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A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability

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  • Guido Caniglia

    (Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

  • C. Luederitz

    (University of Waterloo
    McGill University)

  • T. Wirth

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • I. Fazey

    (University of York)

  • B. Martín-López

    (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

  • K. Hondrila

    (University of Luxembourg)

  • A. König

    (University of Luxembourg)

  • H. Wehrden

    (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

  • N. A. Schäpke

    (Chalmers University of Technology)

  • M. D. Laubichler

    (Arizona State University
    Santa Fe Institute
    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)

  • D. J. Lang

    (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

Abstract

Sustainability science needs more systematic approaches for mobilizing knowledge in support of interventions that may bring about transformative change. In this Perspective, we contend that action-oriented knowledge for sustainability emerges when working in integrated ways with the many kinds of knowledge involved in the shared design, enactment and realization of change. The pluralistic and integrated approach we present rejects technocratic solutions to complex sustainability challenges and foregrounds individual and social learning. We argue that research institutions devoted to sustainability should focus more on creating the conditions for experimenting with multiple kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing to foster sustainability-oriented learning.

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  • Guido Caniglia & C. Luederitz & T. Wirth & I. Fazey & B. Martín-López & K. Hondrila & A. König & H. Wehrden & N. A. Schäpke & M. D. Laubichler & D. J. Lang, 2021. "A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 4(2), pages 93-100, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:4:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1038_s41893-020-00616-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00616-z
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