The term 'wicked problems' is today widely used in the sustainability literature, but there is
no consensus on its theoretical underpinnings or its utility for research. This paper reports on …

Social media is a transformative digital technology, collapsing the “six degrees of
separation” which have previously characterized many social networks, and breaking down …

Brazil's governance of the COVID-19 pandemic has been described as nothing short of
tragic by several commentators. President Jair Bolsonaro's dangerous brew of neoliberal …

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …

We commonly think of information as a means to an end. However, a growing theoretical
and experimental literature suggests that information may directly enter the agent's utility …

Growing political pressure to find solutions to climate change is leading to increasing calls
for multiple disciplines, in particular those that are not traditionally part of climate change …

Miscalculating the volumes of water withdrawn for irrigation, the largest consumer of
freshwater in the world, jeopardizes sustainable water management. Hydrological models …

The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges for healthcare systems and political leaders
across the globe. In this case study of Brazil, we argue that leadership failings at the highest …

This paper explores the implications of the widespread success of the term circular economy
in the institutional and public debate. The concept of circular economy in itself implies a …

The Circular Economy in Europe presents an overview and a critical discussion on how
circularity is conceived, imagined, and enacted in current EU policy-making. In 2013, the …