Exploring Triple Bottom Line Scenario Sites: Pathways to Convergence Research

The STEPS Center uses tools called boundary objects to help build convergence capacity – that is, the ability to effectively co-create new knowledge – across its multidisciplinary research community. This episode is an introduction to one of those boundary objects, the Triple Bottom Line Scenario Site, also known as TBL Sites. TBL Sites are geographic locations that, for STEPS at least, encompass a phosphorus flow in a particular ecological setting. These sites provide researchers with access to resources, data, and stakeholder networks, as well as specific contexts related to phosphorus management. In this episode we will introduce you to the concept of the TBL Site and how the STEPS Center is using these boundary objects to learn about phosphorus challenges, and to test new ideas and innovations. Future episodes will take a deeper look at the current TBL Sites.

Hosted by Smitom Borah and Alison Deviney

Featuring (in order of appearance) Maude Cuchiara, Natalie Nelson, Paul Westerhoff, Jacob Jones, and Jay Rickabaugh. 

Link to the transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19rXZ7Mw6Bk1J5Qz38PoqyYq7DFoAO8w2vRO4QyOX0bM/edit?usp=sharing 

Link to the background music: https://pixabay.com/music/funk-energetic-funky-groove-138634/