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Co-creating change: experimenting with values for sustainability transformation

Descrizione del progetto

Un approccio innovativo per la trasformazione sostenibile

Cresce il dibattito sul modo in cui la scienza della sostenibilità può soddisfare l’obiettivo di cambiamento trasformazionale in un ambiente con complicati problemi globali. Un’opinione sostenuta è quella secondo cui la scienza della sostenibilità debba spingersi oltre la coproduzione di conoscenze, fino a una loro applicazione e dimostrazione, mentre un’altra afferma che debba creare valori piuttosto che generare conoscenze migliori da applicare nella pratica. Il progetto COEXIST, finanziato dall’UE, combinerà questi due suggerimenti e svilupperà condizioni sperimentali che includano interventi basati sui valori per generare conoscenze accettate a livello scientifico e pertinenti a livello sociale per cambiamenti nella sostenibilità. Il progetto integrerà interventi sperimentali con valori trasformativi e attuerà il modello in un contesto reale in Transilvania, in Romania.

Obiettivo

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.

Coordinatore

UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 141 778,56
Indirizzo
MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU 1
400084 Cluj Napoca
Romania

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Regione
Macroregiunea Unu Nord-Vest Cluj
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 141 778,56