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

Guido Caniglia (), C. Luederitz, T. Wirth, I. Fazey, B. Martín-López, K. Hondrila, A. König, H. Wehrden, N. A. Schäpke, M. D. Laubichler and D. J. Lang
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Guido Caniglia: Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research
C. Luederitz: University of Waterloo
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
D. J. Lang: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Nature Sustainability, 2021, vol. 4, issue 2, 93-100

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2021
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