Description
In today's fast-paced world, urgent issues such as climate change, environmental sustainability, and social inequality demand immediate and effective action. Consequently science is increasingly challenged to provide clear prescriptions to assist policy making for societal transformation. i The call for ‘ready-made recipes' may lead to an illusion of ‘societal manageability’ and the idea that we can ’engineer society’ into a desired direction. However, this conflicts with the unruly character of the real-world. Developing effective solutions actually demands taking a step back to observe how everyday life takes shape in domestic or professional settings before sensible (governance) interventions can be proposed. Practice theory is particularly suited for this purpose, since daily practices are the unit of analysis in this approach. Yet, policymakers and researchers alike often consider practice theories as impracticable in terms of informing interventions and policies for sustainability. There is a gap between practice theoretical research and practical application, hindering progress towards fitting/effective solutions.This dynamic conference session aims to address this gap by examining the practical contributions of social practice theories to environmental sustainability governance. Based on PhD projects that take a social practice perspective across distinct domains from food to energy, it explores approaches to bridge theory and practice. A panel of practitioners is invited to challenge how social practice theories can inform actionable strategies for addressing pressing environmental issues and promoting sustainable practices.
| Period | 17 Oct 2024 |
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| Event title | WCSG Conference 2024: Governing Sustainability Transformations |
| Event type | Conference/symposium |
| Location | Wageningen, NetherlandsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |