REAL LIFE POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS

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summary Take power relationships into account when working on solutions/actions.
Argumentation Hidden agendas and power asymmetries can jeopardize success, and thus demand special attention when planning knowledge co-production.
Once project participants return to their “real life” institutional settings, shaped by strategic reasoning and established power relations, they might change the positions defended earlier or even veto agreement reached earlier.
Therefore,
In order to achieve project goals, focus more on existing power relationships outside the stakeholder meetings and take them into account when working on solutions/actions.