Highlights•The niche and impacts of social learning as a mechanism to build resilience are
limited.•Concepts and methods are currently available for more rigorous empirical …

In acknowledgement of the complexity of environmental challenges, research on learning in
environmental policy has grown substantially over the past two decades across a range of …

Coastal island communities face significant risks associated with increased natural hazards
and other impacts associated with climate change. Further, deeply rooted social issues, lack …

Participatory environmental governance might foster social learning, which could lead to the
necessary process of social change toward sustainable development. However, current …

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction, a concept that has recently evolved from the notion
of employing ecosystem management approaches for reducing societal risks to disasters …

Computer simulation models are increasingly used to support solving complex problems in
natural resource management, with social learning as subsidiary goal of the solution …

Conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe are increasing, due to
multiple demands from agricultural ecosystems, including a growing need for high quality …

The Earth's future depends on how we manage the manifold risks of climate change (CC). It
is state‐of‐the‐art to assume that risk reduction requires participatory management involving …

The impact of participation on transformation towards sustainability is insufficiently
researched, particularly with regard to social learning as an outcome of participation …

Responding to accelerating climate change impacts requires broad and effective
engagement with stakeholders, at multiple geographic and governance levels. Stakeholder …