Scenarios are important tools to facilitate the communication among scientists, practitioners,
and decision-makers, and, thus to support policy and management decisions. The use of …

Formulating adequate responses to pressing socio-ecological challenges requires effective
and legitimate knowledge production and use. The academic debate has gradually shifted …

Leading figures in sustainability transitions stress the need for approaches from other fields.
A particular blind spot is the role of culture and meaning in transitions. This paper introduces …

Over the past decades, numerous science institutions have evolved around issues of global
sustainability, aiming to inform and shape societal transformations towards sustainability …

This study develops a measure of perceived authenticity in science communication and then
explores communication strategies to improve the perceived authenticity of a scientific …

With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, UN Member States pledge “to leave no one behind”
and “endeavour to reach the furthest behind first”. The EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) was …

Current political developments in established liberal democracies in both Europe and North
America have fundamentally called into question the normative relations between truth …

Expert organizations increasingly adopt participatory strategies to strengthen their
knowledge claims. We introduce the notion of knowledge platforms for sustainability to …

This article discusses how aspects related to policymakers' demands for knowledge shape
preferences for science-policy models such as Mode 1 and Mode 2. It focuses on the …

There is a plea for dialogue and interaction between researchers and policymakers,
particularly in relation to burning and complex societal problems. However, day-to-day …