Journal
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN VALUES
Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 876-898Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0162243916639728
Keywords
Future Earth; sustainability; environmental research; global environmental change; climate change; science policy; International Council for Science; Belmont Forum; social transformation; sustainability science
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- US National Science Foundation [1544589]
- CNPq (Brazilian Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development) under the Brazilian National Institute for Science and Technology-Climate Change [CNPq 483099/2009-0]
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Future Earth is an evolving international research program and platform for engagement aiming to support transitions toward sustainability. This article discusses processes that led to Future Earth, highlighting its intellectual emergence. I describe how Future Earth has increased space for contributions from the social sciences and humanities despite powerful, long-standing preferences for bio-geophysical research in global environmental research communities. I argue that such preferences nevertheless are deeply embedded in scientific institutions that continue to shape environmental science agendas and, as such, constitute a formidable obstacle that needs to be recognized and countered to bolster efforts at effective societal transformation in the face of sustainability challenges. The analysis draws on two decades of observant participation in environmental research communities in the United States, Europe, Brazil, and elsewhere, including participation in the visioning process that led to Future Earth.
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