Transition Lab (SARAS T-Lab) DESCRIPTION The Transition Lab (T-LAB) is a space for creative and experimental innovation to promote transitions and plural trajectories of complex socio-ecological systems in Latin America. Through active work with communities and their actors, seen as co-researchers, our approach is to explore and generate different narratives [...]
UNESCO Future Literacy Summit 2020 On December 8-12, 2020, the High-Level Futures Literacy Summit will be held. This event will provide testimonies and examples of literacy in the use of the future globally. High-ranking leaders in the public and private sectors will bring together at this summit, but so will activists, artists, [...]
GobHidro Hydrosocial territories and polycentric governance: contributions for improving water quality in Santa Lucia river basin AIM Investigate water management and governance in the Santa Lucía River Basin (Uruguay), with a focus on the development and implementation of two main management instruments: the Basin Plan for integrated water resources management [...]
Co-production Refers to the cooperation between actors (academic and non-academic) in the creation of knowledge. It is an iterative and collaborative process that includes various knowledge systems with the purpose of solving a problem, defining a strategy or any other type of decision-making process, generally related to a particular socio-economic [...]
Transformation Refers to intentional or unintentional changes of the structure and operation of any system. In the field of social-ecological systems, transformation is usually linked to changes that ensure the sustainability of life on the planet and the development of human societies. These changes include multiple dimensions: care and management [...]
Scale mismatches in social-ecological systems They happen when the scale of an ecological process differs from the scale of the social organization linked to the decision-making processes. This can lead to disruptions in some function of the social-ecological systems, inefficiencies or loss of significant system components. Understanding the different types [...]
Social-ecological Systems: Structure, Dynamics and Management (2020 edition) Photo by TJ K. on Unsplash Postgraduate Course – 2020 Edition Start: May 8th Duration: 2 months Contextualization Objectives • Cover key aspects of the structure and dynamics of social-ecological systems. • Analyze critical aspects that ensure the sustainability of ecosystem [...]
Uncertainty Refers to ignorance about the status, behavior or changes in a system. Social-ecological systems are complex, so change and uncertainty are their inherent characteristics and not a mistake that can be removed through technological progressor the advancement of science. The distinction between sources of uncertainty is key, as it [...]
Adaptive Management It is a process of experimentation, learning and continuous improvement, which incorporates uncertainty as a key component. It is based on the understanding of social-ecological systems as complex and dynamic: their management always implies certainties and uncertainties. The aim is learning-by-doing and understanding the causal mechanisms of successes [...]
Adaptive governance It is the institutional, political and social arrangement which allows the implementation of strategies, such as adaptive management. It is the product of bottom-up processes mediated by informal structures that emerge in response to the failures of bureaucratic institutional structures dominated by top-down processes. Foto [...]
