Description du projet
Une approche innovante pour la transformation de la durabilité
La façon dont la science de la durabilité peut atteindre l’objectif de changement transformationnel dans un environnement caractérisé par des problèmes mondiaux complexes fait l’objet d’un débat naissant. Un courant de pensée soutient que la science de la durabilité doit transcender la coproduction de connaissances pour atteindre l’application et la démonstration des connaissances. Une autre estime qu’elle doit former des valeurs plutôt que de générer des connaissances améliorées et exploitables. Le projet COEXIST, financé par l’UE, combinera ces deux courants de pensée et élaborera un cadre expérimental qui comprend des interventions fondées sur les valeurs afin de générer des connaissances scientifiquement acceptées et socialement pertinentes pour les changements en termes de durabilité. Le projet intégrera des interventions expérimentales à des valeurs transformatrices et mettra en œuvre le modèle dans un contexte réel en Transylvanie, en Roumanie.
Objectif
There has been a growing discourse revolving around how sustainability science can reach the goal of transformational change in response to complex global problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion. As one solution it has been suggested that sustainability science needs to bridge barriers to action by going beyond the co-production of knowledge to experimentation and testing of knowledge. At the same time, it has been argued that in order to achieve genuine transformational change it is necessary to shift values rather than simply generate ‘better’ actionable knowledge. COEXIST aims to join these two streams and to develop experimental settings that include values-based interventions to produce scientifically appropriate and socially relevant knowledge for sustainability transformations. Thus, COEXIST will be the first to integrate experimental interventions with the transformative power of values. I will identify theoretical frameworks that will inform a value-based experimental design and I will collect empirical evidence about key enabling factors and interventional practices that can operationalise such an experimental approach. By combining theory and practice, I will develop an integrated model of transformational experiments involving value-based interventions. I will implement the model within the real-world context of Transylvania, Romania, a region with a rich but threatened cultural and natural heritage. COEXIST combines my experience in transformational and transdisciplinary research modes and the host’s unique knowledge of place-based social-ecological systems research with the commitment of regional multi-sectoral stakeholders. This setup provides a strong theoretical and empirical foundation for the integrated model, which is expected to generate impact, and acts as a forum for communicating results to non-academic actors in Romania and Europe.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
400084 Cluj Napoca
Roumanie