SubsidieMeestersOur sustainabLe futurE, the ValuEs that dRive it, and how to get there
LEVER aims to develop and apply transformative theory and methods to produce knowledge on leveraging values for sustainability interventions through transdisciplinary research and social science experiments.
Projectdetails
Introduction
Grand and persistent social-ecological challenges, such as climate change, push forward a rapidly growing discourse on how sustainability science can support society in dealing with today's global crises. Between studying change and contributing to change, sustainability science seeks both to analytically understand sustainability problems, but also to design interventions that can contribute solution-options to these problems.
Knowledge Gaps
However, knowledge about how to intervene in order to reach a desirable vision (i.e., transformation knowledge) is typically missing. Especially how to deliberately engage with values as places of intervention (leverage points), as proposed by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, remains a critical knowledge gap.
Project Aims
To fill these gaps, LEVER aims to critically develop and apply a transformative theory and practice to support the (co-)production of transformation knowledge, including a focus on transformation knowledge necessary to investigate and unleash values as leverage points for sustainability transformation.
Methodology
To this end, LEVER originally combines transdisciplinary research with the empirically rigorous methods of social science experiments. The scientific breakthrough consists in delivering an integrated theory of transformative research, capable of representing the many co-evolving links between its design principles, philosophy of science, normative assumptions, and ethical dimensions.
New Avenues
Methodologically, LEVER opens new avenues on how to produce transformation knowledge, by experimenting with, testing, and evaluating novel transformative methods.
Research Questions
Finally, LEVER seeks to answer the globally relevant and timely question of how to unleash values. Using a treatment and control group experimental design, LEVER assesses the impact of values-targeting interventions and demonstrates the potential of values as leverage points.
Conclusion
LEVER pioneers a salient conscious science-society relationship in Europe.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 1.222.194 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 1.222.194 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-2-2024 |
| Einddatum | 31-1-2029 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2024 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- UNIVERSITAET KASSELpenvoerder
Land(en)
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