Basil Bornemann, Max Bergman, O. Ejderyan, Livia Fritz, Andreas Kläy, Patrick A. Wäger
How can we understand, analyze and design innovations for the sustainability transformation? The newly formed saguf working group INSIST explores the links between sustainability, innovation and transformation in theoretical, empirical and practical respects. The focus is to move away from a technicist framework of ecological modernization to a more reflexive and inclusive concept of transformative innovation.
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Transformationsprozesse zu erforschen, zu verstehen und zu fördern ‐ dieses Ziel hat sich das Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS) in Potsdam gesetzt. Dazu zählt, Transformationsforschung und transformative Forschung zu integrieren, transdisziplinär und ko-kreativ vorzugehen und Fellows in die Forschungs- und Beratungstätigkeiten einzubinden. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse will das IASS in den Dienst der Politik- und Gesellschaftsberatung stellen.
{"title":"Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung lehren und lernen: Workshop-Serie am Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung","authors":"Sophia Becker, Ortwin Renn","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.3.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.3.9","url":null,"abstract":"Transformationsprozesse zu erforschen, zu verstehen und zu fördern ‐ dieses Ziel hat sich das Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS) in Potsdam gesetzt. Dazu zählt, Transformationsforschung und transformative Forschung zu integrieren, transdisziplinär\u0000 und ko-kreativ vorzugehen und Fellows in die Forschungs- und Beratungstätigkeiten einzubinden. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse will das IASS in den Dienst der Politik- und Gesellschaftsberatung stellen.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49655189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Building with timber promises many things at the same time: sustainability, economic efficiency, as well as innovative forms and building processes. However, it is disputable to what extent, and under which conditions, timber construction can be considered sustainable. The societal discourse in Germany and France is shaped by four competing visions that favor either 1. a positive CO2 balance, 2. a particularly time- and cost-efficient construction process, 3. the use of regional resources, or 4. the creation of uniquely designed buildings as the guiding principle of future timber construction.The construction industry is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In view of resource scarcity, climate change, and rapid global population growth, the industry faces the urgent challenge of a sustainable transition. The renaissance of timber as a renewable, carbon-neutral construction material could pave the way for more sustainable modes of building. Taking France and Germany as examples, and based on a sociological discourse analysis, this paper reveals four different and conflicting sociotechnical imaginaries of the future built environment. The four imaginaries show specific characteristics depending on the respective national, political, and cultural contexts. Moreover, they include partially incompatible objectives and compete for discursive hegemony, and thus implementation. Scrutinizing the four competing visions and their approach to conflicts and scarcities raises profound questions about their political, technological, ecological, and social implications.
{"title":"Conflicting sociotechnical imaginaries of the future built environment: An analysis of current discourses on timber construction in France and Germany","authors":"Hanna Sophie Mast","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.3.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.3.5","url":null,"abstract":"Building with timber promises many things at the same time: sustainability, economic efficiency, as well as innovative forms and building processes. However, it is disputable to what extent, and under which conditions, timber construction can be considered sustainable. The societal\u0000 discourse in Germany and France is shaped by four competing visions that favor either 1. a positive CO2 balance, 2. a particularly time- and cost-efficient construction process, 3. the use of regional resources, or 4. the creation of uniquely designed buildings as the guiding principle\u0000 of future timber construction.The construction industry is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In view of resource scarcity, climate change, and rapid global population growth, the industry faces the urgent challenge of a sustainable transition. The renaissance of timber\u0000 as a renewable, carbon-neutral construction material could pave the way for more sustainable modes of building. Taking France and Germany as examples, and based on a sociological discourse analysis, this paper reveals four different and conflicting sociotechnical imaginaries of the future\u0000 built environment. The four imaginaries show specific characteristics depending on the respective national, political, and cultural contexts. Moreover, they include partially incompatible objectives and compete for discursive hegemony, and thus implementation. Scrutinizing the four competing\u0000 visions and their approach to conflicts and scarcities raises profound questions about their political, technological, ecological, and social implications.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49129163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Digitalization can be a promising tool in the fight against climate change. Besides influencing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation strategies, digitalization affects matters of climate justice, including the way the impacts of global warming and the co-benefits of climate protection are distributed. For example, to advance fair benefit sharing of digital climate technologies, the decentralization of technological development must be initiated, and rules for fair competition must be established. Political action and the shaping of digitalization are necessary to govern the societal implications of these urgent developments.
