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Essential concepts

Two-eyed seeing (see for example Reid et al. 2020)

 

Multiple Evidence Base (MEB) approach (see for example Tengö et al. 2014)

Critical Social Science (Those that tackle fundamental questions about power dynamics in societies (e.g. how do they emerge, replicate, and reinforce themselves? How do they create barriers for change? See our related project here)

Literature

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Archibald, J.-A., 2008. Indigenous storywork: Educating the heart, mind, body, and spirit. UBC press.

Bennett, N.J., Blythe, J., Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M., Singh, G.G., Sumaila, U.R., 2019. Just transformations to sustainability. Sustainability 11, 3881. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143881

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Blaser, M., de Costa, R., McGregor, D., Coleman, W.D., 2010. Reconfiguring the web of life: Indigenous peoples, relationality, and globalization, in: Blaser, M., de Costa, R., McGregor, D., Coleman, W.D. (Eds.), Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy: Insights for a Global Age. UBC Press, Vancouver, pp. 3–26.

Bluwstein, J., 2021. Transformation is not a metaphor. Polit. Geogr. 90, 102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102450

 

Blythe, J., Silver, J., Evans, L., Armitage, D., Bennett, N.J., Moore, M., Morrison, T.H., Brown, K., 2018. The dark side of transformation: Latent risks in contemporary sustainability discourse. Antipode 50, 1206–1223. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12405

 

Caniglia, G., Luederitz, C., von Wirth, T., Fazey, I., Martin-López, B., Hondrila, K., König, A., von Wehrden, H., Schäpke, N.A., Laubichler, M.D., 2021. A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability. Nat. Sustain. 4, 93–100. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00616-z

 

Chambers, J.M., Wyborn, C., Klenk, N.L., Ryan, M., Serban, A., Bennett, N.J., Brennan, R., Charli-Joseph, L., Fernández-Giménez, M.E., Galvin, K.A., 2022. Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations. Glob. Environ. Chang. 72, 102422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102422

 

Chambers, J.M., Wyborn, C., Ryan, M.E., Reid, R.S., Riechers, M., Serban, A., Bennett, N.J., Cvitanovic, C., Fernández-Giménez, M.E., Galvin, K.A., 2021. Six modes of co-production for sustainability. Nat. Sustain. 4, 983–996. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00755-x

 

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Cousins, J.J., 2021. Justice in nature-based solutions: Research and pathways. Ecol. Econ. 180, 106874. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106874

 

Deutsch, S., Keller, R., Krug, C.B., Michel, A.H., 2023. Transdisciplinary transformative change: An analysis of some best practices and barriers, and the potential of critical social science in getting us there. Biodivers. Conserv. 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02576-0

 

Domínguez, L., Luoma, C., 2020. Decolonising conservation policy: How colonial land and conservation ideologies persist and perpetuate Indigenous injustices at the expense of the environment. Land 9, 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9030065

 

Edwards, R., Moewaka Barnes, H., McGregor, D., Brannelly, T., 2020. Supporting Indigenous and non-Indigenous research partnerships. Qual. Rep. 25, 6–15. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4754

 

Etzion, D., Gehman, J., Ferraro, F., Avidan, M., 2017. Unleashing sustainability transformations through robust action. J. Clean. Prod. 140, 167–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.064

Fazey, I., Schäpke, N., Caniglia, G., Patterson, J., Hultman, J., Van Mierlo, B., Säwe, F., Wiek, A., Wittmayer, J., Aldunce, P., 2018. Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research. Energy Res. Soc. Sci. 40, 54–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.026

 

Fisher, E., Brondizio, E., Boyd, E., 2022. Critical social science perspectives on transformations to sustainability. Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 55, 101160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101160

 

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Klenk, N., Meehan, K., 2015. Climate change and transdisciplinary science: Problematizing the integration imperative. Environ. Sci. Policy 54, 160–167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.05.017

 

Kovach, M., 2010. Conversation method in Indigenous research. First peoples child Fam. Rev. 5, 40–48. https://doi.org/10.7202/1069060ar

 

Lam, D.P.M., Hinz, E., Lang, D., Tengö, M., Wehrden, H., Martín-López, B., 2020. Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research: A literature review. Ecol. Soc. 25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11305-250103

 

Lang, D.J., Wiek, A., Bergmann, M., Stauffacher, M., Martens, P., Moll, P., Swilling, M., Thomas, C.J., 2012. Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: Practice, principles, and challenges. Sustain. Sci. 7, 25–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-011-0149-x

 

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Mabele, M.B., Kasongi, N., Nnko, H., Mwanyoka, I., Kiwango, W.A., Makupa, E., 2023. Inequalities in the production and dissemination of biodiversity conservation knowledge on Tanzania: A 50-year bibliometric analysis. Biol. Conserv. 279, 109910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109910

 

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Reid, A.J., Eckert, L.E., Lane, J., Young, N., Hinch, S.G., Darimont, C.T., Cooke, S.J., Ban, N.C., Marshall, A., 2021. “Two‐Eyed Seeing”: An Indigenous framework to transform fisheries research and management. Fish Fish. 22, 243–261. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12516

 

Riechers, M., Balázsi, Á., García-Llorente, M., Loos, J., 2021. Human-nature connectedness as leverage point. Ecosyst. People 17, 215–221. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2021.1912830

 

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Scoones, I., Stirling, A., Abrol, D., Atela, J., Charli-Joseph, L., Eakin, H., Ely, A., Olsson, P., Pereira, L., Priya, R., 2020. Transformations to sustainability: Combining structural, systemic and enabling approaches. Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 42, 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.12.004

 

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Whyte, K.P., Brewer, J.P., Johnson, J.T., 2016. Weaving Indigenous science, protocols and sustainability science. Sustain. Sci. 11, 25–32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-015-0296-6

 

Wyborn, C., Datta, A., Montana, J., Ryan, M., Leith, P., Chaffin, B., Miller, C., Van Kerkhoff, L., 2019. Co-producing sustainability: Reordering the governance of science, policy, and practice. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 44, 319–346. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033103

 

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Yunkaporta, T., 2020. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. HarperOne, New York, N.Y.

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