Abstract
Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge systems might need to look like and how we might get there. Findings suggest that envisioned future systems will need to be much more collaborative, open, diverse, egalitarian, and able to work with values and systemic issues. They will also need to go beyond producing knowledge about our world to generating wisdom about how to act within it. To get to envisioned systems we will need to rapidly scale methodological innovations, connect innovators, and creatively accelerate learning about working with intractable challenges. We will also need to create new funding schemes, a global knowledge commons, and challenge deeply held assumptions. To genuinely be a creative force in supporting longevity of human and non-human life on our planet, the shift in knowledge systems will probably need to be at the scale of the enlightenment and speed of the scientific and technological revolution accompanying the second World War. This will require bold and strategic action from governments, scientists, civic society and sustained transformational intent.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 101724 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Energy Research & Social Science |
| Volume | 70 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- Sustainability science
- Epistemology
- Transformation
- Social-technical transitions
- Knowledge
- Climate and energy research
- ENERGY SOCIAL-SCIENCE
- SUSTAINABILITY
- TRANSITIONS
- CLIMATE
- POLICY
- PATHWAYS
- PERSPECTIVE
- EXPERIENCES
- COMPLEXITY
- EDUCATION
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T1 - Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth
T2 - Visions of future systems and how to get there
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AU - Schapke, Niko
AU - Caniglia, Guido
AU - Hodgson, Anthony
AU - Kendrick, Ian
AU - Lyon, Christopher
AU - Page, Glenn
AU - Patterson, James
AU - Riedy, Chris
AU - Strasser, Tim
AU - Verveen, Stephan
AU - Adams, David
AU - Goldstein, Bruce
AU - Klaes, Matthias
AU - Leicester, Graham
AU - Linyard, Alison
AU - McCurdy, Adrienne
AU - Ryan, Paul
AU - Sharpe, Bill
AU - Silvestri, Giorgia
AU - Abdurrahim, Ali Yansyah
AU - Abson, David
AU - Adetunji, Olufemi Samson
AU - Aldunce, Paulina
AU - Alvarez-Pereira, Carlos
AU - Amparo, Jennifer Marie
AU - Amundsen, Helene
AU - Anderson, Lakin
AU - Andersson, Lotta
AU - Asquith, Michael
AU - Augenstein, Karoline
AU - Barrie, Jack
AU - Bent, David
AU - Bentz, Julia
AU - Bergsten, Arvid
AU - Berzonsky, Carol
AU - Bina, Olivia
AU - Blackstock, Kirsty
AU - Boehnert, Joanna
AU - Bradbury, Hilary
AU - Brand, Christine
AU - Bohme, Jessica
AU - Bojer, Marianne Mille
AU - Carmen, Esther
AU - Charli-Joseph, Lakshmi
AU - Choudhury, Sarah
AU - Chunhachoti-ananta, Supot
AU - Cockburn, Jessica
AU - Colvin, John
AU - Connon, Irena L. C.
AU - Cornforth, Rosalind
AU - Cox, Robin S.
AU - Cradock-Henry, Nicholas
AU - Cramer, Laura
AU - Cremaschi, Almendra
AU - Dannevig, Halvor
AU - Day, Catherine T.
AU - Hutchison, Cathel de Lima
AU - de Vrieze, Anke
AU - Desai, Vikas
AU - Dolley, Jonathan
AU - Duckett, Dominic
AU - Durrant, Rachael Amy
AU - Egermann, Markus
AU - Elsner (Adams), Emily
AU - Fremantle, Chris
AU - Fullwood-Thomas, Jessica
AU - Galafassi, Diego
AU - Gobby, Jen
AU - Golland, Ami
AU - Gonzalez-Padron, Shiara Kirana
AU - Gram-Hanssen, Irmelin
AU - Grandin, Jakob
AU - Grenni, Sara
AU - Gunnell, Jade Lauren
AU - Gusmao, Felipe
AU - Hamann, Maike
AU - Harding, Brian
AU - Harper, Gavin
AU - Hesselgren, Mia
AU - Hestad, Dina
AU - Heykoop, Cheryl Anne
AU - Holmen, Johan
AU - Holstead, Kirsty
AU - Hoolohan, Claire
AU - Horcea-Milcu, Andra-Ioana
AU - Horlings, Lummina Geertruida
AU - Howden, Stuart Mark
AU - Howell, Rachel Angharad
AU - Huque, Sarah Insia
AU - Canedo, Mirna Liz Inturias
AU - Iro, Chidinma Yvonne
AU - Ives, Christopher D.
AU - John, Beatrice
AU - Joshi, Rajiv
AU - Juarez-Bourke, Sadhbh
AU - Juma, Dauglas Wafula
AU - Karlsen, Bea Cecilie
AU - Kliem, Lea
AU - Klaey, Andreas
AU - Kuenkel, Petra
AU - Kunze, Iris
AU - Lam, David Patrick Michael
AU - Lang, Daniel J.
