The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

The United Nations (UN) recently declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration. Against this background, we review recent social-ecological systems research …

Most of the theories that have dominated supply chain management (SCM) take a
reductionist and static view on the supply chain and its management, promoting a global …

We have entered the urban century and addressing a broad suite of sustainability
challenges in urban areas is increasingly key for our chances to transform the entire planet …

The Anthropocene signifies the start of a no-analogue trajectory of the Earth system that is
fundamentally different from the Holocene. This new trajectory is characterized by rising …

Racism. Sexism. Heterosexism. Gender binarism. Together, they comprise intimately
harmful, distinct, and entangled societal systems of self-serving domination and privilege …

Companies play a decisive role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
However, most of the world's sustainable development challenges are interconnected and …

The study of social-ecological systems (SES) has been significantly shaped by insights from
research on complex adaptive systems (CAS). We offer a brief overview of the conceptual …

In sustainability science, revising the paradigms that separate humans from nature is
considered a powerful 'leverage point'in pursuit of transformations. The coupled social …

Much of the Earth's biosphere has been appropriated for the production of harvestable
biomass in the form of food, fuel and fibre. Here we show that the simplification and …