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View article: Discursive (Un-)Professional Ideologies About Sustainability on TikTok and Instagram. A Comparison
Discursive (Un-)Professional Ideologies About Sustainability on TikTok and Instagram. A Comparison Open
How is sustainability communicated on TikTok and Instagram between influencers and their consumers? To answer this question, we investigate posts by sustainability influencers and ask how they professionally or unprofessionally address eco…
View article: Grand challenges and living labs: toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Grand challenges and living labs: toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Open
OPINION article Front. Public Health, 24 July 2023Sec. Digital Public Health Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1242138
View article: Science under pressure: how research is being challenged by the 2030 Agenda
Science under pressure: how research is being challenged by the 2030 Agenda Open
In this comment, we scrutinize how research is being challenged by the 2030 Agenda and what may be required for research to contribute to transformative change toward sustainability. Building on the current debate and state of knowledge, w…
View article: Contributions of Citizen Science to the Sustainable Development Goals: Is Transformative “Global” Citizen Science Possible?
Contributions of Citizen Science to the Sustainable Development Goals: Is Transformative “Global” Citizen Science Possible? Open
Various efforts have been undertaken to encourage citizen science contribution to the United Nations’ (UN’s) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These attempts are connected chiefly to the measurement of specific sustainability indicator…
View article: Assuming accuracy, pretending influence? Risks of measuring, monitoring and reporting sustainable development goals
Assuming accuracy, pretending influence? Risks of measuring, monitoring and reporting sustainable development goals Open
From the local to global level, indicators and reports are produced and published to support the transition towards sustainable development. Building from two European-level science–policy workshops, this perspective essay discusses the ty…
View article: Ethical moments and institutional expertise in UK Government COVID-19 pandemic policy responses: where, when and how is ethical advice sought?
Ethical moments and institutional expertise in UK Government COVID-19 pandemic policy responses: where, when and how is ethical advice sought? Open
Background: The emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic has required a rapid acceleration of policy decision making, and raised a wide range of ethical issues worldwide, ranging from vaccine prioritisation, welfare and public health ‘t…
View article: Beyond Individualized Responsibility Attributions? How Eco Influencers Communicate Sustainability on TikTok
Beyond Individualized Responsibility Attributions? How Eco Influencers Communicate Sustainability on TikTok Open
Sustainability communication is of increasing importance. While sustainability communication in traditional media has already been well researched, more research is needed about social media platforms in this regard. By focusing on sustain…
View article: Barriers to Full Participation in the Open Science Life Cycle among Early Career Researchers
Barriers to Full Participation in the Open Science Life Cycle among Early Career Researchers Open
Open science (OS) is currently dominated by a small subset of practices that occur late in the scientific process. Early career researchers (ECRs) will play a key role in transitioning the scientific community to more widespread use of OS …
View article: Why does pesticide pollution in water persist?
Why does pesticide pollution in water persist? Open
Why is hazardous pesticide pollution of water bodies in the EU not effectively limited by state regulation? Using the conceptual framework of unsustainable lock-ins by Karen Seto et al., we show that there are various “pesticide lock-ins” …
View article: Environmental Sustainability Post-COVID-19: Scrutinizing Popular Hypotheses from a Social Science Perspective
Environmental Sustainability Post-COVID-19: Scrutinizing Popular Hypotheses from a Social Science Perspective Open
There is an increasingly vocal debate on potential long-term changes in environmental sustainability spurred by the global COVID-19 pandemic. This article scrutinizes the social science basis of selected popular hypotheses regarding the ne…
View article: Citizen Science for Transformative Air Quality Policy in Germany and Niger
Citizen Science for Transformative Air Quality Policy in Germany and Niger Open
How can citizen science projects advance the achievement of transformative air quality-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Germany and Niger? We investigate the promise of using citizen-generated data (CGD) as an input for offi…
View article: Perception of bottlenecks in the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive
Perception of bottlenecks in the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive Open
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) entered into force in December 2000; it marks a decisive turn in European water governance and related policies, management practices and restoration trends. After 20 years of implementation thr…
View article: Like Oil and Water: The Politics of (Not) Assessing Glyphosate Concentrations in Aquatic Ecosystems
Like Oil and Water: The Politics of (Not) Assessing Glyphosate Concentrations in Aquatic Ecosystems Open
Since the International Agency on Cancer Research’s monograph found glyphosate to be a likely carcinogen, the regulatory focus on the chemical has centred on this determinative criterion for regulatory action. Yet, other pertinent factors,…
View article: Risks of producing and using indicators of sustainable development goals
Risks of producing and using indicators of sustainable development goals Open
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aim to provide humanity with a global roadmap to sustainability. Official SDG indicators have been intensively developed, and they have a prominent and pronounced role as a key monitoring and policy …
View article: Dealing with interlinkages – a focused approach for implementing the SDGs and overcoming the COVID-19 crisis.
Dealing with interlinkages – a focused approach for implementing the SDGs and overcoming the COVID-19 crisis. Open
In 2020 and beyond, the G20 has to reinvigorate its implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Both challenges are global in nature and require a universal, integrated, and transformat…
View article: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Poverty Measurement, Epistemic Injustices and Social Activism
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Poverty Measurement, Epistemic Injustices and Social Activism Open
As we enter the 2020s, global poverty is still a grave and persistent problem. Alleviating and eradicating poverty within and across the world’s societies requires a thorough understanding of its nature and extent. Although economists stil…
View article: Behaviour change: extralegal, apolitical, scientistic?
Behaviour change: extralegal, apolitical, scientistic? Open
Behavioural change has become a core issue of public policy. Behavioural instruments such as ‘nudging’ apply insights from behavioural economics and behavioural sciences, psychology and neurosciences across a broad range of policy areas. B…
View article: Discovering the Political Implications of Coproduction in Water Governance
Discovering the Political Implications of Coproduction in Water Governance Open
This paper asks what lessons can be learned from experiences with coproduction in water governance. For this, we review a comprehensive corpus of articles in the field of water governance that relies on the term. We find that there are rad…
View article: Three challenges for behavioural science and policy: the empirical, the normative and the political
Three challenges for behavioural science and policy: the empirical, the normative and the political Open
In a ‘post-truth’ era in which personality and opinion trump evidence and reason, the need for frankness in debates about the use and boundaries of science and policy is high. We welcome the reflective and nuanced approach to behavioural s…
View article: Explaining And Overcoming Intellectual Segregation
Explaining And Overcoming Intellectual Segregation Open
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