Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field
Stakeholder engagement is an integral component of active and participatory decision-making, enabling robust outcomes to be delivered and facilitating organisations in gaining and retaining a social license to operate. However, engaging stakeholders requires methods that realise these benefits whils...
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| author | Ackermann, Fran Clifton, Julian Burton, Michael Elrick-Barr, Carmen Harvey, Euan Hill, Georgie Zimmerhackel, Johanna |
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| description | Stakeholder engagement is an integral component of active and participatory decision-making, enabling robust outcomes to be delivered and facilitating organisations in gaining and retaining a social license to operate. However, engaging stakeholders requires methods that realise these benefits whilst avoiding common pitfalls such as tokenism, selective participation, and stakeholder fatigue amongst others. This paper reports on an approach to identify stakeholder perspectives on the socio-economic values associated with decommissioning of Australian offshore oil and gas structures in a manner that enabled a holistic understanding of these values. This involved combining causal mapping with group decision support system technology, allowing a complex range of views to be explored whilst reducing pressures for conformity. The results demonstrate how such a method can ensure transparency and facilitate knowledge sharing between stakeholders, whilst also underlining the significance of a systemic approach to understanding the heterogeneity of stakeholder views. These process outcomes provide policy-makers with insights into the complexities of perceived issues and opportunities associated with offshore decommissioning and an approach that enables a nuanced understanding of these and related grand challenges to be incorporated into marine policy. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-975072025-06-04T01:16:36Z Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field Ackermann, Fran Clifton, Julian Burton, Michael Elrick-Barr, Carmen Harvey, Euan Hill, Georgie Zimmerhackel, Johanna Stakeholder engagement is an integral component of active and participatory decision-making, enabling robust outcomes to be delivered and facilitating organisations in gaining and retaining a social license to operate. However, engaging stakeholders requires methods that realise these benefits whilst avoiding common pitfalls such as tokenism, selective participation, and stakeholder fatigue amongst others. This paper reports on an approach to identify stakeholder perspectives on the socio-economic values associated with decommissioning of Australian offshore oil and gas structures in a manner that enabled a holistic understanding of these values. This involved combining causal mapping with group decision support system technology, allowing a complex range of views to be explored whilst reducing pressures for conformity. The results demonstrate how such a method can ensure transparency and facilitate knowledge sharing between stakeholders, whilst also underlining the significance of a systemic approach to understanding the heterogeneity of stakeholder views. These process outcomes provide policy-makers with insights into the complexities of perceived issues and opportunities associated with offshore decommissioning and an approach that enables a nuanced understanding of these and related grand challenges to be incorporated into marine policy. 2025 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97507 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107658 Fisheries Research and Development Corporation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Elsevier fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Ackermann, Fran Clifton, Julian Burton, Michael Elrick-Barr, Carmen Harvey, Euan Hill, Georgie Zimmerhackel, Johanna Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field |
| title | Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field |
| title_full | Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field |
| title_fullStr | Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field |
| title_short | Harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: Reflections from the field |
| title_sort | harnessing model-based group decision support systems for more effective stakeholder engagement: reflections from the field |
| url | Fisheries Research and Development Corporation http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97507 |