A5045042895- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies
- Ego Development and Educational Practices
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Urban Green Space and Health
Fachhochschule des Mittelstands
2024
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2020-2022
Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this we used a novel futures-oriented participatory approach that asked what future envisioned systems might need look how get there. Findings suggest will be much more...
Relational thinking has recently gained increasing prominence across academic disciplines in an attempt to understand complex phenomena terms of constitutive processes and relations. Interdisciplinary fields study, such as science technology studies (STS), the environmental humanities, posthumanities, for example, have started reformulate understanding nature-cultures based on relational thinking. Although sustainability crisis serves a contemporary backdrop fact calls innovative forms...
Abstract The concept of sustainable lifestyles is said to have reached the limits its usefulness. As commonly understood, it impedes an effective response our increasingly complex world, and associated societal challenges. In this context, emerging paradigm relationality might offer a way forward renew current understanding approach. We explore possibility in study. First, we systematize if, how, dominant social represents barrier lifestyles. Second, analyze how relational approach could...
Purpose This paper aims to increase related knowledge across personal, social and ecological dimensions of sustainability how it can be applied support transformative learning. Design/methodology/approach The provides a reflexive case study the design, content impact course on eco-justice that integrates relational learning with an equity justice lens. critical, exploratory self-assessment, including interviews, group discussions surveys key stakeholders participants. Findings results show...
Abstract Scholars and practitioners are urgently highlighting the need to apply a relational approach effectively address societal crises. At same time, little is known about associated challenges, there advice regarding how operationalize this in sustainability science. Against background, article explores we can break out of our current paradigms approaches, instead thinking, being, acting way conduct research. To achieve this, systematically list all major research phases, assess possible...