A5014668327- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Forest Management and Policy
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Indigenous and Place-Based Education
- Property Rights and Legal Doctrine
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
University of Zurich
2018-2025
ETH Zurich
2023-2025
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2023
University of British Columbia
2016-2020
Stanford University
2005
A cornerstone of environmental policy is the debate over protecting nature for humans’ sake (instrumental values) or nature’s (intrinsic (1). We propose that focusing only on instrumental intrinsic values may fail to resonate with views personal and collective well-being, “what right,” regard environment. Without complementary attention other ways value expressed realized by people, such a focus inadvertently promote worldviews at odds fair desirable futures. It time engage seriously third...
In this paper we suggest an interpretation of the concept ‘relational value’ that could be useful in both environmental ethics and empirical analyses. We argue relational valuing includes aspects intrinsic instrumental valuing. If values are attributed, objects appreciated because relationship with them contributes to human flourishing component well-being (instrumental aspect). At same time, attributing value involves genuine esteem for valued item (intrinsic also introduce notions...
Enduring sustainability challenges requires a new model of collective leadership that embraces critical reflection, inclusivity and care. Leadership collectives can support move in academia from metrics to merits, focus on career care, enact shift disciplinary inter- trans-disciplinary research. Academic organisations need reorient their training programs, work ethics reward systems encourage excellence allow space for future leaders develop radically re-imagined vision how lead as with care...
Abstract Relational values have recently been proposed as a concept to expand our understanding of environmental from the categories previously dominating discourse: instrumental (nature for people's sake) and intrinsic its own sake). Empirical conceptual research on relational has so far focused content or their relationship other kinds values. In this paper, we fill key gap in exactly what are how they work; call ‘syntax’ We do by applying Syntax Environmental Values Framework, which...
Cockburn, J., M. Schoon, G. Cundill, C. Robinson, J. A. Aburto, S. Alexander, Baggio, Barnaud, Chapman, Garcia Llorente, García-López, R. Hill, Ifejika Speranza, Lee, L. Meek, E. Rosenberg, Schultz, and Thondhlana. 2020. Understanding the context of multifaceted collaborations for social-ecological sustainability: a methodology cross-case analysis. Ecology Society 25(3):7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11527-250307
Land system science (LSS) has substantially advanced understanding of land dynamics throughout the world. However, studies that explicitly address causative role culture in systems have been fairly limited relative to those examining other structural dimensions (e.g. markets, policies, climate). In this paper, we aim start a discussion on how better include LSS. Through four examples, show aspects influence myriad ways. Building existing causal models, propose conceptual framework for use...
Abstract Relational values feature prominently in recent international efforts to protect global biodiversity. In this article, we provide a conceptual approach for researchers, facilitators and policy‐makers adequately represent place‐based relational assessments of nature's value that inform practice policy. We suggest employing horizontal portability as an alternative complement the dominant mode assessing via vertical subsumption. Vertical subsumption is process through which particular...
Abstract As the global human population increases, and many bird populations in Neotropics rest of world continue to decline, study intersection humans, birds, conservation has become more relevant than ever. The field social science is an interdisciplinary that applies sciences humanities examine research questions have implications for biodiversity conservation, encompasses disciplines as diverse psychology, economics, political ecology. An understanding dimensions issues can be essential...
Abstract Agricultural producers, academics and policy‐makers are increasingly interested in multifunctional tree crop systems as a solution for maintaining ecosystem services producing food. The US Midwest is emerging hotbed of such the temperate North form farm‐scale woody perennial polyculture enterprises, but they currently only tiny fraction landscape. Understanding how approaches might be scaled up, thus, requires learning from farmers that at forefront transition land to answer range...
Abstract Listening is a pervasive and significant act of conservation research praxis, mattering greatly for the realisation agendas, not least its ambitions to be outward looking inclusive in approach. Yet, value role listening has been barely explored sustained reflexive way. This paper preliminary schematic what it might mean attend listening, set within context larger field scholarship as well more specific manoeuvres embed relational approaches into study people nature interactions. We...
Ecologically considerate use of nature (including agriculture) has often been associated with 'stewardship' as a human-nature relationship which involves human care, responsibility and accountability is thus more sustainable than the alternative manager nature. We show that consideration in agriculture can go further stewardship by presenting data from qualitative interviews Swiss Alpine farmers indicating many them view their form partnership. Drawing on literature partnership, we...
There is increasing recognition in academic circles of the importance adaptive governance for sustainability social-ecological systems, but little examination specific implications 34% land-use where human activities are pervasive potentially commensurate with functioning ecosystems: agricultural production systems. In this paper, we argue need to view food systems and agro-ecosystems as multi-scalar complex identify five key challenging characteristics such systems: multi-causality;...
The increasing scale and interconnection of many environmental challenges – from climate change to land use has resulted in the need collaborate across borders boundaries all types. Traditional centralized, top-down sectoral approaches governance single-issue areas or species within social-ecological systems often have limited potential alleviate issues that go beyond their jurisdiction. As a result, collaborative come forefront. A great deal past research examined conditions under which...
Scholars have critiqued mainstream economic approaches to environmental valuation for decades. These critiques intensified with the increased prominence of in decision-making. This paper has three goals. First, we summarise prominent monetary valuation, drawing mostly on work Clive Spash, who worked extensively cost–benefit analysis early his career and then became one valuation's most thorough ardent critics. Second, we, as a group scholars study relational values, describe how values...
Abstract Community supported agriculture (CSA) is an alternative food network that aims to enable sustainable and just production by bringing consumers producers together. One version of CSA ( Solidarische Landwirtschaft in German or Solidarity Agriculture) requires active labour participation members as part the subscription price. This paper uses a relational values approach explore what motivates join participate solidarity cooperatives how experience changes their behaviour. Qualitative...
Social-ecological systems contribute to environmental change and, in turn, face its corresponding shocks and disturbances. As scholarship on resilience social-ecological transformations grows, researchers from various disciplines continue debate how major transitions can be anticipated, studied or guided towards just ethical outcomes. To this end, we apply an interdisciplinary perspective describing key aspects of around three pressing questions: (1) What features criteria distinguish other...
The meanings attached to animals speak context-specific socio-political differences that are crucial the success of conservation and wildlife management programs. social construction animals, however, remains underrepresented in scholarship practice. We conducted 31 semi-structured interviews with farmers urbanites, analyzed case Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) Guanacaste, Costa Rica. People had negative perceptions this species revealed three themes about its labeling: (a) bird...