This inaugural Pathways Forum is an introductory self-reflection on three dimensions of sustainability research:
(1) how to bridge the gap between global challenges and local initiatives through a pathways approach,
(2) how to engage in collaborative research in multicultural and multidisciplinary contexts, and
(3) how the normative underpinnings of sustainability research influence the way research is done and valued.
It features presentations by:
- Oonsie Biggs (Stellenbosch University): Navigating pathways to just, thriving, and sustainable futures
- Adrian Ely (University of Sussex): Anchors and adaptability in networked, transdisciplinary research
- Flurina Schneider (Institute for Social-Ecological Research)
The Pathways Forum is an online event where researchers from diverse disciplines who engage, or want to engage, with societal actors in processes of adaptive learning to design, implement, and evaluate pathways to sustainability get a chance to reflect on concepts and theories of change, and discuss the practical implications of sustainability science and transdisciplinarity for research practices. Through this webinar series, the Pathways Initiative aims to develop and support agenda-setting, synthesis and capacity building around pathways for sustainability.