Knowledge co‐production and researcher roles in transdisciplinary environmental management projects

Calls for transformative change and participatory modes of knowledge production demand researchers to assume new roles. This paper synthesizes the literature on co-production researcher roles explore challenges involved in transdisciplinary environmental management projects. Our research methods combine a scoping review reflections personal experiences with three To conceptualize co-production, we distinguish between spaces: knowledge, formal policy, stakeholder. Knowledge requires collaboration actors from different spaces integration diverse sources types. Depending whether adopt knowledge-oriented, change-oriented or intermediating roles, they will experience challenges. When development and/or encounter challenges, such as, maintaining independence objectivity. assist projects, conclude checklist four elements reflect upon: orientation, norms values, expectations resources.