Participatory Modeling: A Methodology for Engaging Stakeholder Knowledge and Participation in Social Science Research
Publication Date
2-1-2023
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Field Methods
Volume
35
Issue
1
DOI
10.1177/1525822X221076986
First Page
73
Last Page
82
Abstract
Participatory modeling (PM) is an engaged research methodology for creating analog or computer-based models of complex systems, such as socio–environmental systems. Used across a range of fields, PM centers stakeholder knowledge and participation to create more internally valid models that can inform policy and increase engagement and trust between communities and research teams. The PM process also presents opportunities for knowledge co-production and eliciting cross-sectional and longitudinal data on stakeholders’ worldviews and knowledge, risk assessment, decision-making, and social learning. We present an overview of the stages for PM and how it can be used for community-based, stakeholder-engaged social science research.
Funding Number
BCS-2017491
Department
Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Barbara Quimby and Melissa Beresford. "Participatory Modeling: A Methodology for Engaging Stakeholder Knowledge and Participation in Social Science Research" Field Methods (2023): 73-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X221076986