{"title":"Climate justice and digitalization: A plea to consider broader socio-economic implications of digitalization and climate change","authors":"T. Santarius","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.3.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.3.4","url":null,"abstract":"Digitalization can be a promising tool in the fight against climate change. Besides influencing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation strategies, digitalization affects matters of climate justice, including the way the impacts of global warming and the co-benefits of climate protection\u0000 are distributed. For example, to advance fair benefit sharing of digital climate technologies, the decentralization of technological development must be initiated, and rules for fair competition must be established. Political action and the shaping of digitalization are necessary to govern\u0000 the societal implications of these urgent developments.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46430834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Achieving sustainable and equitable futures requires a sense of what those futures might look like, and how to get there. Participatory scenario planning (PSP) explores diverse future scenarios in a stakeholder-engaged process of knowledge co-production. PSP makes use of different methods to identify relevant stakeholders, create a set of scenarios, and explore ways to connect those future visions to the present.
{"title":"Participatory scenario planning: Participatory research methods for sustainability ‐ toolkit #3","authors":"Maike Hamann, T. Hichert, N. Sitas","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.3.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.3.8","url":null,"abstract":"Achieving sustainable and equitable futures requires a sense of what those futures might look like, and how to get there. Participatory scenario planning (PSP) explores diverse future scenarios in a stakeholder-engaged process of knowledge co-production. PSP makes use of different methods\u0000 to identify relevant stakeholders, create a set of scenarios, and explore ways to connect those future visions to the present.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48791878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. A. Parreño, Sara Petchey, M. Chapman, F. Altermatt, N. Backhaus, Anna Deplazes-Zemp, Katherine Horgan, P. Niklaus, Morana Mihaljević, Frank Pennekamp, M. J. Santos, Michael Schaepman, B. Schmid, Vanessa Weber de Melo, Debra Zuppinger-Dingley, O. Petchey
Games as a didactic tool (e. g., puzzles) are gaining recognition in environmental education to promote skill development, but also to develop a specific understanding of the natural world. However, a children’s puzzle containing representations of nature may unwillingly lead to “misconceptions” of biodiversity themes and processes, and an over-simplification of the relationship between people and nature. To solve this problem, positive connotations of biodiversity may prompt a conceptual change to a more nuanced, multifaceted conception of biodiversity.
{"title":"How puzzles are shaping our understanding of biodiversity: A call for more research into biodiversity representation in educational games","authors":"M. A. Parreño, Sara Petchey, M. Chapman, F. Altermatt, N. Backhaus, Anna Deplazes-Zemp, Katherine Horgan, P. Niklaus, Morana Mihaljević, Frank Pennekamp, M. J. Santos, Michael Schaepman, B. Schmid, Vanessa Weber de Melo, Debra Zuppinger-Dingley, O. Petchey","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"Games as a didactic tool (e. g., puzzles) are gaining recognition in environmental education to promote skill development, but also to develop a specific understanding of the natural world. However, a children’s puzzle containing representations of nature may unwillingly lead\u0000 to “misconceptions” of biodiversity themes and processes, and an over-simplification of the relationship between people and nature. To solve this problem, positive connotations of biodiversity may prompt a conceptual change to a more nuanced, multifaceted conception of biodiversity.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46618621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Indigene Völker sind weltweit von den Folgen des Klimawandels, Abholzungen oder großflächigen Feuern betroffen. Zudem kommen ihre Rechte immer stärker unter gesellschaftlichen Nutzungsdruck. Wie sich mehr Fairness für die indigene Bevölkerung realisieren lässt, zeigt ein neues Lehrbuch.
{"title":"Die Rechte indigener Völker im System der Menschenrechte","authors":"Thomas Kluge","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"Indigene Völker sind weltweit von den Folgen des Klimawandels, Abholzungen oder großflächigen Feuern betroffen. Zudem kommen ihre Rechte immer stärker unter gesellschaftlichen Nutzungsdruck. Wie sich mehr Fairness für die indigene Bevölkerung realisieren\u0000 lässt, zeigt ein neues Lehrbuch.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41911383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ob im Essen oder auf dem Acker ‐ Chemie in der Umwelt sorgt für Diskussionen. Vor allem synthetisch hergestellte chemische Stoffe werden von vielen als ,unnatürlich‘ angesehen. Für einen gelingenden gesamtgesellschaftlichen Diskurs über Chemie in der Umwelt ist eine transdisziplinäre Verständigung über die ,(Un-)Natürlichkeit‘ der Chemie notwendig. Dafür werden die verschiedenen vorherrschenden Verständnisse zu Natürlichkeit und Chemie sowie ihres Verhältnisses zueinander aus begriffs- und naturphilosophischer, moralischer, kulinarisch-sinnlicher, chemischer und stoffgeschichtlicher Perspektive beleuchtet.In environmental debates, the opinion is often raised that synthetic chemicals are ‘unnatural’. Understanding this claim from a transdisciplinary background is fundamentally important for a productive discourse about the role of chemicals in the environment. This article systemizes different perceptions of the ‘(un-)naturalness’ of chemicals and complements existing research on the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘artificial’ substances. Furthermore, the importance of chemistry as a technique for reproducing ‘natural’ substances is highlighted and combined with a substance stories approach (German Stoffgeschichten). The article establishes a common ground for transdisciplinary communication about the ‘(un-)naturalness’ of chemicals, which can thereby reduce misunderstandings and prejudices in public debates about chemicals in the environment.
{"title":",,Ist das natürlich oder ist da Chemie drin?“ Ansätze zu einer transdisziplinären Verständigung über die ,(Un-)Natürlichkeit‘ der Chemie","authors":"C. Schnurr","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.2.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.2.6","url":null,"abstract":"Ob im Essen oder auf dem Acker ‐ Chemie in der Umwelt sorgt für Diskussionen. Vor allem synthetisch hergestellte chemische Stoffe werden von vielen als ,unnatürlich‘ angesehen. Für einen gelingenden gesamtgesellschaftlichen Diskurs über Chemie\u0000 in der Umwelt ist eine transdisziplinäre Verständigung über die ,(Un-)Natürlichkeit‘ der Chemie notwendig. Dafür werden die verschiedenen vorherrschenden Verständnisse zu Natürlichkeit und Chemie sowie ihres Verhältnisses zueinander aus begriffs-\u0000 und naturphilosophischer, moralischer, kulinarisch-sinnlicher, chemischer und stoffgeschichtlicher Perspektive beleuchtet.In environmental debates, the opinion is often raised that synthetic chemicals are ‘unnatural’. Understanding this claim from a transdisciplinary background\u0000 is fundamentally important for a productive discourse about the role of chemicals in the environment. This article systemizes different perceptions of the ‘(un-)naturalness’ of chemicals and complements existing research on the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘artificial’\u0000 substances. Furthermore, the importance of chemistry as a technique for reproducing ‘natural’ substances is highlighted and combined with a substance stories approach (German Stoffgeschichten). The article establishes a common ground for transdisciplinary communication about\u0000 the ‘(un-)naturalness’ of chemicals, which can thereby reduce misunderstandings and prejudices in public debates about chemicals in the environment.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47069186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter Biegelbauer, Manfred Kofranek, Doris Wilhelmer
Wie können Städte bei der Transformation in Richtung nachhaltiges Leben unterstützt werden? Im Rahmen eines transdisziplinären Stadtentwicklungsprozesses in der niederösterreichischen Stadt Amstetten wurde ein Planungstool für transformative Governance entwickelt. Das Instrument berücksichtigt die Zielvorstellungen unterschiedlicher Stakeholder(innen) und ermöglicht eine strukturierte Entscheidungsfindung.Cities are key players in the transformation of our society towards a sustainable way of life, but are facing massive challenges. We want to support cities by providing a planning tool for transformative governance, whereby the experiences gained may also be relevant for regions and countries. The planning tool serves as a reference framework for decision-makers and users to collaboratively learn through these processes. For this purpose, we have developed additional instruments from the economy for the common good, and integrated fields of action and target systems from urban planning into a matrix. We then determined the planning objectives of the Lower Austrian city of Amstetten through a participatory foresight process, which we entered in the planning tool. The goals were associated with indicators to be used for the measurement of goal achievement. The planning tool was tested and further developed in workshops with the stakeholder groups involved.
