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What do the different terms mean?

Sustainable development requires processes of societal transformation. These sustainability transformations are studied in the context of transformation research and transformative research – and related approaches. Here we offer an initial explanation of terms for specialists.

This website has been translated from German. The authors of the website refer mainly to the use of terms in German-speaking discourses (e.g. influenced by WBGU 2011), which are also reflected in publications in English.
Caption graphic: Influential approaches to sustainability
Caption graphic: Influential approaches to sustainabilityImage: Platform Science & Policy