We conduct research at the frontier between Natural Sciences and Humanities to explore how to create a fair world where the benefits generated within social-ecological systems are shared sustainably with other species, both within and across generations. To understand how to foster transformations for sustainable and fair futures, we: (1) use place-based social-ecological systems thinking to understand and resolve sustainability challenges such as biodiversity loss and environmental injustice; (2) bring together insights and approaches from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities in genuinely collaborative endeavours; (3) integrate experiences, practices, and understandings from diverse knowledge systems – including Indigenous and Local Knowledge -; and (4) provide spaces for people to meet and exchange ideas.
Read moreTherefore, the frontier of research relies not only on what we research -i.e., social-ecological systems -, but also on how we do research – i.e., weaving diverse scientific disciplines, knowledge systems, and communication tools, including arts.
Frontier research
To understand how to foster transformations for sustainable and fair futures is a research endeavour that is placed in the frontier of (1) disciplines, considering interdisciplinary topics such as biodiversity conservation, biocultural diversity, governance, nature’s contributions to people, or environmental justice; and (2) knowledge systems, integrating practices and knowledge from Western science and Indingenous and Local Knowledge systems.