Where do we go from here?
A few concluding remarks
Kerstin Sahlin
Swedish Reserach Council
and
Uppsala University
Key messages in the report(p 47 ff)
• A new kind of social sciences
– Bolder, better, bigger, different
• Reframe environmental change as a social process
• Infuse social science insights into problem-solving processes
• Encourage more social scientists to address global environmental change
directly
• Change the way the social sciences think about and do science to help
meet the interdisciplinary and cross-sector changes society faces
A simple picture of integrating visions
Natural sciences,
engineering,
medicine
Social sciences and
humanities
A common picture
society
The report gives solid arguments for the the need for
elaborated and mutual integration
Natural sciences,
engineering,
medicine
Social sciences and
humanities
society
………. and for further real integration
The need for more interdisciplanary
and policy relevant research
Social sciences and
humanities
Natural sciences,
engineering,
medicine
society
How can environmental research draw on and
contribute to social science research at large?
Social sciences and
humanities
Natural sciences,
engineering,
medicine
society
A paradox that is highlighted in the report
• Piecemeal solutions, problems and adaptations
• Constant quest for grand solutions
• Growing distrust in traditional authorities and
institutions
How can environmental research draw on and
contribute to social science research at large?
Examples of important social
science research research lesson regard
- Behavioral change
- Adaptation
- Societal change
- Regulation and compliance
Natural sciences,
- Governance
Social sciences and
engineering,
- Equity
humanities
medicine
- Migration
- Identification
- Crisis, conflict and stability
- Empowerment
society
- Risk
- Identity
- Transnationalization and regionalization
- Democracy
- Agenda setting
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How can environmental research draw on and
contribute to social science research at large?
Examples of important social
science research issues
- Behavioral change
- Adaptation
- Societal change
- Regulation and compliance
Natural sciences,
- Governance
Social sciences and
engineering,
- Equity
humanities
medicine
- Migration
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
- Identification
HUMANITIES IS NOT ALWAYS OR
- Crisis, conflict and stability
MAYBE NOT EVEN MAINLY
- Empowerment
society
SOLUTION ORIENTED.
- Risk
- Identity
HOW CAN WE INTEGRATE THE
- Transnationalization and regionalization
MORE CRITICAL AND REFLECTIVE
- Democracy
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL
- Agenda setting
SCIENCES?
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THANK YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT
AND IMPORTANT REPORT
THAT PROVIDES AN AGENDA FOR
FURTHER RESEARCH AND RESEARCH
POLICIES