A land fit for all our futures<p>As I near the end of my final two taught modules of my MPA, I'm thinking about the topic for my <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/thesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thesis</span></a>/ <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissertation</span></a></p><p>Having worked and campaigned for decades in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>, I am studying <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PublicAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAdministration</span></a> to better grasp why <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/decisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decisions</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> seem so divorced from the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/knowledges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledges</span></a> available</p><p>For now, I'm referring to this as the "knowledge-decision gap" - probably naively, I've not had much time to dig into the field</p><p>For example <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> policies seem divorced from the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/expertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expertise</span></a> of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> in these fields. And the real-world <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experience</span></a> of citizens is poorly accounted for in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>.</p><p>There are <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/vestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vestedInterests</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/biases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biases</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prejudice</span></a> and plain <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a>. Are there patterns in the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KnowledgeDecisionGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeDecisionGap</span></a> that we can learn from - commonalities across fields? Are there examples of great success or appalling failure in transferring <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> into <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decision</span></a>? What do we already know? Where are the gaps in our knowledge about gaps 😜 ?</p><p>The subject is still wide open for me and due to be honed in April. I'd be delighted if anyone can chuck thoughts, ideas, references, comments my way 🙏 </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>