2014
Abernethy, K.E. Bodin, Ö., Ollson, P., Hilly, Z., and Schwartz, A. (2014). Two steps forward, two steps back: The role of innovation in transforming towards community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands. Global Environmental Change 28: 309-321.
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Stirling, A. (2014) Transforming power. Social science and the politics of energy choices. Energy Research and Social Science 2.3.2014.
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Wise, R.M., Fazey, I., Stafford Smith, M., Park, S.E., Eakin, H.C., Archer Van Garderen, E.R.M and Campbell, B. (2014) Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response. Global Environmental Change.
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2013
Anderson, D. (2013) An Integrated System for Organizational Transformation. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice 8(1&2): 1-18.
Boiral, O., Baron, C. and Gunnlaugson, O. (2013) Environmental Leadership and Consciousness Development: A Case Study Among Canadian SMEs. Journal of Business Ethics August: DOI 10.1007/s10551-013-1845-5
Borel-Saladin, J.M. and Turok, I.N. (2013) The Green Economy: Incremental Change or Transformation? Environmental Policy and Governance 23: 209-220.
Brown, K., O’Neill, S. and Fabricius, C. (2013) Social science understandings of transformations.
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Marshall, N.A., Dowd, A.M., Fleming, A., Gambley, C., Howden, M., Jakku, E., Larsen, C., Marshall, P.A., Moon, K., Park, S. and Thorburn, P.J. (2013) Transformational capacity in Australian peanut farmers for better climate adaptation. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Oct. 2013.
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2012
Biermann, F., Abbott, K., Andersen, S., Bäckstrand, K., Bernstein, S., Betsill, M. M., Bulkeley, H., Cashore, B., Clapp, J., Folke, C., Gupta, J., Haas, P.M., Jordan, A., Kanie, N., Kluvánková-Oravská, T., Lebel, L., Liveman, D., Meadowcroft, J., Mitchell, R.B., Newell, P., Oberthür, S., Olsson, L., Pattberg, P., Sánchez-Rodríguez, R., Schroeder, H., Underdal, A., Vamargo Vieira, S., Vogel, C., Young, O.R., Brock, A. and Zondervan, R. (2012) Transforming governance and institutions for global sustainability: key insights fromt the Earth System Governance Project. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4(1): 51-60.
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Leach, M., Rockström, J., Raskin, P., Scoones, I., Stirling, A.C., Smith, A., Thompson, J., Millstone, E., Ely, A., Arond, E., Folke, C. and Olsson, P. (2012) Transforming innovation for sustainability. Ecology and Society 17(2): 11.
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Marshall, N.A., Park, S.E., Adger, W.N., Brown, K. and Howden, M.S. (2012) Transformational capacity and the influence of place and identity. Environmental Research Letters 7: 034022.
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O’Brien, K. (2012). Global Environmental Change II: From Adaptation to Deliberate Transformation. Progress in Human Geography, 36(5): 667-676.
Park, S.E., Marshall, N.A., Jakku, E., Dowd, A.M., Howden, S.M., Mendham, E. and Fleming, A. (2012) Informing adaptation responses to climate change through theories of transformation. Global and Environmental Change 22(1): 115-126.
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2011
Crompton, T. (2011) Finding Cultural Values That Can Transform the Climate Change Debate. Solutions 2(4): 56-63.
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2010
Berkhout, F., Verbong, G., Wieczorek, A., Raven, R., Lebel, L., Bai, X. (2010) Sustainability experiments in Asia: Innovations shaping alternative development pathways? Environmental Science & Policy 13(4): 261-271.
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2009
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2008
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2007
Miller, R. (2007) Futures literacy: A hybrid strategic scenario method. Futures 39: 241-362.
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2006
Leiserowitz, A. A., R. Kates, and T. M. Parris (2006) Sustainability values, attitudes, and behaviors: A review of multinational and
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2005
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2003
Jasanoff, S. (2003) Technologies of Humility: Citizen participation in governing science. Minerva 41: 223-224.
2002
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