The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS)–a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus

Albert V. Norström; Bina Agarwal; Patricia Balvanera; Brigitte Baptiste; Elena M. Bennett; Eduardo Brondízio; Reinette Biggs; Bruce Campbell; Stephen R. Carpenter; Juan Carlos Castilla; Antonio J. Castro; Wolfgang Cramer; Graeme S. Cumming; María Felipe-Lucia; Joern Fischer; Carl Folke; Ruth DeFries; Stefan Gelcich; Juliane Groth; Chinwe Ifejika Speranza; Sander Jacobs; Johanna Hofmann; Terry P. Hughes; David P.M. Lam; Jacqueline Loos; Amanda Manyani; Berta Martín-López; Megan Meacham; Hannah Moersberger; Harini Nagendra; Laura Pereira; Stephen Polasky; Michael Schoon; Lisen Schultz; Odirilwe Selomane; Marja Spierenburg

doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2133173

The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS)–a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus

Albert V. Norström, Bina Agarwal, Patricia Balvanera, Brigitte Baptiste, Elena M. Bennett, Eduardo Brondízio, Reinette Biggs, Bruce Campbell, Stephen R. Carpenter, Juan Carlos Castilla, Antonio J. Castro, Wolfgang Cramer, Graeme S. Cumming, María Felipe-Lucia, Joern Fischer, Carl Folke, Ruth DeFries, Stefan Gelcich, Juliane Groth, Chinwe Ifejika SperanzaSander Jacobs, Johanna Hofmann, Terry P. Hughes, David P.M. Lam, Jacqueline Loos, Amanda Manyani, Berta Martín-López, Megan Meacham, Hannah Moersberger, Harini Nagendra, Laura Pereira, Stephen Polasky, Michael Schoon, Lisen Schultz, Odirilwe Selomane, Marja Spierenburg

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The Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) was established in 2011, and is now one of the major international social-ecological systems (SES) research networks. During this time, SES research has undergone a phase of rapid growth and has grown into an influential branch of sustainability science. In this Perspective, we argue that SES research has also deepened over the past decade, and helped to shed light on key dimensions of SES dynamics (e.g. system feedbacks, aspects of system design, goals and paradigms) that can lead to tangible action for solving the major sustainability challenges of our time. We suggest four ways in which the growth of place-based SES research, fostered by networks such as PECS, has contributed to these developments, namely by: 1) shedding light on transformational change, 2) revealing the social dynamics shaping SES, 3) bringing together diverse types of knowledge, and 4) encouraging reflexive researchers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	598-608
Number of pages	11
Journal	Ecosystems and People
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2133173
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Christian Albert
Ecosystem social-ecological systems
co-production
reflexive
sustainability science
transformations
valuation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Norström, A. V., Agarwal, B., Balvanera, P., Baptiste, B., Bennett, E. M., Brondízio, E., Biggs, R., Campbell, B., Carpenter, S. R., Castilla, J. C., Castro, A. J., Cramer, W., Cumming, G. S., Felipe-Lucia, M., Fischer, J., Folke, C., DeFries, R., Gelcich, S., Groth, J., ... Spierenburg, M. (2022). The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS)–a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 598-608. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2133173

Norström, AV, Agarwal, B, Balvanera, P, Baptiste, B, Bennett, EM, Brondízio, E, Biggs, R, Campbell, B, Carpenter, SR, Castilla, JC, Castro, AJ, Cramer, W, Cumming, GS, Felipe-Lucia, M, Fischer, J, Folke, C, DeFries, R, Gelcich, S, Groth, J, Ifejika Speranza, C, Jacobs, S, Hofmann, J, Hughes, TP, Lam, DPM, Loos, J, Manyani, A, Martín-López, B, Meacham, M, Moersberger, H, Nagendra, H, Pereira, L, Polasky, S, Schoon, M, Schultz, L, Selomane, O & Spierenburg, M 2022, 'The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS)–a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus', Ecosystems and People, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 598-608. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2133173

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