Module 4: Interdisciplinary and Convergent Teams
Co-development/Co-production
Co-development and Co-production
For this topic, we are continuing to focus on interdisciplinary teams but focusing on a specific effective way to work together and co-create knowledge. This is variously known as co-production and co-development, depending on who is writing about it. Why does co-production matter? We want to hear from all the voices in a group as their ideas and knowledge matter and make a difference to the final outcome! For this class, we are focusing on ethical and responsible AI as the final outcome but any interdisciplinary team that is working together effectively needs to have everyone participating in the process.
Assignment 1: Reading about co-production
Read about team science and co-production
- Team Science, Justice, and the Co-Production of Knowledge (the PDF is on canvas but the link should work if you are on campus)
- Leadership and the hidden politics of co-produced research
- Wisely navigating knowledge co-production: Towards an ethics that builds capacities
Read a fun and short article about how to best collaborate between Earth scientists and data scientists
Read the following two articles about incorporating knowledge from different groups
- Why are Black women becoming the hidden figures in AI? (This one might seem like an aside but it is not. This article is about not missing any voices!)
- The River’s Lizard Tail: Braiding Indigenous Knowledges with Geomorphology
Optional reading: I found some good examples for Earth Science. Two of these are just websites but they discuss co-production so you can examine them quickly. The final one is a paper that discusses theory of how effective co-production works.