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Table of contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Water in the 21st Century: Evolving Paradigms of Science and Management
The Paradox of Complexity and Systems Thinking
The Paradox of ‘Evidence-Based Policy’
The Paradox of Transboundary Collaboration
Continued Challenges at the Interface of Science, Practice and Policy
Context of the Thesis
A Call for (Restrained) Introspection
Challenges and Limitations
Thesis Objectives
Two Contrasting Cases: Examples from France and Australia
Evolution of Analysis
Thesis Structure
CHAPTER ONE THE USE AND UTILITY OF MODELLING TOOLS IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Distinguishing Between Use, Usage and Utility
Research Models vs. Operational Models: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Exploring the Use and Utility of Modelling Tools at the Science-Practice Interface
Article Use And Utility: Exploring The Diversity And Design Of
Water Models At The Science-Policy Interface
Natalie Chong | 2019
CHAPTER TWO RECONCILING UNCERTAINTY IN THE HYDROINFORMATIC PROCESS
Part One Exploring Perspectives and Approaches to Uncertainty
Understanding Uncertainty
Uncertainty Framework
Source of Uncertainty
Level or Type of Uncertainty
Nature of Uncertainty
Perspectives and Approaches to Uncertainty in the PIREN-Seine
Article Reconciling uncertainty in the hydroinformatic process:
Exploring approaches, perspectives and the spaces between
Part Two Dealing with Uncomfortable Knowledge in ‘Evidence-
Based Policy’
The Production and Utilisation of Knowledge
Objective Facts in Subjective Spaces
Governing by Numbers: Scientific Truths and the ‘Illusion of Precision’
Dealing with ‘Uncomfortable Knowledge’
Article Eyes wide shut: Exploring practices of negotiated ignorance
in water resources modelling and management
CHAPTER THREE THE ROLE OF BOUNDARY ORGANISATIONS
The Social Construction of Boundaries
The Evolving Nature of Science: New Modes of Knowledge Production
The Emergence of Boundary Organisations
Exploring the Role and Functioning of Boundary Organisations
Enhancing the Use and Utility of Knowledge and Tools
Reconciling Uncertainty in Model-based Decision Support
Beyond Boundary Organisations: Towards a Multi-scalar Approach to Boundary Work
Are Boundary Organisations Necessary?
Stabilising the Paradigms of Knowledge Production
CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
Models: Solution or Delusion?
Models as a ‘Boundary Object’
Models as Boundary Objects in a ‘Scoping’ Approach
Models as Boundary Objects in a ‘Fixed-Frame’ Approach
Key Factors Contributing to Models as a ‘Boundary Object’
What Qualifies as Adequate Representation?
Technological Representation: Is More Data Necessarily Better?
Social Representation: Who’s In, Who’s Out?
Towards Digital Catchments: A Happy Compromise?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
