Future-Oriented Methodologies for Sustainability
(2023) p.945-964- Abstract
Both in the social and natural sciences, methodologies have been developed to deal with relatively stable conditions, where findings can be validated based on past experiences. At a time when both social and natural phenomena are rapidly changing, new approaches are urgently needed to produce knowledge for systemic change, inform high-stakes decisions, and enable sustainability transitions in the face of great uncertainty. To develop methodologies better suited to address the urgent and existential challenges of our times, fundamental assumptions need to be reexamined, while the adequacy of current approaches and scientific practices must be reassessed. This chapter outlines some of the key features required from future-oriented... (More)
Both in the social and natural sciences, methodologies have been developed to deal with relatively stable conditions, where findings can be validated based on past experiences. At a time when both social and natural phenomena are rapidly changing, new approaches are urgently needed to produce knowledge for systemic change, inform high-stakes decisions, and enable sustainability transitions in the face of great uncertainty. To develop methodologies better suited to address the urgent and existential challenges of our times, fundamental assumptions need to be reexamined, while the adequacy of current approaches and scientific practices must be reassessed. This chapter outlines some of the key features required from future-oriented methodologies, including creativity, agility, and collaborative boundary-crossing explorative approaches, as well as conditions that may support or impede methodological development and innovation.
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- author
- Avery, Helen LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Future-oriented methodologies, Methodological development, Sustainability transitions
- host publication
- Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future
- pages
- 20 pages
- publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85204609007
- ISBN
- 9783031045608
- 9783031045592
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-031-04560-8_34
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b3198737-47b2-4297-b714-3bd789969cad
- date added to LUP
- 2024-12-16 13:15:35
- date last changed
- 2025-07-01 05:12:35
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abstract = {{<p>Both in the social and natural sciences, methodologies have been developed to deal with relatively stable conditions, where findings can be validated based on past experiences. At a time when both social and natural phenomena are rapidly changing, new approaches are urgently needed to produce knowledge for systemic change, inform high-stakes decisions, and enable sustainability transitions in the face of great uncertainty. To develop methodologies better suited to address the urgent and existential challenges of our times, fundamental assumptions need to be reexamined, while the adequacy of current approaches and scientific practices must be reassessed. This chapter outlines some of the key features required from future-oriented methodologies, including creativity, agility, and collaborative boundary-crossing explorative approaches, as well as conditions that may support or impede methodological development and innovation.</p>}},
author = {{Avery, Helen}},
booktitle = {{Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future}},
isbn = {{9783031045608}},
keywords = {{Future-oriented methodologies; Methodological development; Sustainability transitions}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{945--964}},
publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}},
title = {{Future-Oriented Methodologies for Sustainability}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04560-8_34}},
doi = {{10.1007/978-3-031-04560-8_34}},
year = {{2023}},
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