Lennart Olsson
Professor, Docent
The future of sustainability science: a solutions-oriented research agenda
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Summary, in English
Over the last decade, sustainability science has been at the leading edge of
widespread efforts from the social and natural sciences to produce use-inspired research.
Yet, how knowledge generated by sustainability science and allied fields will contribute to
transitions toward sustainability remains a critical theoretical and empirical question for
basic and applied research. This article explores the limitations of sustainability science
research to move the field beyond the analysis of problems in coupled systems to …
widespread efforts from the social and natural sciences to produce use-inspired research.
Yet, how knowledge generated by sustainability science and allied fields will contribute to
transitions toward sustainability remains a critical theoretical and empirical question for
basic and applied research. This article explores the limitations of sustainability science
research to move the field beyond the analysis of problems in coupled systems to …
Department/s
- LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Publishing year
2014-04-01
Language
English
Pages
239-239
Publication/Series
Sustainability Science
Volume
9
Issue
2
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1862-4057