Methodology to address grand challenges : theory, practice and interventions / edited by Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani (assistant professor of qualitative empirical methods), Eti�enne Rouwette (professor of research and intervention methodology, business administration, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, the Netherlands).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoorani, Bareerah Hafeez, editor.

Rouwette, Eti{uml}enne, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Management--Research--Methodology.

Management.

Social problems--Research--Methodology.

Social problems.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This book explores how diverse methodologies are, and can be, applied to tackle grand challenges. Contributing authors promote both inward and outward introspection of existing assumptions, values and systems, emphasising the importance of complexifying, bridging theory and practice, engaging with the future and embracing alternative ways of knowing. Chapters argue that grand challenges can only be solved through methodological pluralism. Presenting diverse insights into the impacts of grand challenges in European, South American, South and East Asian contexts, contributors advocate for research that considers complex practical realities and worldviews. The book embraces the implementation of new strategies over established ones, providing successful real-world examples such as combining machine learning with system dynamics modeling and using information from stakeholders over existing psychometric scales. This book empowers researchers to adopt a more idealistic approach and embrace methodological variety, with a view to solve the most pressing issues of our time. Methodology to Address Grand Challenges is highly relevant to researchers, scholars, and students of business, management, heath, transport and sustainability. With its practical reflections on how to confront grand challenges, it is also an essential read for practitioners and policymakers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Moving towards an idealistic stance to address grand challenges / Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani and Etiënne Rouwette

Keeping it complex: Advancing sustainability research through complexity-based integrative reviews / Cem Gürsan, Sara Gonella, Vincent de Gooyert, and Ke Zhou

Inclusive education as a grand challenge: Contributions of the social norm theory / Jana Vyrastekova and Annemiek Schilpzand

Evaluating social innovation for grand challenges through qualitative comparative analysis: The case of youth labour integration in Barrio 31, Argentina / Priscilla Alamos-Concha and Benoît Rihoux

Integrating machine learning and system dynamics / Hesham Mahmoud, Hubert Korzilius, Marcel Olde Rikkert, Susan Howick, Etiënne Rouwette, and William Schoenberg

Action research on the challenge of inequality in organizations: Participatory modeling on harassment in academia / Inge Bleijenbergh, Monic Lansu, and Franziska Saxler

Challenges in planning for a transition towards a sustainable transport system / Peraphan Jittrapirom, Vincent Marchau, Ruben Akse, Rob van der Heijden, and Yuko Onishi

Participatory game theory interventions to support multiactor decision-making on grand challenges: A case study of the Dutch dairy sector / Femke Bekius, Alice H. Aubert, and Lara Koopman

Context and conversation: A topology of interviews inspired by grand challenge fieldwork / Paolo Franco, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, and Ai Ming Chow

Staying with the trouble: Unpacking methodological challenges for studying insider activists and taking a stance / Kristina Lauche, Julia Borgers, Caroline Maessen, and Ann Langley

Painting knowledge and writing art: The methodological challenge of co-creation, acknowledgement, and epistemic justice in ethnographic research / Catherina Wilson and Sapin Makengele

Adopting the idealistic stance for addressing grand challenges: Grounding and stretching / Etiënne Rouwette and Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani.

Contents: 1. Moving towards an idealistic stance to address grand challenges / Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani and Eti{uml}enne Rouwette

2. Keeping it complex: Advancing sustainability research through complexity-based integrative reviews / Cem Grsan, Sara Gonella, Vincent de Gooyert, and Ke Zhou

3. Inclusive education as a grand challenge: Contributions of the social norm theory / Jana Vyrastekova and Annemiek Schilpzand

4. Evaluating social innovation for grand challenges through qualitative comparative analysis: The case of youth labour integration in barrio 31, argentina / Priscilla Alamos-Concha and Beno{circ}it Rihoux

5. Integrating machine learning and system dynamics / Hesham Mahmoud, Hubert Korzilius, Marcel Olde Rikkert, Susan Howick, Eti{uml}enne Rouwette, and William Schoenberg

6. Action research on the challenge of inequality in organizations: Participatory modeling on harassment in academia / Inge Bleijenbergh, Monic Lansu and Franziska Saxler

7. Challenges in planning for a transition towards a sustainable transport system / Peraphan Jittrapirom, Vincent Marchau, Ruben Akse, Rob van der Heijden, and Yuko Onishi

8. Participatory game theory interventions to support multiactor decision-making on grand challenges: A case study of the dutch dairy sector / Femke Bekius, Alice H. Aubert, and Lara Koopman

9. Context and conversation: A topology of interviews inspired by grand challenge fieldwork / Paolo Franco, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, and Ai Ming Chow

10. Staying with the trouble: Unpacking methodological challenges for studying insider activists and taking a stance / Kristina Lauche, Julia Borgers, Caroline Maessen and Ann Langley

11. Painting knowledge and writing art: The methodological challenge of co-creation, acknowledgement, and epistemic justice in ethnographic research / Catherina Wilson and Sapin Makengele

12. Adopting the idealistic stance for addressing grand challenges: Grounding and stretching / Eti{uml}enne Rouwette and Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035314317 (e-book)

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