Three principles for co-designing sustainability intervention strategies
Experiences from Southern Transylvania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10889333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David P M Lam (0000-0002-3604-0800, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, corresponding author), Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu (0000-0003-1757-6615, University of Helsinki), Andra I Horcea-Milcu, Joern Fischer (0000-0003-3187-8978, Leuphana University of Lüneburg), Daniela Peukert (0000-0001-9092-6605, Leuphana University of Lüneburg), Daniel J Lang (0000-0001-5435-1488, Leuphana University of Lüneburg) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1451-1465 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AMBIO (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7447 • E-ISSN: 1654-7209 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13280-019-01302-x |
| PMID | 31858486 |
| OpenAlex | W2994817612 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 70 |
Transformational research frameworks provide understanding and guidance for fostering change towards sustainability. They comprise stages of system understanding, visioning and co-designing intervention strategies to foster change. Guidance and empirical examples for how to facilitate the process of co-designing intervention strategies in real-world contexts remain scarce, especially with regard to integrating local initiatives. We suggest three principles to facilitate the process of co-designing intervention strategies that integrate local initiatives: (1) Explore existing and envisioned initiatives fostering change towards the desired future; (2) Frame the intervention strategy to bridge the gap between the present state and desired future state(s), building on, strengthening and complementing existing initiatives; (3) Identify drivers, barriers and potential leverage points for how to accelerate progress towards sustainability. We illustrate our approach via a case study on sustainable development in Southern Transylvania. We conclude that our principles were useful in the case study, especially with regards to integrating initiatives, and could also be applied in other real-world contexts
Intervention (counseling · Leverage (statistics · Management science · Political science · Process (computing · Process management · Public relations · Sustainability · Transformational leadership · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Sustainability in Higher Education
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| Citations per year | 2.67 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |