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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Takuya Iwanaga, Hsiao-Hsuan Wang, Serena H. Hamilton, Volker Grimm, Tomasz E. Koralewski, Alejandro Salado, Sondoss Elsawah, Saman Razavi, Jing Yang, Pierre Glynn, Jennifer Badham, Alexey Voinov, Min Chen, William E. Grant, Tarla Rai Peterson, Karin Frank, Gary Shenk, C. Michael Barton, Anthony J. Jakeman, John C. Little
Summary: System-of-systems approaches have become popular for integrated assessments, involving the integration of models from various disciplines to inform policy and decision-making processes. However, current modeling paradigms have disciplinary-specific origins, leading to inconsistencies in the conceptualization and integration of socio-environmental systems. A multidisciplinary team of researchers calls for a grand vision for holistic system-of-systems research to address major socio-environmental problems through multi-tiered collaboration.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2021)
Review
Environmental Studies
Margit Keller, Martin Noorko, Triin Vihalemm
Summary: This article explores the relationship between Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) and social practice theories (SPT) in planning and evaluating sustainable transition interventions. The authors propose a practical analytical framework to inform policy choices and evaluate the results of sustainable energy transition interventions. Through a systematic review of 34 papers, they suggest that certain policy intervention points require specific social practice change strategies for progress.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kevin Joseph Dillman, Jukka Heinonen, Brynhildur Davidsdottir
Summary: This study used Iceland's mobility sector as a case study to analyze the effects of economic swings and innovation developments from 1995 to 2018 on the country's mobility provisioning system. The results showed that although Iceland came close to achieving just space, it still faced ecological overshoot problems, which fluctuated with economic booms and busts. Therefore, there is a need to reduce the ecological intensity of Iceland's mobility provisioning.
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Julie Duval, Sylvie Cournut, Nathalie Hostiou
Summary: The livestock farming sector is facing challenges with declining interest in becoming livestock farmers. Agroecology is seen as a sustainable solution to this issue. Limited research has been conducted on farmers' working conditions in agroecological farming systems, with a lack of comprehensive multidimensional approaches to study the topic.
AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Review
Environmental Studies
Parth Bhatia
Summary: India's electricity sector is undergoing a state-led transition driven by pro-renewables policies and control over energy resources. However, the country's weak national innovation systems hinder manufacturing and a complete shift away from coal will take time due to various challenges. The study identifies research gaps regarding the role of the state, non-state actors, green industrial policy, political constituencies, economic diversification, and India's development pathway.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Rashid Maqbool, Stephen Arome Akubo
Summary: This study examines the relationship between solar energy projects and sustainability dimensions, finding that solar energy has a strong positive direct effect on all aspects of economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Socio-economic factors moderate the relationship between solar energy and sustainability, while technical complexities only moderate the relationship between solar energy and economic sustainability.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Patrick Meyfroidt, Ariane de Bremond, Casey M. Ryan, Emma Archer, Richard Aspinall, Abha Chhabra, Gilberto Camara, Esteve Corbera, Ruth DeFries, Sandra Diaz, Jinwei Dong, Erle C. Ellis, Karl-Heinz Erb, Janet A. Fisher, Rachael D. Garrett, Nancy E. Golubiewski, H. Ricardo Grau, J. Morgan Grove, Helmut Haberl, Andreas Heinimann, Patrick Hostert, Esteban G. Jobbagy, Suzi Kerr, Tobias Kuemmerle, Eric F. Lambin, Sandra Lavorel, Sharachandra Lele, Ole Mertz, Peter Messerli, Graciela Metternicht, Darla K. Munroe, Harini Nagendra, Jonas Ostergaard Nielsen, Dennis S. Ojima, Dawn Cassandra Parker, Unai Pascual, John R. Porter, Navin Ramankutty, Anette Reenberg, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Karen C. Seto, Verena Seufert, Hideaki Shibata, Allison Thomson, Billie L. Turner Ii, Jotaro Urabe, Tom Veldkamp, Peter H. Verburg, Gete Zeleke, Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen
Summary: The paper synthesizes 10 important truths in land use, which help explain the challenges of achieving sustainability in land use and point toward solutions. These facts have important implications for guiding scientists, policymakers, and practitioners in meeting sustainability challenges in land use.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Business
Sebastiano Massaro, Gianni Lorenzoni
Summary: Nanotechnology has opened up new opportunities for healthcare, leading to the emergence of nanomedicine. Social science research is increasingly focusing on this complex discipline, but a systematic understanding of nanomedicine as a discrete socio-technical system is still lacking.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Himangana Gupta, Maiko Nishi, Alexandros Gasparatos
Summary: This paper synthesizes 71 case studies of mountain-specific social-ecological systems, highlighting the major drivers of change, associated impacts, and various response strategies. It emphasizes the significance of community participation in sustainable management of mountain landscapes.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Harpinder Sandhu
Summary: The global agenda for sustainable development includes alleviating poverty and hunger through sustainable agriculture and food systems. Intensive farming systems and sustainable technologies are promoted for improving agricultural productivity and reducing environmental impacts, yet they can have adverse effects on local culture and environment.
Article
Ecology
Pascal Grouiez, Romain Debref, Franck-Dominique Vivien, Nicolas Befort
Summary: This article examines the diversity of models in sustainable bioeconomy, focusing on the productive strategies of farmers involved. Using Beckert's socioeconomics of capitalism framework, compromises between four institutionalized economic processes - commodification, competition, innovation, and financing - are analyzed. Additionally, an institutionalized process of social relationship to the environment is considered. The analysis is applied to qualitative survey results from 85 actors in the Grand Est region (France) engaged in bioeconomy between 2017 and 2021, revealing four distinct models for agricultural non-food bioeconomy that vary in their approach to sustainability issues.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Stefan Sorge, Carsten Mann, Christian Schleyer, Lasse Loft, Martin Spacek, Monica Hernandez-Morcillo, Tatiana Kluvankova
Summary: This article presents the conceptual foundation and empirical application of an adapted Social-Ecological System framework, which aims to understand the emergence and development of governance innovations for forest ecosystem services. Through the analysis of two case studies, the framework identifies necessary improvements and provides guidance for policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Yesica Gomez-Jaramillo, Lina Berrouet, Clara Villegas-Palacio, Linda Berrio-Giraldo
Summary: Water security is a global concern in the face of the climate crisis. This study proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing the sustainability of socio-ecological systems (SES) focusing on water security. By analyzing key thresholds, ecological functioning, and the relationship between natural capital and social systems, different sustainability states of SES can be identified, providing insights into necessary water management strategies.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Ryan Nel, Kevin F. Mearns, Maarten Jordaan, Peter Goethals
Summary: Small Island Developing States are significantly threatened by global change and unsustainable local practices, with their unique "islandness" characteristics shaping their socio-ecological systems and forming socioecological islandscapes. The study provides insights into how each unique characteristic of "islandness" impacts the system, highlighting the influence that "islandness" has on both the social and ecological components of a socio-ecological system.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Josep Espluga-Trenc, Laura Calvet-Mir, Daniel Lopez-Garcia, Marina Di Masso, Ariadna Pomar, Guillem Tendero
Summary: Research in Spain has shown that promoting traditional ecological knowledge through agroecological practices can enhance the resilience of social-ecological systems. These practices also strengthen local life and place society-ecosystem coevolution at the center of local identity.
