Negotiating landscape transition in Scotland
Dealing with complex problems through a participatory and engaging strategy game approach.
By transforming the Scottish landscapes into an immersive strategy game and actively involving social actors in the design process, we represent different worldviews. This innovative process engages players in serious discussions about the pathways towards a sustainable and inclusive landscape.
Latest news
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News: Our collaboration with the Ericht Restoration Initiative
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Activity: Envisioning ideal landscapes
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First results: Actor-Resource interaction mapping
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Meet our team
The project
We aim to investigate various landscape options that foster the revitalization of rivers in Tayside, Scotland. The well-being of local communities is closely tied to the quality of rivers, which, in turn, is linked to the provision of ecosystem services.
Revitalising rivers and watersheds poses a formidable challenge, especially given the complex social and ecological arrangements across landscapes. This requires cooperation among a diverse array of stakeholders, with often conflicting interests.
Our project seeks to comprehend these conflicting perspectives and worldviews to foster mutual understanding and inspire collaborative efforts.
To facilitate this collaboration, we employ a proven method: Strategy Games. These games are models of the socio-ecological system, crafted to simplify complexities, enabling players with divergent interests to explore and discuss alternative landscape scenarios and strategies.
Strategy games allow the emergence of mutually agreed management, governance, and policy solutions by facilitating negotiation across a diversity of interests, all informed by science and the knowledge that participants themselves bring
