This colloquium with short lectures, followed by a panel discussion, is open to an interested public.
If you like to attend, please register at the end of the page.
The lecture will take place at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna in Room E02.
Abstract:
Popular ideas about sustainability are still largely guided by a techno-scientific ideal of control. Hence, limits and difficulties of this ideal have become obvious. Is there a more adequate methodology for a sustainability science? The answer is yes: Alternatives have emerged, but have yet to gain wider acceptance in the scientific community.
The CSH Colloquium will highlight some approaches to sustainability that move beyond the control paradigm and deal with the systems of the world as they are: complex.
Introduction:
Manfred Laubichler (Arizona State University & CSH External Faculty)
- “Can we design sustainable pathways? Why sustainability is a complex problem”
Speakers:
Carlo Jäger (Global Climate Forum & CSH External Faculty)
- “Beyond the wrong kind of complexity: Why sustainability requires a major transition in the evolution of global institutions”
Maja Schlüter (Stockholm Resilience Centre)
- “Navigating the emergence of collapses and transformations”
J Stephen Lansing (Santa Fe Institute & CSH External Faculty)
- “Lessons from the ice age—why the tropics matter”
After the event, we invite you to a glass of wine!