Article
Ecology
Isabelle Arpin, Marc Barbier, Guillaume Ollivier, Celine Granjou
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2016)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Stephane Bellon, Guillaume Ollivier
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jilmar Castaneda-Ccori, Anne-Gael Bilhaut, Armelle Maze, Juan Fernandez-Manjarres
Article
Ecology
Armelle Maze, Aida Calabuig Domenech, Isabelle Goldringer
Summary: This article analyzes the role of knowledge networks supporting peasant seed groups in France from an institutional and political ecological perspective, focusing on how these groups self-organize and promote collective learning. The study provides insights for policy making to support more resilient plant breeding and agrobiodiversity restoration in European agricultural landscapes.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Claudia Fernandez Gonzalez, Guillaume Ollivier, Stephane Bellon
Summary: This study aims to analyze the magnitude, conceptions, and practices of European agroecologists who claim to use transdisciplinarity. Despite a growing literature on transdisciplinarity in Europe, the proportion of publications is low compared to overall publications in agroecology. The research found a diversity of patterns in the practice of transdisciplinarity, ranging from genuine co-creation of knowledge to uneven collaborations between scientists and stakeholders.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Review
Agronomy
Theo Martin, Pierre Gasselin, Nathalie Hostiou, Gilles Feron, Lucette Laurens, Francois Purseigle, Guillaume Ollivier
Summary: Robots in agriculture are considered part of a new revolution that can reduce working hours or improve working conditions. However, the transformations of work in agriculture are more complex than anticipated. Studies mainly focus on the automated milking system (AMS) and examine the impact on farm structures, the labor market, work organization, and the meaning of work. While AMS reduces physical workload, it introduces new mental workload due to monitoring alarms. There is no evidence supporting a reduction in working hours after installing AMS.
AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Economics
Armelle Maze
Summary: In this article, the authors reconceptualize the intellectual property regimes that support geographical indications (GIs) as 'knowledge commons'. They discuss how geographical names can be considered part of the public domain but can also be appropriated through trademark registration. The analysis suggests that IP laws supporting GIs emerged in Europe and spread worldwide as a response to the threat of private confiscation through trademark registration.
JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
S. Penvern, C. Lamine, F. Derbez, G. Ollivier, L. Renier, R. Roche, M. Tuscano
Summary: This article is based on an analysis of eight research projects and explores how different visions are addressed and shared. The research shows that considering diverse perspectives is necessary for understanding agricultural ecological transitions, and sharing this diversity can enrich transition pathways under certain conditions.
AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Faustine Ruggieri, Cecile Coulon-Leroy, Armelle Maze
Summary: This study analyzes how governance structures influence the development of collective agroecological transition strategies in the Anjou-Saumur wine area. Data from qualitative analysis of seven interviews indicates that the polycentric governance structure enables institutional actors to coordinate their actions. The study also highlights the interaction of different action situations at different levels in promoting the agroecological transition.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Armelle Maze, Aida Calabuig Domenech, Isabelle Goldringer
Summary: This article expands on the study of knowledge commons, particularly in the context of classical agrarian commons like seed commons. The research shows the potential to overcome criticisms of earlier work by Ostrom on natural commons, focusing on inclusive social practices of commoning. By analyzing a French peasant seed network, it highlights how collaborative knowledge governance drives reintroducing agrobiodiversity and on-farm seed conservation. Additionally, it explores alternative models of collective action within the network, emphasizing the importance of cultivating agrobiodiversity and the benefits of shared collective knowledge.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Stefanie Sievers-Glotzbach, Johannes Euler, Christine Frison, Nina Gmeiner, Lea Kliem, Armelle Maze, Julia Tschersich
Summary: The core sustainability issues in seed governance revolve around knowledge aspects, which have not been comprehensively studied. This paper aims to analyze knowledge governance in global and local Seed Commons, highlight disconnections between local and global governance, and investigate the contribution of knowledge commoning to sustainable food systems. Challenges include integrating traditional and scientific knowledge systems and understanding the complex interrelation between knowledge-related, material, and cultural aspects of seeds.
AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Rose Nicot, Stephane Bellon, Allison Loconto, Guillaume Ollivier
Review
Plant Sciences
Elise Tancoigne, Guillaume Ollivier
AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY
(2017)