Months Later
The coronavirus pandemic as an analogy for future sustainability challenges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12949779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John‐Oliver Engler (0000-0002-8590-3748, University of Vechta, corresponding author), Henrik Von Wehrden (0000-0003-2087-5552, Leuphana University of Lüneburg) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 2499-2504 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainability Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1862-4057 • E-ISSN: 1862-4065 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11625-023-01383-4 |
| OpenAlex | W4382810731 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
We combine the concepts of ‘black elephants’ and wicked problems with Roy Bhaskar’s critical realist philosophy of science and frame the current state of the coronavirus pandemic as an analogy for impending sustainability challenges. We point out and illustrate that the interaction of different ontological levels of our world as it ‘is’ will likely remain a challenge in addressing the wicked problems of our time
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Analogy · Biology · Coronavirus · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Economics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Management · Pandemic · Political science · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Wicked problem · Engineering · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Ecology · Virology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |