Research on car dependence exposes the difficulty of moving away from a car-dominated,
high-carbon transport system, but neglects the political-economic factors underpinning car …

Energy has been called the “golden thread” that connects economic growth, social equity
and environmental sustainability, but important knowledge gaps exist on the impacts of low …

It is increasingly clear that averting ecological breakdown will require drastic changes to
contemporary human society and the global economy embedded within it. On the other …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

The planetary boundaries concept has profoundly changed the vocabulary and
representation of global environmental issues. We bring a critical social science perspective …

Consumption Corridors: Living a Good Life within Sustainable Limits explores how to
enhance peoples' chances to live a good life in a world of ecological and social limits …

The concept of provisioning systems has recently emerged as a promising way to
understand the differences between levels of resource use and social outcomes observed …

The sustainability transformation calls for policies that consider the global consequences of
local lifestyles. We used stakeholders' visions of sustainable lifestyles across Europe to build …

The concept of energy services is used in different contexts and scientific fields mainly to
emphasize that it is the services provided by energy rather than energy carriers that people …

The idea of revisiting the biophysical limits of human life on planet Earth has gained
renewed momentum in the Anthropocene. The planetary boundaries (PBs) framework has …