Can relational thinking contribute to sustainability transformations?

Sustainability researchers are trying to capture the complexity of human-nature connectedness. Different perspectives on this are causing discussion.

A relational turn for sustainability science? Relational thinking ...

We conclude with a critical discussion of how relational approaches might contribute to (i) a paradigm shift in sustainability science, and (ii) ...

Full article: Relational approaches to sustainability transformations

We suggest that their diversity gives rise to practices of transformations as 'walking together in a world of many worlds' and support intercultural dialogue on ...

A relational turn for sustainability science? Relational thinking ...

The coupled social-ecological and human-environment systems perspectives at the heart of sustainability science have, in many ways, enhanced ...

New research on relational thinking, leverage points and ...

... relational approaches might contribute to a paradigm shift in sustainability science, and transformations towards sustainability. Relational ...

(PDF) Putting relational thinking to work in sustainability science

... They highlight how relationality can contribute to a paradigm shift in sustainability science and how moving away from human-nature dichotomies can be a ...

Empirical examples demonstrate how relational thinking might ...

Interdependent relationships among humans and nature often go overlooked, delaying better environmental, social and public health outcomes.

Putting relational thinking to work in sustainability science

... relational thinking can contribute to complexity-oriented visions of 'solutions-oriented sustainability science.' ARTICLE HISTORY. Received 9 ...

Towards a relational paradigm in sustainability research, practice ...

More specifically, we analyze how relational approaches have been understood and conceptualized across a broad range of disciplines and contexts ...

Relational values: what are they, and what's the fuss about?

Most importantly, because of their somewhat unique combination of groundedness and moral relevance, positive relational values may offer important opportunities ...

[PDF] A relational turn for sustainability science? Relational thinking ...

This paper identifies four themes in relational thinking – continually unfolding processes; embodied experience; reconstructing language and concepts; ...

Putting relational thinking to work in sustainability science–reply to ...

We describe two possible pathways for using relational thinking in research practice–(i) working forwards from relations, and (ii) working backwards from ...

Two possible research pathways for putting relational thinking to ...

... They highlight how relationality can contribute to a paradigm shift in sustainability science and how moving away from human-nature dichotomies can be a ...

Systems thinking as a paradigm shift for sustainability transformation

Using systems thinking to understand and enlarge citizens' mental models can improve public policy and market-based incentives to promote global sustainability ...

Towards a relational paradigm in sustainability research, practice ...

Although the sustainability crisis serves as a contemporary backdrop and in fact calls for such innovative forms of interdisciplinary scholarship, the field of ...

Putting relational thinking to work in sustainability science

We describe two possible pathways for using relational thinking in research practice – (i) working forwards from relations, and (ii) working backwards from ...

towards a relational, justice-oriented approach to sustainability

The results show how relational approaches can support transformative learning for sustainability and provide concrete practices, pathways and ...

A relational turn for sustainability science? Relational thinking ...

We conclude by critically discussing how relational approaches might contribute to (i) a paradigm shift in sustainability science, and (ii) ...

“It's the end of the world as we know it” – Relational Thinking

... can we do to actually turn around global ... sustainability transformation community and the systems thinking and governance communities.

Engaging with the pragmatics of relational thinking, leverage points ...

We outline three questions to be answered in order to more firmly establish relational thinking in sustainability science: If systems and processes are ...