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Co-Evolution of Nature and Society

Foundations for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies

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Authors:
  1. Jens Jetzkowitz

    1. Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Discusses the role of the social sciences in sustainability, biodiversity, and climate research
  • Argues that the science of coevolution is needed to develop a sustainable future
  • Explores interdisciplinary research on the interactions of nature and society

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. What Is the Problem?

    • Jens Jetzkowitz
    Pages 1-55

  3. Where Do We Stand?

    • Jens Jetzkowitz
    Pages 57-82

  4. Coevolutionary Science

    • Jens Jetzkowitz
    Pages 83-168

  5. Perspectives of Coevolutionary Science in Sustainability Discourse

    • Jens Jetzkowitz
    Pages 169-200

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 201-233
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About this book

This book offers support for interdisciplinary research on the interactions of nature and society. It is based on the hypothesis that a science of coevolution is needed to explore paths to a sustainable future. Jens Jetzkowitz initially discusses why social science knowledge only rarely finds its way into sustainability discourse. One significant issue is a view of science that separates knowing and acting, and the book illustrates current problems in conceptualising interdisciplinary knowledge production. It then goes one step further and introduces a workable alternative concept, taking philosophical pragmatism as a point of departure. Sustainable development goals and transdisciplinarity are currently subject to widespread discussions and Jetzkowitz takes a stance on the debates from the perspective of coevolutionary science.


This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in environmental and sustainability discourses and to anyone willing tothink outside the box.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany

    Jens Jetzkowitz

About the author

Jens Jetzkowitz is a sociologist working and teaching at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany, with expertise in sustainability research, environmental sociology and, the sociology of culture and religion and methods of empirical social research. Currently he is collaborating with the Natural History Museum in Berlin, Germany. Central issues of his research concern how people give meaning to the social and biophysical world and how they draw consequences from of it. To answer these questions, he has studied a variety of research areas, e.g. biodiversity, agriculture, tourism, lifestyles, inequality and social change.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Co-Evolution of Nature and Society

  • Book Subtitle: Foundations for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies

  • Authors: Jens Jetzkowitz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96652-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Palgrave Macmillan, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96651-9Published: 10 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07228-5Published: 02 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96652-6Published: 27 August 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 233

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environmental Sociology, Environment Studies, Human Geography, Sustainable Development

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