I appreciate this post, and I think this is an insightful take on these much-discussed books and widely used phrase.
One ongoing (endless) tension in sustainability transitions—ie the study and acceleration of societal changes towards better social, environmental, and economic systems—is the idea of improving our knowledge of “what works” through rigorous and centralised testing and evaluation vs. approaches that emphasise local knowledge, practices and structures.
If youre interested, some of the terms that have been devised to try and grapple with this are “transdisciplinary”; “place-based approaches”; and “community based participatory research”.
I appreciate this post, and I think this is an insightful take on these much-discussed books and widely used phrase.
One ongoing (endless) tension in sustainability transitions—ie the study and acceleration of societal changes towards better social, environmental, and economic systems—is the idea of improving our knowledge of “what works” through rigorous and centralised testing and evaluation vs. approaches that emphasise local knowledge, practices and structures.
If youre interested, some of the terms that have been devised to try and grapple with this are “transdisciplinary”; “place-based approaches”; and “community based participatory research”.
Thank you for the kind words and flagging some terms to look out for in societal change approaches.