Produced by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and UNESCO, and published
by the OECD, the 2013 World Social Science Report represents a comprehensive overview …

Unlike the experience of many fields, the social sciences1 were not led to the study of the
environment through the gradual development of their major paradigms–what Kuhn called …

In the new open knowledge landscape, social scientists have a unique opportunity to take
on a more influential role in accelerating global sustainability learning and transformation …

The chapter gives an analysis of the shifting social discourse on climate change in Germany
and the US Climate Change Discourses (CCD) are defined as thematically focused coupled …

This paper distinguishes three major “revolutions” in the socio-environmental interactions
that reflect growth in the extent to which human beings invest in and modify their …

Part 1 presented the urgency and complexity of global environmental change and
highlighted the role social sciences should play in analysing the problems and in suggesting …

During the second half of the 20th century, the crisis of societal relations to nature emerged
as the subject of an international scientific, political, and popular debate. Anthropogenic …

Environmental problems such as climate change, air and water pollution, and biodiversity
loss affect humans globally. The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) recently …

Responding to the global environmental change: social sciences of the world unite! | Policy
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Climate change is highly relevant to social policy and the welfare state as it more and more
frequently affects people's private spheres like homes and livelihoods. In that sense, climate …