A Research Agenda for the Future of Ecological Economics by Emerging Scholars

Sustainability

卷:13

Joshua Farley¹  Kaitlin Kish² 

[1]Gund Institute, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA

[2]|Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada

关键词: ecological economics;    evolution;    social ecological economics;    research agenda;    pluralism;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su13031557

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

As a discipline, ecological economics is at a turning point and there is a need to develop a new research agenda for ecological economics that will contribute to the creation and adoption of new economic institutions. There are still considerable environmental issues and a new generation of scholars ready to tackle them. In this paper and Special Issue, we highlight the voices of emerging scholars in ecological economics who put social justice squarely at the center of ecological economic research. The papers in this issue remain true to the central focus of economic downscaling while calling for greater emphasis on culture and society. We acknowledge that methodological and intellectual pluralism inherently entail tensions but strive to find shared normative foundations to collectively work toward socio-ecological transformations. In this editorial, we emphasize the need for further attention to social aspects of ecological economics and evolutionary approaches to further strengthen cooperation.

【 授权许可】

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