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Science with Society in the Anthropocene
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Interdisciplinary scientific knowledge is necessary but not sufficient when it comes to addressing sustainable transformations, as science increasingly has to deal with normative and value-related issues. A systems perspective on coupled human-environmental systems (HES) helps to address the inherent complexities. Additionally, a thorough interaction between science and society (i.e., transdisciplinarity = TD) is necessary, as sustainable transitions are sometimes contested and can cause conflicts. In order to navigate complexities regarding the delicate interaction of scientific research with societal decisions these processes must proceed in a structured and functional way. We thus propose HES-based TD processes to provide a basis for reorganizing science in coming decades.
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“A shift from “science for society” to “science with society” (Klein et al. 2001;Scholz et al. 2000a, b;Scholz and Stauffacher 2009;Seidl et al. 2013) was first promoted about 20 years ago when transdisciplinarity developed as a third mode of doing and utilizing science.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Seidl, R., Brand, F. S., Stauffacher, M., Krütli, P., Le, Q. B., Spörri, A., Meylan, G., Moser, C., González, M. B., & Scholz, R. W.
- Affiliations
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Südzucker (Germany) (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Seidl, Roman
- ORCID
- Venue
- AMBIO
- Published
- 2013-01-04
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 5-12
- ISSN
- 0044-7447 (ISSN-L)
- 1654-7209
- PMC
- PMC3547461
- OpenAlex
- W1974918392
- Cited by
- 140
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 29.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- AMBIO (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- reroDoc Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- ETH Zürich Research Collection
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- Anthropocene, transdisciplinarity, science and society, sustainability transitions, systems approach, societal decision-making
- MeSH terms
- Science, Societies
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