Number of the records: 1
What factors enable social-ecological transformative potential? The role of learning practices, empowerment, and networking
- 1.
SYSNO ASEP 0578972 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title What factors enable social-ecological transformative potential? The role of learning practices, empowerment, and networking Author(s) Tuckey, A.J. (SE)
Harmáčková, Veronika Zuzana (UEK-B) RID, ORCID, SAI
Peterson, G.D. (SE)
Norstroem, A.V. (SE)
Moore, M. (SE)
Olsson, P. (SE)
Lam, D.P.M. (DE)
Jimenez-Aceituno, A. (SE)Article number 27 Source Title Ecology and Society - ISSN 1708-3087
Roč. 28, č. 2 (2023)Number of pages 20 s. Language eng - English Country CA - Canada Keywords qualitative comparative-analysis ; comparative-analysis qca ; climate-change ; sustainability transitions ; adaptation ; resilience ; framework ; capacity ; dynamics ; science ; local initiatives ; qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) ; The Seeds of Good Anthropocenes ; transformative potential Subject RIV AO - Sociology, Demography OECD category Environmental sciences (social aspects) R&D Projects LX22NPO5101 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support UEK-B - RVO:86652079 UT WOS 001102824700001 DOI 10.5751/ES-14163-280227 Annotation . Achieving sustainability in the Anthropocene requires radical changes to how human societies operate. The Seeds of Good Anthropocenes (SOGA) project has identified a diverse set of existing initiatives, called ,,seeds,, that have the potential to catalyze transformations toward more sustainable pathways. However, the empirical investigation of factors and conditions that enable successful sustainability transformations across multiple cases has been scarce. Building on a review of existing theoretical and empirical research, we developed a theoretical framework for assessing three features identified as important to transformative potential of innovative socialecological initiatives: (1) learning practices, (2) empowerment, and (3) networking. We applied this framework to a set of African-led and Africa-related initiatives that we selected from the SOGA database that were divided into initiatives with more or less transformative potential. We coded the presence or absence of features relating to the theoretical framework using secondary data, and then compared the initiatives using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). This analysis revealed that of the three features tested, Networking emerged as the most important feature for transformative potential when compared amongst cases. By developing and testing a framework for the comparison of cases we provide a basis for future comparative work to further identify and test properties of cases that enable transformation. Workplace Global Change Research Institute Contact Nikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol28/iss2/art27/
Number of the records: 1