Our way of working

Research and collaboration

No one actor has the knowledge, capacity or resources to understand and implement the necessary changes. Taking on an environmental challenge requires deep collaboration between different worlds of knowledge.

We therefore chose to co-create knowledge and solutions with research, organisations, authorities and companies in four steps:

Step 1. We identify challenges together

The first step was to jointly identify challenges and propose actors for six learning groups. Researchers from our six themes worked together with representatives of The Swedish Sports Confederation, The Swedish Association for Outdoor Organizations, The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, The Scandinavian Outdoor Group. This step was implemented in 2021.

Step 2. We generate knowledge and solutions together

The second step was to jointly generate knowledge and solutions. At this stage, it was important that different actors and knowledge were involved in order to find solutions to the identified challenges. The learning groups worked in a facilitated process based on learning. Step 2 began in November 2020 and ran until March 2024.

Step 3. We communicate and start a movement together

The third step was to visualise and communicate the solutions that had emerged during the process. Here we communicated together with many parties so that many actors could learn about the results and use them. We also started the process of scaling up the results so that more people could use the solutions. The movement for sustainable development in sport and outdoor recreation started.

A working group worked since 2021 to find ways to start a movement for sustainable development in sport and outdoor recreation.

Step 4. We implement on a large scale

After the first four years, Mistra rejected our application to extend the programme. Step 4 of our collaboration model has therefore not been completed.