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Promoting articulated action from diverse stakeholders in response to public policy scenarios: a case analysis of the use of 'scenario improvisation' method

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posted on 2023-05-21, 00:30 authored by Cairns, G, Wright, G, Peter FairbrotherPeter Fairbrother
In this paper we present a novel application of scenario methods to engage a diverse constituency of senior stakeholders, with limited time availability, in debate to inform planning and policy development. Our case study project explores post-carbon futures for the Latrobe Valley region of the Australian state of Victoria. Our approach involved initial deductive development of two 'extreme scenarios' by a multi-disciplinary research team, based upon an extensive research programme. Over four workshops with the stakeholder constituency, these initial scenarios were discussed, challenged, refined and expanded through an inductive process, whereby participants took 'ownership' of a final set of three scenarios. These were both comfortable and challenging to them. The outcomes of this process subsequently informed public policy development for the region. Whilst this process did not follow a single extant structured, multi-stage scenario approach, neither was it devoid of form. Here, we seek to theorise and codify elements of our process - which we term 'scenario improvisation' - such that others may adopt it.

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Publication title

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volume

103

Pagination

97-108

ISSN

0040-1625

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Elsevier Science Inc

Place of publication

360 Park Ave South, New York, USA, Ny, 10010-1710

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Copyright 2015 Elsevier Inc

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