The paper "Social Learning and Water Resources Management" by Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Marc Craps, Art Dewulf, Erik Mostert, David Tabara, and Tharsi Taillieu discusses the shift in natural resource management, particularly water resources management, towards more collaborative and adaptive approaches. The authors emphasize the importance of stakeholder involvement and social learning in managing complex social-ecological systems. They introduce a concept of social learning rooted in interpretive social sciences, focusing on the context dependence of knowledge and the role of frames and boundary management. The paper highlights the need for institutional settings that balance stability and flexibility, and explores the development of such settings through continuous social learning processes. The authors also discuss the importance of multiparty collaboration, communities of practice, and the influence of governance structures on social learning. They argue that social learning is essential for building adaptive capacity and sustaining social-ecological systems in a changing world. The paper concludes by emphasizing the need for integrated and adaptive water management practices, the role of informal actor platforms, and the interplay between formal and informal institutions in achieving sustainable resource management.The paper "Social Learning and Water Resources Management" by Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Marc Craps, Art Dewulf, Erik Mostert, David Tabara, and Tharsi Taillieu discusses the shift in natural resource management, particularly water resources management, towards more collaborative and adaptive approaches. The authors emphasize the importance of stakeholder involvement and social learning in managing complex social-ecological systems. They introduce a concept of social learning rooted in interpretive social sciences, focusing on the context dependence of knowledge and the role of frames and boundary management. The paper highlights the need for institutional settings that balance stability and flexibility, and explores the development of such settings through continuous social learning processes. The authors also discuss the importance of multiparty collaboration, communities of practice, and the influence of governance structures on social learning. They argue that social learning is essential for building adaptive capacity and sustaining social-ecological systems in a changing world. The paper concludes by emphasizing the need for integrated and adaptive water management practices, the role of informal actor platforms, and the interplay between formal and informal institutions in achieving sustainable resource management.