Current challenges to the concept of sustainability

Vogt, Markus; Weber, Christoph

doi:10.1017/sus.2019.1

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“…According to the authors of this paper, this approach to measuring sustainable development does not correspond with the essential message of this idea, according to which one should strive to harmonize the level and (despite critical comments formulated for this purpose, by e.g. Vogt and Weber, 2019) maximize the results achieved in each of the dimensions.…”

Section: Relations Between the Dimensions Of Sustainable Development mentioning

confidence: 94%

Sustainable development and its relationships with other directions of the development of European Union countries

Cheba¹,

Bąk²

2020

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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The main purpose of the paper is to present proposals for the study of relationships between the dimensions of sustainable development and other areas of the EU countries’ development: innovation and competitiveness both from theoretical and practical perspective. The first part presents the assumptions adopted by the authors, and the second the 2-stage research procedure. In the first stage, the relative taxonomic measure of development was calculated, while in the next one the correlation coefficients between considered dimensions and areas were calculated. According to the authors, in the studies of relationships between sustainable development and other considered areas, one should take into account all of the particular dimensions and areas creating the research phenomena.

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Section: Relations Between the Dimensions Of Sustainable Development mentioning

confidence: 94%

Sustainable development and its relationships with other directions of the development of European Union countries

Cheba¹,

Bąk²

2020

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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“…However, this farewell has not been consistent, and many contradictions arise in the tension between ecological and socio-economic goals [52] (pp. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]. Awareness of the consequences of the SDGs for everyday politics, economy, and society seems limited.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Without dealing with the structural political prerequisites of their active perception and implementation, the full-bodied rhetoric of responsibility is just an "uncovered check" [53] (p. 187). The limits of attributing responsibility, planning sustainability, and controlling political processes must be remeasured [59] (pp. 1-6).…”

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The Role of Universities in a Sustainable Society. Why Value-Free Research is Neither Possible nor Desirable

Vogt

Weber

2020

Sustainability

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The current climate crisis confronts us with a deep discrepancy between knowledge and action. Therefore, this article is looking for a readjustment of the relationship between science and society. The positivist self-understanding of science and its fragmented organizational form lead to a marginalization of ethical questions. Instead, sustainability calls for a re-examination of the preconditions and embedding contexts of supposedly value-free research. Faced with the increasing complexity of the modern world, ethics must spell out a new “grammar of responsibility” that addresses the prevalent “declamatory overload of responsibility”. Ethicists can fulfil this role by uncovering and regulating conflicting goals and dilemmas. Instead of playing the role of “marginal echo chambers”, universities ought to assume their social responsibility as structural policy actors. This article suggests a methodology of responsible research as a specific ethical contribution to the model of “transformative” and “catalytic” science for a “post-normal age”. True to their founding mission, academia should herald a “New Enlightenment” that is more self-reflexive regarding its own practical and ethical preconditions, foundations, and consequences. This article presents a possible practical method for fostering the dialogue between the natural sciences and the humanities and to link research, education, practice, and social communication in new ways. It is concluded that a foundation of a whole-rationality approach with a multidimensional understanding of wisdom and, respectively, rationality and sagacity is necessary for sustainable universities.

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“…On the one hand, sustainability is defined as dynamic stability in social and ecological systems and their interactions. However, several dimensions of sustainability are often misunderstood (Vogt & Weber, 2019). The concept of sustainability originates from the most commonly used definition of sustainable development, which states that we should meet the needs of the present human population without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).…”

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How to assess sustainability transformations: a review

Salomaa

Juhola

2020

Glob. Sustain.

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Non-technical summary There is a call to change societies to become more sustainable. We examine how the concept of sustainability transformation has been used and find that it has been defined in many ways. The concept is still used without many real-world examples – we found only four studies that had assessed whether a multi-sectoral sustainability transformation had taken place. There is a need to further clarify what sustainability transformation means and how it can be assessed.

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Current challenges to the concept of sustainability

Cited by 60 publications

References 8 publications

Sustainable development and its relationships with other directions of the development of European Union countries

Sustainable development and its relationships with other directions of the development of European Union countries

The Role of Universities in a Sustainable Society. Why Value-Free Research is Neither Possible nor Desirable

How to assess sustainability transformations: a review

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