfaan{\'n}sRkoas, sPmioatnr, MMaagggniuSslziwewinsskkii, , DThesnaiirsTeaMillaieruie, WJaenidSee,nIldoznimkairZ; latar, Research implementation (including observations and processing of results): Victoria Chraibi, Anil Giri, Danielle Haak, Noelle Hart, Michelle Hellman, Donald Pan, Nathan Rossman, Maggi Sliwinski, Denise Marie Weide, PiotrMagnuszewski.Ilonka Zlatar, Craig Allen; Analysis of Results: Anna Koch, Michal Paj{\c a}k, Karolina Kr{\'o}likowska, Piotr Magnuszewski; Writing and editing: Karolina Kr{\'o}likowska, Anna Koch, Jan Sendzimir, Danielle Haak, Victoria Chraibi, Nathan Rossman, Piotr Magnuszewski. Funding Information: The Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is jointly supported by a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Fish andWildlife Service, and theWildlife Management Institute. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program (NSF #0903469). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis encourages and actively supports its researchers to publish their research in journal articles or books that are made available for free to all users (gold open access). We would like to express our gratitude to Magdalena Liszka, Elzbieta Szlauer, Anna Dubel, and Agata Pierscieniak, who greatly supported the organization of the game sessions for this study. Funding Information: Acknowledgments: The Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is jointly supported by a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the University of Nebraska−Lincoln, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Wildlife Management Institute. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation{\textquoteright}s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program (NSF #0903469). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 by the authors.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.3390/W10030346",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "10",
journal = "Water (Switzerland)",
issn = "2073-4441",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "3",
}