The Transformative Futures research theme focuses on systemic changes needed to address global challenges of the Anthropocene – climate change, nature loss, inequality, and technological disruptions.
Building on the Centre’s expertise in social-ecological transformations, this theme develops new theories, tools, and methods to foster just and sustainable societal shifts.
At its core, this theme focuses on the tension between resilience and transformation — changing unsustainable and unjust systems while building resilience of desired systems and values. The research explores the complex, multi-dimensional nature of transformations to sustainability in intertwined systems of people and nature.
The theme adopts a pluralistic approach to transformations and collaborates with diverse actors ranging from Indigenous peoples, multinational corporations, and international development banks, to define what needs to change, how, and for whom. The theme builds on projects like Seeds of the Good Anthropocene and Biosphere Futures and addresses food systems and sustainability transformations.
Current efforts focus on comparing alternative approaches to transformations, testing new methods for envisioning sustainable futures, and linking psychological and social-ecological resilience. By promoting transformations and embracing disruption, the Transformative Futures theme aims to provide strategies to build a resilient, just, and sustainable world.
Theme contacts
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Garry Peterson
Jan Kuiper
Malin Jonell
Amanda Jiménez Aceituno
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Michele-Lee Moore
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