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Increments of an inclusive social research design. The above figure indicates our process for the social research component of this project. Following a launch workshop at Rich Earth where we brainstormed to identify stakeholders (Preparation), preliminary methods included survey work engaging participants with our educational tools at festivals and markets (Pilot Surveys and Permission). Observations from these surveys along with insights from the technical research team helped to shape the content of our focus group and interview guides, each designed for a specific group of stakeholders (Interviews Design/Conduct). We conducted textual analysis of early data to fill gaps in our coding instruments to address themes—and context for these themes—emerging as most important to participants (Coding and Education Iteration). At each stage, our team reflected on learning from our prior analysis to inform the next stage (see Méndez et al., 2017, on the critical role of this reflective process). Our findings offer further methodological insight for our research; in particular, they indicate that subsequent work should engage participants in sustained (or even punctuated) dialogue across stakeholder categories as our scientific or technical understandings deepen. Conversely, this dialogue can inform research as implementation of UDF proceeds (Action Research). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.408.f2

Increments of an inclusive social research design. The above figure indicates our process for the social research component of this project. Following a launch workshop at Rich Earth where we brainstormed to identify stakeholders (Preparation), preliminary methods included survey work engaging participants with our educational tools at festivals and markets (Pilot Surveys and Permission). Observations from these surveys along with insights from the technical research team helped to shape the content of our focus group and interview guides, each designed for a specific group of stakeholders (Interviews Design/Conduct). We conducted textual analysis of early data to fill gaps in our coding instruments to address themes—and context for these themes—emerging as most important to participants (Coding and Education Iteration). At each stage, our team reflected on learning from our prior analysis to inform the next stage (see Méndez et al., 2017, on the critical role of this reflective process). Our findings offer further methodological insight for our research; in particular, they indicate that subsequent work should engage participants in sustained (or even punctuated) dialogue across stakeholder categories as our scientific or technical understandings deepen. Conversely, this dialogue can inform research as implementation of UDF proceeds (Action Research). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.408.f2

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