Järvensivu , P , Räisänen , H & Hukkinen , J 2021 , ' A simulation exercise for incorporating long-term path dependencies in urgent decision-making ' , Futures : The journal of policy, planning and futures studies , vol. 132 , 102812 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102812
Title: | A simulation exercise for incorporating long-term path dependencies in urgent decision-making |
Author: | Järvensivu, Paavo; Räisänen, Helmi; Hukkinen, Janne |
Contributor organization: | Social Policy Past Present Sustainability (PAES) Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) Environmental Policy Research Group (EPRG) Creative adaptation to wicked socio-environmental disruptions (WISE STN) Environmental Sciences Department of Economics and Management |
Date: | 2021-09 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 13 |
Belongs to series: | Futures : The journal of policy, planning and futures studies |
ISSN: | 0016-3287 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102812 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333504 |
Abstract: | Urban policymakers of the 2020s must act within various types of wicked socio-ecological disruptions. Under deep uncertainty and time pressure, they must make decisions which will define the scope of possible actions in the future. Our aim was to develop a research instrument that would enable researchers and practitioners to learn about such policymaking. We designed and ran a half-day simulation exercise, the Policy Operations Room (POR). The participants were the top politicians and a group of senior experts from the City of Helsinki, Finland. The design of the exercise was based on a review of simulation and gaming research literature. The exercise managed to integrate - albeit imperfectly - the utilitarian and emancipatory dimensions in futures studies: it gave the participants the utilitarian possibility to practice decision-making and the emancipatory possibility to critically reflect on decision-making in wicked, science-based scenarios. It also gave the researchers a chance to witness urgent decision-making in action. Issues deserving further attention include the inclusion of social-political complexity in the scenarios and practitioner involvement in the design process of the exercise. All in all, the POR constitutes a unique way of integrating science-based assessment of future path dependencies into science-policy research and interaction. |
Subject: |
1172 Environmental sciences
5142 Social policy Simulation exercise Long-term path dependencies Urgent decision-making Climate Energy Policy operations room MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS DISASTER FUTURES GAMES POLICY |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | cc_by_nc_nd |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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