We are making society more sustainable
We study the comprehensive transformation of society and the conditions for accepting change.
Societal change requires the alignment of different goals
The sustainability transformation refers to the significant societal changes needed to adapt our lifestyles to the planet's ecological boundaries. An essential part of the sustainability transformation is achieving ambitious environmental goals within a sufficiently rapid timeframe, in a socially just and societally acceptable manner.
How is a comprehensive and just sustainability transformation implemented? How can we ensure that gains in one policy sector do not cause problems in other policy sectors and administrative areas? What is meant by a just sustainability transformation, and whose justice is it? What type of and whose produced knowledge is environmental decision-making based on, and how can the use of researched knowledge be practically strengthened?
Syke strengthens the conditions for implementing the sustainability transformation through solution-oriented, interdisciplinary, and social science research. The goal is to expand the perspective of environmental policy from solving individual problems to more systemic approaches.
We strengthen societal resilience
Explore impact-building Transition Arenas
The transition arena method can create concrete pathways towards sustainable societal solutions together with various participants.
Jari Lyytimäki and Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki: Putting Nature's Carrying Capacity at the Heart of Innovation Strategy
Finland needs innovation, and this is best achieved through knowledge and research. Therefore, Finland's goal is to increase research and development funding to four percent of GDP. Public funding would contribute 1.2 percent, aiming to leverage over double that amount in private investment, writes Jari Lyytimäki and Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki in their Ratkaisuja blog.
We evaluate the fairness of the transition
Explore the dialogue between research and decision-making
The European Environment Agency's (EEA) knowledge support is a direct pathway from European environmental knowledge producers to EU decision-making. Syke coordinates, for example, the sustainability transition theme.
