Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science

Guido Caniglia; Rebecca Freeth; Christopher Lüderitz; Julia Leventon; Simon P. West; Beatrice John; Daniela Peukert; Daniel J. Lang; H. von Wehrden; Berta Martín-López; Ioan Fazey; Federica Russo; Timo von Wirth; M. Schlüter; Coleen Vogel

doi:10.1038/s41893-022-01040-1

Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science

Guido Caniglia^*
, Rebecca Freeth
, Christopher Lüderitz
, Julia Leventon
, Simon P. West
, Beatrice John
, Daniela Peukert
, Daniel J. Lang
, H. von Wehrden
, Berta Martín-López
, Ioan Fazey
, Federica Russo
, Timo von Wirth
, M. Schlüter
, Coleen Vogel

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Since antiquity, philosophers in the Western tradition of virtue ethics have declared practical wisdom to be the central virtue of citizens involved in public and social life. Practical wisdom is of particular importance when values are conflicting, power is unequal and knowledge uncertain. We propose that practical wisdom and virtue ethics can inform the practice of sustainability researchers by strengthening their capacity to engage with the normative complexities of knowledge co-production when aspiring to contribute to transformative change.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Sustainability
Volume	6
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	493-501
Number of pages	9
ISSN	2398-9629
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01040-1
Publication status	Published - 05.2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
G.C. wants to thank C. Hu and E. Mermans for the numerous conversations that contributed to shaping the ideas in this Perspective. S.P.W. was funded by a Mobility Starting Grant (2017-01631) from The Swedish Research Council Formas.

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© 2023, Springer Nature Limited.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Research areas and keywords

Sustainability Governance

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Ecology
Food Science
Urban Studies
Global and Planetary Change
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Caniglia, G., Freeth, R., Lüderitz, C., Leventon, J., West, S. P., John, B., Peukert, D., Lang, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Martín-López, B., Fazey, I., Russo, F., von Wirth, T., Schlüter, M., & Vogel, C. (2023). Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science. Nature Sustainability, 6(5), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01040-1

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