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Wicked problems : a systematic review of the literature Ghent University
Contribution Sustainability challenges are often described as wicked problems (Lönngren, 2017; Norton, 2012). The term was first introduced in 1967 in a seminar at the University of California Architecture Department in Berkeley, USA. In the seminar, design professor Horst Rittel suggested “that the term ‘wicked problem’ refer to that class of social system problems which are ill-formulated, where the information is confusing, where there are ...
Symposium 'Teaching and Learning in the Face of Wicked Socio-Ecological Problems (Part 2): Contributions from Empirical Research' Ghent University
Often characterised as ‘unstructured’ (Hoppe 2011), ‘post-normal’ (e.g. Funtowicz & Ravetz 1993) or ‘wicked’ (e.g. Pryshlakivsky & Searcy 2013) problems, complex sustainability issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, resource depletion, gentrification, etc. prove difficult to solve. Their consequences are far-reaching yet unpredictable. Expert knowledge is incomplete, fragmented, and uncertain, giving rise to scientific ...
Symposium 'Teaching and Learning in the Face of Wicked Socio-Ecological Problems (Part 1): Exploring Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks' Ghent University
Often characterised as ‘unstructured’ (Hoppe 2011), ‘post-normal’ (e.g. Funtowicz & Ravetz 1993) or ‘wicked’ (e.g. Pryshlakivsky & Searcy 2013) problems, complex sustainability issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, resource depletion, gentrification, etc. prove difficult to solve. Their consequences are far-reaching yet unpredictable. Expert knowledge is incomplete, fragmented, and uncertain, giving rise to scientific ...
A tool to describe governance arrangements for wicked problems University of Antwerp
Tackling wicked problems in teaching and learning : sustainability issues as knowledge, ethical and political challenges Ghent University
This chapter elaborates how, due to some specific features that characterise many sustainability problems, sustainable development teaching does not only involve questions of knowledge but also ethical and political challenges. Starting from concrete examples and a typology of sustainability problems, the authors describe how factual uncertainty (scientific controversy) and disagreement on values and norms (ethical and political controversy) ...