Richtung nachhaltiges Leben unterstützt werden的转型如何?我是Rahman,他在Amstetten体育场的转型治理计划中担任项目负责人。工具是Zielvorstellungen unterschiedlicher利益相关者(innen)和ermöglicht einstrukturierte Entscheidungsfindung。城市是我们社会向可持续生活方式转型的关键参与者,但正面临巨大挑战。我们希望通过提供变革性治理的规划工具来支持城市,由此获得的经验也可能与地区和国家相关。规划工具是决策者和用户通过这些过程进行协作学习的参考框架。为此,我们从经济中为共同利益开发了额外的工具,并将城市规划中的行动领域和目标系统整合为一个矩阵。然后,我们通过参与式前瞻过程确定了下奥地利城市阿姆斯特滕的规划目标,并将其纳入规划工具。这些目标与用于衡量目标实现情况的指标相关联。规划工具在与相关利益攸关方团体的研讨会上进行了测试和进一步开发。
{"title":"Die Transformation durch Prozesse der Stadtplanung unterstützen: ein Planungstool","authors":"Peter Biegelbauer, Manfred Kofranek, Doris Wilhelmer","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"Wie können Städte bei der Transformation in Richtung nachhaltiges Leben unterstützt werden? Im Rahmen eines transdisziplinären Stadtentwicklungsprozesses in der niederösterreichischen Stadt Amstetten wurde ein Planungstool für transformative Governance\u0000 entwickelt. Das Instrument berücksichtigt die Zielvorstellungen unterschiedlicher Stakeholder(innen) und ermöglicht eine strukturierte Entscheidungsfindung.Cities are key players in the transformation of our society towards a sustainable way of life, but are facing massive challenges.\u0000 We want to support cities by providing a planning tool for transformative governance, whereby the experiences gained may also be relevant for regions and countries. The planning tool serves as a reference framework for decision-makers and users to collaboratively learn through these processes.\u0000 For this purpose, we have developed additional instruments from the economy for the common good, and integrated fields of action and target systems from urban planning into a matrix. We then determined the planning objectives of the Lower Austrian city of Amstetten through a participatory\u0000 foresight process, which we entered in the planning tool. The goals were associated with indicators to be used for the measurement of goal achievement. The planning tool was tested and further developed in workshops with the stakeholder groups involved.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46760710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Die saguf nimmt ihr 50-jähriges Bestehen zum Anlass, den Blick zurück nach vorne zu richten und nach Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für ihre Rolle in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation zu fragen.
saguf以成立50周年为契机,回顾并询问其在可持续发展转型中所面临的挑战和前景。
{"title":"50 Jahre saguf: Erfahrungen und Perspektiven einer Pionierin der schweizerischen Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung","authors":"Basil Bornemann, Max Bergman, Olivier Ejderyan","doi":"10.14512/gaia.31.2.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.2.12","url":null,"abstract":"Die saguf nimmt ihr 50-jähriges Bestehen zum Anlass, den Blick zurück nach vorne zu richten und nach Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für ihre Rolle in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation zu fragen.","PeriodicalId":49073,"journal":{"name":"Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45580420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}