Bernadett Kiss
Lecturer
Mobile research labs to explore nature-based solutions in Japanese cities : - a way to bridge disciplinary divides?
Author
Summary, in English
The mobile research lab is an emerging research methodology increasingly applied in urban studies to investigate phenomena like places, infrastructures, nature and inhabitants of cities. This essay critically explores this relatively new methodology, also known as ‘mobile labs’, as part of in-situ research for a two-year research project supported by the International Fellowship Program of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science on ‘The governance dynamics of nature-based solutions to enhance urban resilience'. Nature-based solutions (NBS), as deliberate interventions using properties of nature in cities to build urban resilience, have been analyzed as a controversial urban phenomenon through mobile lab methodology. Building on previous experience, mobile labs can be characterized by key features, including an inter- or transdisciplinary research team, which investigates an urban phenomenon or controversy in a collaborative and reflexive manner. We have found that while the application of this method yields extremely valuable insights into the subject under study, some challenges might occur due to differences in research cultures, language and administration.
Department/s
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2021-03
Language
English
Publication/Series
Annual Report, Center for Multicultural Public Sphere at School of International Studies
Issue
13
Document type
Report
Publisher
Utsunomiya University
Topic
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Keywords
- mobile research lab
- nature-based solutions
- research method
- interdisciplinary
- mobile research lab
- Nature-based solutions
- research method
- interdisciplinary
Status
Published
Project
- Nature-based Urban Innovation
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2189-5252