@article{ref1,
title="Qualitative data sharing and synthesis for sustainability science",
journal="Nature sustainability",
year="2020",
author="Alexander, Steven M. and Jones, Kristal and Bennett, Nathan J. and Budden, Amber and Cox, Michael and Crosas, Mercè and Game, Edward T. and Geary, Janis and Hardy, R. Dean and Johnson, Jay T. and Karcher, Sebastian and Motzer, Nicole and Pittman, Jeremy and Randell, Heather and Silva, Julie A. and da Silva, Patricia Pinto and Strasser, Carly and Strawhacker, Colleen and Stuhl, Andrew and Weber, Nic",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="81-88",
abstract="Socio-environmental synthesis as a research approach contributes to broader sustainability policy and practice by reusing data from disparate disciplines in innovative ways. Synthesizing diverse data sources and types of evidence can help to better conceptualize, investigate and address increasingly complex socio-environmental problems. However, sharing qualitative data for re-use remains uncommon when compared to sharing quantitative data. We argue that qualitative data present untapped opportunities for sustainability science, and discuss practical pathways to facilitate and realize the benefits from sharing and reusing qualitative data. However, these opportunities and benefits are also hindered by practical, ethical and epistemological challenges. To address these challenges and accelerate qualitative data sharing, we outline enabling conditions and suggest actions for researchers, institutions, funders, data repository managers and publishers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2398-9629",
doi="10.1038/s41893-019-0434-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0434-8"
}