AU - Larkin, Alice
AU - Light, Ann
AU - Luederitz, Christopher
AU - Luthe, Tobias
AU - Maguire, Cathy
AU - Mahecha-Groot, Ana-Maria
AU - Malcolm, Jackie
AU - Marshall, Fiona
AU - Maru, Yiheyis
AU - McLachlan, Carly
AU - Mmbando, Peter
AU - Mohapatra, Subhakanta
AU - Moore, Michele-Lee
AU - Moriggi, Angela
AU - Morley-Fletcher, Mark
AU - Moser, Susanne
AU - Mueller, Konstanze Marion
AU - Mukute, Mutizwa
AU - Muhlemeier, Susan
AU - Naess, Lars Otto
AU - Nieto-Romero, Marta
AU - Novo, Paula
AU - O'Brien, Karen
AU - O'Connell, Deborah Anne
AU - O'Donnell, Kathleen
AU - Olsson, Per
AU - Pearson, Kelli Rose
AU - Pereira, Laura
AU - Petridis, Panos
AU - Peukert, Daniela
AU - Phear, Nicky
AU - Pisters, Siri Renee
AU - Polsky, Matt
AU - Pound, Diana
AU - Preiser, Rika
AU - Rahman, Md. Sajidur
AU - Reed, Mark S.
AU - Revell, Philip
AU - Rodriguez, Iokine
AU - Rogers, Briony Cathryn
AU - Rohr, Jascha
AU - Rosenberg, Milda Nordbo
AU - Ross, Helen
AU - Russell, Shona
AU - Ryan, Melanie
AU - Saha, Probal
AU - Schleicher, Katharina
AU - Schneider, Flurina
AU - Scoville-Simonds, Morgan
AU - Searle, Beverley
AU - Sebhatu, Samuel Petros
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AU - Silverman, Howard
AU - Singh, Chandni
AU - Sterling, Eleanor
AU - Stewart, Sarah-Jane
AU - Tabara, J. David
AU - Taylor, Douglas
AU - Thornton, Philip
AU - Tribaldos, Theresa Margarete
AU - Tschakert, Petra
AU - Uribe-Calvo, Natalia
AU - Waddell, Steve
AU - Waddock, Sandra
AU - van der Merwe, Liza
AU - van Mierlo, Barbara
AU - van Zwanenberg, Patrick
AU - Velarde, Sandra Judith
AU - Washbourne, Carla-Leanne
AU - Waylen, Kerry
AU - Weiser, Annika
AU - Wight, Ian
AU - Williams, Stephen
AU - Woods, Mel
AU - Wolstenholme, Ruth
AU - Wright, Ness
AU - Wunder, Stefanie
AU - Wyllie, Alastair
AU - Young, Hannah R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s)
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge systems might need to look like and how we might get there. Findings suggest that envisioned future systems will need to be much more collaborative, open, diverse, egalitarian, and able to work with values and systemic issues. They will also need to go beyond producing knowledge about our world to generating wisdom about how to act within it. To get to envisioned systems we will need to rapidly scale methodological innovations, connect innovators, and creatively accelerate learning about working with intractable challenges. We will also need to create new funding schemes, a global knowledge commons, and challenge deeply held assumptions. To genuinely be a creative force in supporting longevity of human and non-human life on our planet, the shift in knowledge systems will probably need to be at the scale of the enlightenment and speed of the scientific and technological revolution accompanying the second World War. This will require bold and strategic action from governments, scientists, civic society and sustained transformational intent.
AB - Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge systems might need to look like and how we might get there. Findings suggest that envisioned future systems will need to be much more collaborative, open, diverse, egalitarian, and able to work with values and systemic issues. They will also need to go beyond producing knowledge about our world to generating wisdom about how to act within it. To get to envisioned systems we will need to rapidly scale methodological innovations, connect innovators, and creatively accelerate learning about working with intractable challenges. We will also need to create new funding schemes, a global knowledge commons, and challenge deeply held assumptions. To genuinely be a creative force in supporting longevity of human and non-human life on our planet, the shift in knowledge systems will probably need to be at the scale of the enlightenment and speed of the scientific and technological revolution accompanying the second World War. This will require bold and strategic action from governments, scientists, civic society and sustained transformational intent.
KW - Sustainability science
KW - Epistemology
KW - Transformation
KW - Social-technical transitions
KW - Knowledge
KW - Climate and energy research
KW - ENERGY SOCIAL-SCIENCE
KW - SUSTAINABILITY
KW - TRANSITIONS
KW - CLIMATE
KW - POLICY
KW - PATHWAYS
KW - PERSPECTIVE
KW - EXPERIENCES
KW - COMPLEXITY
KW - EDUCATION
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DO - 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101724
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