The theoretical debates in sociology have highlighted the strengths, but also the limitations
of perspectives building on, anthropocentrism, essentialism, or structural determinism. One …

Resilience is a concept that focuses on change: it includes the ability of a system to maintain
its current state despite disturbances, its ability to adapt, and to transform. While resilience …

Worldwide, communities face disruptions driven by phenomena such as climate change and
globalization. Socio-ecological resilience theorists have called for greater attention to the …

In the transition from welfare to 'enabling'states, governments move away from their previous
roles as providers of services. Individuals and communities as collectives of individuals are …

Agricultural livelihoods are resilient when capable of enduring and overcoming socio-
environmental stressors. The “Sustainable Livelihoods Approach”, popularized in …

The most critical question for sustainability research is how to facilitate transformative
change. Yet, the academic scope of historical commons' research is limited to institutional …

Although discourses around organic agriculture have moved beyond its initial, rather
particular ecological morality (Fouilleux and Locanto, 2017), the narratives and practices of …

Here, we examine landscape as an actor of ecological restoration projects rather than as a
resource. Based on relational thinking and the notion of agency, we aim to identify …

In July 2014 the Food Justice: Knowing Food/Securing the Future workshop at the University
of Reading, UK brought together over 60 academic and civil society delegates to discuss the …

This research advances our understanding of sustainable community development in
relation to complex economic phenomena and psychological processes. The last decade …