A Competency Framework for Participatory Modeling

Elsawah, S; Bakhanova, E; Hämäläinen, RP; Voinov, A

A Competency Framework for Participatory Modeling

Elsawah, S Bakhanova, E

Hämäläinen, RP Voinov, A

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Publisher:: SPRINGER
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Group Decision and Negotiation, 2023, 32, (3), pp. 569-601
Issue Date:: 2023-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Elsawah, S
dc.contributor.author	Bakhanova, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5704-961X
dc.contributor.author	Hämäläinen, RP
dc.contributor.author	Voinov, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2985-4574
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-09T22:34:25Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-09T22:34:25Z
dc.date.issued	2023-06-01
dc.identifier.citation	Group Decision and Negotiation, 2023, 32, (3), pp. 569-601
dc.identifier.issn	0926-2644
dc.identifier.issn	1572-9907
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/172608
dc.description.abstract	Participatory modeling (PM) is a craft that is often learned by training ‘on the job’ and mastered through years of practice. There is little explicit knowledge available on identifying and documenting the skills needed to perform PM. In the modeling literature, existing attempts to identify relevant competencies have focused on the specific technical skills required for specific technical model development. The other skills required to organize and conduct the stakeholder process seem to be more vaguely and poorly defined in this context. The situation is complicated by PM being an essentially transdisciplinary craft, with no single discipline or skill set to borrow ideas and recommendations from. In this paper, we aim to set the foundation for both the practice and capacity-building efforts for PM by identifying the relevant core competencies. Our inquiry into this topic starts with reviewing and compiling literature on competencies in problem-solving research areas related to PM (e.g., systems thinking, facilitated model building, operations research, and so forth). We augment our inquiry with results from a PM practitioners’ survey to learn how they perceive the importance of different competencies and how the scope of these competencies may vary across the various roles that participatory modellers play. As a result, we identified five core competency areas essential for PM: systems thinking, modeling, group facilitation, project management and leadership, and, more recently, designing and running virtual workshops and events.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SPRINGER
dc.relation.ispartof	Group Decision and Negotiation
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10726-023-09818-0
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dc.subject	1503 Business and Management
dc.subject.classification	Information Systems
dc.subject.classification	3503 Business systems in context
dc.subject.classification	3801 Applied economics
dc.subject.classification	4609 Information systems
dc.title	A Competency Framework for Participatory Modeling
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	32
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Professional Practice and Leadership
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - PERSWADE - Centre on Persuasive Systems for Wise Adaptive Living
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
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pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	32
utslib.citation.issue	3

Abstract:

Participatory modeling (PM) is a craft that is often learned by training ‘on the job’ and mastered through years of practice. There is little explicit knowledge available on identifying and documenting the skills needed to perform PM. In the modeling literature, existing attempts to identify relevant competencies have focused on the specific technical skills required for specific technical model development. The other skills required to organize and conduct the stakeholder process seem to be more vaguely and poorly defined in this context. The situation is complicated by PM being an essentially transdisciplinary craft, with no single discipline or skill set to borrow ideas and recommendations from. In this paper, we aim to set the foundation for both the practice and capacity-building efforts for PM by identifying the relevant core competencies. Our inquiry into this topic starts with reviewing and compiling literature on competencies in problem-solving research areas related to PM (e.g., systems thinking, facilitated model building, operations research, and so forth). We augment our inquiry with results from a PM practitioners’ survey to learn how they perceive the importance of different competencies and how the scope of these competencies may vary across the various roles that participatory modellers play. As a result, we identified five core competency areas essential for PM: systems thinking, modeling, group facilitation, project management and leadership, and, more recently, designing and running virtual workshops and events.

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