Many have advocated for collaborative governance and the participation of citizens and
stakeholders on the basis that it can improve the environmental outcomes of public decision …

The paper outlines the principles and methodology for sustainability assessment, using multi-
actor multi-criteria evaluation practices to articulate competing, un-reconciled and often …

The role of information systems (IS) as representations of real-world systems is changing in
an increasingly digitalized world, suggesting that conceptual modeling is losing its …

Current political trends and scholarly research increasingly promote collaborative and
participatory governance in multi‐level systems as a way to more sustainable and effective …

Discursive deference in the governance of science and technology is rebalancing from
expert analysis toward participatory deliberation. Linear, scientistic conceptions of …

Much emphasis has been placed on the importance of learning to support collaborative
environmental management and achieve sustainability under conditions of social …

" Wicked" problems are large-scale, long-term policy dilemmas in which multiple and
compounding risks and uncertainties combine with sharply divergent public values to …

The normative implications of participatory research imply ongoing social learning that ought
to lead to personal and institutional transformation. Sustainability science also requires …

This book argues that Africa can feed itself in a generation and help contribute to global food
security despite its history of persistent food shortages and the rising threat of climate …

Natural disasters, extreme weather events, economic crises, political change and long term
change, such as climate change and demographic change, are in many places forcing a re …