The Structure and Flow of Knowledge for Collabora6ve Watershed Governance Wendy A. Kellogg Aritree Samanta Levin College of Urban Affairs APPAM Fall Conference Albuquerque, NM November 2014 Presenta6on Outline •  Research Ques6ons and Method •  Case Study SeOng •  Conceptual Framework and Results Research Ques6ons and Method How does the structure of the governance network shape genera6on and flow of instrumental and rela6onal knowledge? Pahl and Wostl et al 2007 Is this knowledge networked? Where is it situated? Is it distributed? Argyris and Schon 1996 Does knowledge as situated support adap6ve capacity of the governance network? Historical document review Organiza6on web pages and Linked-­‐In Interviews Network Analysis (UCINET and NETDRAW) Network Structure How is structure organized? –  Micro –  Macro •  Established or emergent? •  How does it change? –  Itera6ve co-­‐evolu6on Concepts From Literature Concepts From Literature Concepts From Literature CRWP Local Government Network CRWP as NAO in Cons6tu6onal Ac6on Space CRWP Watershed Network CRWP as LOGN in Policy Ac6on Space CRWP Project-­‐based Network Structure A Hybrid Network: NAO and LOGN Challenges to Networked Knowledge •  Evolu&on of structure and ac&on space •  Knowledge genera&on and flow •  Knowledge centraliza&on ?? QUESTIONS? •  Thank you: CSU faculty innova&on grant and Dept. of Urban Studies for support of two graduate students