European Research on Sustainable Development Volume 1: Transformativ
This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development. Its emphasis lays on the transformative dimension of this research: sustainable development can only be realized through a far-reaching transforma
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Carlo C. Jaeger
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J. David Ta`bara
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Julia Jaeger
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European Research on Sustainable Development Volume 1: Transformative Science Approaches for Sustainability
Editors Prof. Dr. Carlo C. Jaeger Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Impact Research Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods Telegrafenberg A31 14473 Potsdam Germany [email protected]
Dr. J. David Ta`bara Autonomous University of Barcelona Institute of Environmental Science and Technology Campus UAB 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles Spain [email protected]
Julia Jaeger European Climate Forum Postfach 60 06 48 14406 Potsdam Germany [email protected]
# European Union 2011 The information and views set out in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.
e-ISBN 978-92-79-16583-2
e-Catalogue number KI-31-10-103-EN-N
DOI 10.2777/20753 ISBN, Catalogue number and DOI of the printed version will be printed on the backcover.
Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-3-642-19201-2 e-ISBN 978-3-642-19202-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-19202-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931679 Cover design: deblik, Berlin, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) DG Research (www.ec.europa.eu/research)
Foreword
Sustainable development is a challenge for scientific research in general and for European research in particular. It calls for radical transformations of the ways we do research and think about it, of the ways we shape research policies, and of the ways the scientific system interacts with the other components of society. As director for environmental research in the European Commission, I welcome this pair of books, that build on the Conference “Sustainable development: a challenge for European research”,1 that we organized in Brussels in May 2009. This event generated a beautiful positive energy and fostered an inclusive, but demanding, vision of sustainable development. Indeed, sustainable development is about vision, more than about prediction. Sustainable development is about confidence, more than about fear. Sustainable development is about equity and respect, more than about race and competition. Scientific research is neither a steady nor a stand-alone endeavour. The sustainability challenge calls for a web of constructive interactions, notably between science and policy-making, science and activism, science and philosophy, science and other forms of knowledge. I thank the editors of these books, and in particular Carlo Jaeger, chair of the scientific committee of the Conference, for putting together and publishing these books, and hence following up on the vivid conversation and the rich interactions initiated at the conferenc
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