Matteo Giusti
Biographic Data
| ID | 3707823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matteo Giusti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matteo |
| FAMILY NAME | Giusti |
| SIGNATURE | GIUSTI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gävle |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0179-2540 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Shifting relationships with nature through schools
Transformative sustainability education has emerged as a vital approach for addressing the value crisis at the root of biodiversity loss, climate change, and socio-environmental injustices in the Anthropocene. Although schools are ideally positioned to drive this transformation, nature-based education often evaluates and targets individuals in isolation from their contexts. We examine how the spatial and social contexts of schools influence chang…
Novel pathways to value nature
Our relationship with nature adapts to our daily nature routines and it is rarely challenged. Forest bathing has been studied for its well-being benefits, but its potential as a novel nature-based activity to enrich human-nature relationships has not yet been examined. This multimethod study is based on 10 guided forest bathing sessions conducted in Sweden with 26 participants. Participants answered surveys before and after attending guided fores…
Pro-environmental habits
Habits are the fundamental basis for many of our daily actions and can be powerful barriers to behavioural change. Still, habits are not included in most narratives, theories, and interventions applied to sustainable behaviour. One reason societies struggle to reach policy goals and people fail to change towards more pro-environmental lifestyles might be that many behaviours are now bound by strong habits that override knowledge and intentions to…
Visiting nearby natural settings supported wellbeing during Sweden’s “soft-touch” pandemic restrictions
The coronavirus pandemic entailed varying restrictions on access, movement and social behavior in populations around the world. Knowledge about how people coped with "soft-touch" restrictions can inform urban spatial planning strategies that enhance resilience against future pandemics. We analyzed data from an online place-based survey on 2845 places across Sweden that respondents abstained from visiting, visited with similar frequency, or visite…
Engaging with the pragmatics of relational thinking, leverage points and transformations – Reply to West et al
We reply to ‘A relational turn for sustainability science?’ by West et al. We commend West et al. for their salient comments about the relational turn. Yet the article leaves us wondering about the methodological challenges and pragmatics of relational thinking. The authors omitted important tensions in relational thinking discussion about how to assess dynamic socio-ecological systems, and how to lever change for sustainability. Whilst relationa…
Urban nature as a source of resilience during social distancing amidst the coronavirus pandemic
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused countries across the world to implement measures of social distancing to curb spreading of COVID-19. The large and sudden disruptions to everyday life that result from this are likely to impact well-being, particularly among urban populations that live in dense settings with limited public space. In this paper, we argue that during these extraordinary circumstances, urban nature offers resilience for maintaini…
Human–nature connection
The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research
Masterson, V. A., R. C. Stedman, J. Enqvist, M. Tengö, M. Giusti, D. Wahl, and U. Svedin. 2017. The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research: a review and research agenda. Ecology and Society 22(1):49. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08872-220149
The undisciplinary journey
The establishment of interdisciplinary Master's and PhD programs in sustainability science is opening up an exciting arena filled with opportunities for early-career scholars to address pressing sustainability challenges. However, embarking upon an interdisciplinary endeavor as an early-career scholar poses a unique set of challenges: to develop an individual scientific identity and a strong and specific methodological skill-set, while at the sam…
The undisciplinary journey
The establishment of interdisciplinary Master's and PhD programs in sustainability science is opening up an exciting arena filled with opportunities for early-career scholars to address pressing sustainability challenges. However, embarking upon an interdisciplinary endeavor as an early-career scholar poses a unique set of challenges: to develop an individual scientific identity and a strong and specific methodological skill-set, while at the sam…
Pro-environmental habits
Habits are the fundamental basis for many of our daily actions and can be powerful barriers to behavioural change. Still, habits are not included in most narratives, theories, and interventions applied to sustainable behaviour. One reason societies struggle to reach policy goals and people fail to change towards more pro-environmental lifestyles might be that many behaviours are now bound by strong habits that override knowledge and intentions to…
Human–nature connection
The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research
Masterson, V. A., R. C. Stedman, J. Enqvist, M. Tengö, M. Giusti, D. Wahl, and U. Svedin. 2017. The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research: a review and research agenda. Ecology and Society 22(1):49. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08872-220149
The undisciplinary journey
The establishment of interdisciplinary Master's and PhD programs in sustainability science is opening up an exciting arena filled with opportunities for early-career scholars to address pressing sustainability challenges. However, embarking upon an interdisciplinary endeavor as an early-career scholar poses a unique set of challenges: to develop an individual scientific identity and a strong and specific methodological skill-set, while at the sam…
Urban nature as a source of resilience during social distancing amidst the coronavirus pandemic
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused countries across the world to implement measures of social distancing to curb spreading of COVID-19. The large and sudden disruptions to everyday life that result from this are likely to impact well-being, particularly among urban populations that live in dense settings with limited public space. In this paper, we argue that during these extraordinary circumstances, urban nature offers resilience for maintaini…
Visiting nearby natural settings supported wellbeing during Sweden’s “soft-touch” pandemic restrictions
The coronavirus pandemic entailed varying restrictions on access, movement and social behavior in populations around the world. Knowledge about how people coped with "soft-touch" restrictions can inform urban spatial planning strategies that enhance resilience against future pandemics. We analyzed data from an online place-based survey on 2845 places across Sweden that respondents abstained from visiting, visited with similar frequency, or visite…
Engaging with the pragmatics of relational thinking, leverage points and transformations – Reply to West et al
We reply to ‘A relational turn for sustainability science?’ by West et al. We commend West et al. for their salient comments about the relational turn. Yet the article leaves us wondering about the methodological challenges and pragmatics of relational thinking. The authors omitted important tensions in relational thinking discussion about how to assess dynamic socio-ecological systems, and how to lever change for sustainability. Whilst relationa…
Pro-environmental habits
Habits are the fundamental basis for many of our daily actions and can be powerful barriers to behavioural change. Still, habits are not included in most narratives, theories, and interventions applied to sustainable behaviour. One reason societies struggle to reach policy goals and people fail to change towards more pro-environmental lifestyles might be that many behaviours are now bound by strong habits that override knowledge and intentions to…
Shifting relationships with nature through schools
Transformative sustainability education has emerged as a vital approach for addressing the value crisis at the root of biodiversity loss, climate change, and socio-environmental injustices in the Anthropocene. Although schools are ideally positioned to drive this transformation, nature-based education often evaluates and targets individuals in isolation from their contexts. We examine how the spatial and social contexts of schools influence chang…
Novel pathways to value nature
Our relationship with nature adapts to our daily nature routines and it is rarely challenged. Forest bathing has been studied for its well-being benefits, but its potential as a novel nature-based activity to enrich human-nature relationships has not yet been examined. This multimethod study is based on 10 guided forest bathing sessions conducted in Sweden with 26 participants. Participants answered surveys before and after attending guided fores…
Ecology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Sustainability (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 works)