Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations
Over the last 2 decades, it has become increasingly evident that incremental adaptation to global environmental challenges—particularly climate change—no longer suffices. To make matters worse, systemic problems such as social inequity and unsustainable use of resources prove to be persistent. These...
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| author | Rutting, Lucas Vervoort, Joost M. Mees, Heleen Pereira, Laura Veeger, Marieke Muiderman, Karlijn Mangnus, Astrid C Winkler, Klara Olsson, Per Hichert, Tanja Lane, Richard Pergher, Bruno Bottega Christiaens, Laura Bansal, Nivedita Hendriks, Abe Driessen, Peter P.J. |
| author_browse | Bansal, Nivedita Christiaens, Laura Driessen, Peter P.J. Hendriks, Abe Hichert, Tanja Lane, Richard Mangnus, Astrid C Mees, Heleen Muiderman, Karlijn Olsson, Per Pereira, Laura Pergher, Bruno Bottega Rutting, Lucas Veeger, Marieke Vervoort, Joost M. Winkler, Klara |
| author_facet | Rutting, Lucas Vervoort, Joost M. Mees, Heleen Pereira, Laura Veeger, Marieke Muiderman, Karlijn Mangnus, Astrid C Winkler, Klara Olsson, Per Hichert, Tanja Lane, Richard Pergher, Bruno Bottega Christiaens, Laura Bansal, Nivedita Hendriks, Abe Driessen, Peter P.J. |
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| description | Over the last 2 decades, it has become increasingly evident that incremental adaptation to global environmental challenges—particularly climate change—no longer suffices. To make matters worse, systemic problems such as social inequity and unsustainable use of resources prove to be persistent. These challenges call for, such is the rationale, significant and radical systemic changes that challenge incumbent structures. Remarkably, scholarship on sustainability transformations has only engaged with the role of power dynamics and shifts in a limited fashion. This paper responds to a need for methods that support the creation of imaginative transformation pathways while attending to the roles that power shifts play in transformations. To do this, we extended the “Seeds of Good Anthropocenes” approach, incorporating questions derived from scholarship on power into the methodology. Our ‘Disruptive Seeds’ approach focuses on niche practices that actively challenge unsustainable incumbent actors and institutions. We tested this novel approach in a series of participatory pilot workshops. Generally, the approach shows great potential as it facilitates explicit discussion about the way power shifts may unfold in transformations. It is a strong example of the value of mixing disciplinary perspectives to create new forms of scenario thinking—following the call for more integrated work on anticipatory governance that combines futures thinking with social and political science research into governance and power. Specifically, the questions about power shifts in transformations used in this paper to adapt the Seeds approach can also be used to adapt other future methods that similarly lack a focus on power shifts—for instance, explorative scenarios, classic back-casting approaches, and simulation gaming. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1277322024-05-01T08:19:54Z Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations Rutting, Lucas Vervoort, Joost M. Mees, Heleen Pereira, Laura Veeger, Marieke Muiderman, Karlijn Mangnus, Astrid C Winkler, Klara Olsson, Per Hichert, Tanja Lane, Richard Pergher, Bruno Bottega Christiaens, Laura Bansal, Nivedita Hendriks, Abe Driessen, Peter P.J. climate change adaptation transformation empowerment governance Over the last 2 decades, it has become increasingly evident that incremental adaptation to global environmental challenges—particularly climate change—no longer suffices. To make matters worse, systemic problems such as social inequity and unsustainable use of resources prove to be persistent. These challenges call for, such is the rationale, significant and radical systemic changes that challenge incumbent structures. Remarkably, scholarship on sustainability transformations has only engaged with the role of power dynamics and shifts in a limited fashion. This paper responds to a need for methods that support the creation of imaginative transformation pathways while attending to the roles that power shifts play in transformations. To do this, we extended the “Seeds of Good Anthropocenes” approach, incorporating questions derived from scholarship on power into the methodology. Our ‘Disruptive Seeds’ approach focuses on niche practices that actively challenge unsustainable incumbent actors and institutions. We tested this novel approach in a series of participatory pilot workshops. Generally, the approach shows great potential as it facilitates explicit discussion about the way power shifts may unfold in transformations. It is a strong example of the value of mixing disciplinary perspectives to create new forms of scenario thinking—following the call for more integrated work on anticipatory governance that combines futures thinking with social and political science research into governance and power. Specifically, the questions about power shifts in transformations used in this paper to adapt the Seeds approach can also be used to adapt other future methods that similarly lack a focus on power shifts—for instance, explorative scenarios, classic back-casting approaches, and simulation gaming. 2023-05 2023-01-20T21:21:51Z 2023-01-20T21:21:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127732 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107763 Open Access Springer Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Mees, H. et al. 2022. Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations. Sustain Sci, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01251-7 |
| spellingShingle | climate change adaptation transformation empowerment governance Rutting, Lucas Vervoort, Joost M. Mees, Heleen Pereira, Laura Veeger, Marieke Muiderman, Karlijn Mangnus, Astrid C Winkler, Klara Olsson, Per Hichert, Tanja Lane, Richard Pergher, Bruno Bottega Christiaens, Laura Bansal, Nivedita Hendriks, Abe Driessen, Peter P.J. Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations |
| title | Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations |
| title_full | Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations |
| title_fullStr | Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations |
| title_short | Disruptive seeds: a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations |
| title_sort | disruptive seeds a scenario approach to explore power shifts in sustainability transformations |
| topic | climate change adaptation transformation empowerment governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127732 |
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