| The proposed programme focuses on topic (1) ?Nature andLandscape?. It will address in particular the concern formulated inthe GaMON brochure, how the fundamental challenges facing the ruralNetherlands can be addressed in a collective manner. It will approachthis question through another: What is the role of expertise infacilitating this collective engagement in policy making? Under whatcircumstances does expertise impede or enhance collective policymaking?It suggests that the current lack of performance in planninglandscape and nature (as argued in the proposal) is linked to thediscursive frames in planning, including particular ideas about theroles and tools of planners and the perceptions of the limits ofthese roles and tools. Moreover, a possible cause for the continuedfrustration with the performance of the land use system is the lackof attention for the particular way in which expertise is mobilisedin the various forms of interaction. Analytically the programmedistinguishes two types of expertise: expertise of content andexpertise of process. Guiding research questions of the project are:1. Which expertise is mobilised in Dutch planning and how has thischanged over time? What are the frames, practices and institutionalarrangements which shape, condition and define the planning processof nature and landscape?2. How does the mobilisation of expertise relate to the quest formore open planning processes? 3. Can the pattern in the mobilisation of expertise explain thevariation in policy successes, and what can be learned from thesefindings for current processes of planning nature and landscape? The programme has two main parts: the OIO project focuses on plannersand will investigate the changes in the frames, the ways in whichplanners described their own role in policy making and themobilization of expertise over the last fifteen years. The Post Docwill focus on the emerging role for designers in planning nature and |
