Testing Interscience in Understanding and Tackling Disaster Risk

Efforts in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are widely geared towards integrating indigenous knowledge and science. Several conceptual frameworks have thus evolved co-creating co-designing DRR measures from the standpoint of communities-at-risk. This is claimed to foster optimization sustainability measures. study tests effectiveness this argument based on case floods Rwenzori, western Uganda, where a mismatch noted between research, policy, action. A protocol was developed stimulate dialogue co-creation among participants three stakeholder groups: scientists, policymakers, Beyond convergence some participants, equitable deliberations were observed different stakeholders. enabled processes: coalescing proposed measures, emergence hybrid worldviews, co-design alternative options. The co-designed options fall within contemporary conceptualization nature-based solutions sustainability. meant that they adoptable optimizable over time by constructive integration favored attributes: overlaps theorizations processes, embracing diversity ontological values, self-critiques policymakers. Lessons drawn how these attributes facilitate bridging gaps science, action DRR.