Are green transformations too urgent, deep and pervasive to be reliably achieved by
democratic means? As suggested by the iconically influential environmentalist James …

Scientific activities which are targeted to engage and enact on societal problems–and
governance of sustainability transition itself is one such activity–are necessarily prescriptive …

Abstract If the Capability Approach is to be a suitable framework for assessing sustainability,
as is currently being discussed in Ecological Economics, it is crucial to grasp how the …

Today's society is facing a broad array of societal challenges, such as an unstable economic
system, climate change and lasting poverty. There are no straightforward solutions, rather …

Sustainability transitions as processes of fundamental change in societal systems are open-
ended, nonlinear and uncertain. Respective research and governance approaches, eg …

The agricultural sector of the Western Cape is highly affected by climate change and thus
requires fundamental change to move to a more resilient path. We analyze the development …

Where environmental procedures do not adequately include affected parties in decision-
making, particularly those from vulnerable and marginalized sectors of society …

Energy communities (ECs) play a role in the transition towards a low-carbon economy by
2050 and receive increasing attention from stakeholders within the energy sector. To foster …

Highlights•Political ecology and Real Utopias are linked to radically transform small-scale
fisheries.•Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries offers promise to transform small-scale …

This chapter draws on findings from an AHRC-GCRF-funded project that used the capability
approach to explore graffiti as an arts-based method and its contribution to epistemic justice …