Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar"
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Extended Peer Communities: Appraising the contributions of tacit knowledges in climate change decision-making
Meisch, Simon; Bremer, Scott; Young, Mark Thomas; Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper explores the implications of assessing tacit knowledges of climatic change in extended peer communities, as applied in two European research projects on climate action. Post-normal science (PNS) proposes the ... -
From Elite Folk Science to the Policy Legend of the Circular Economy
Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar; Giampietro, Mario (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07)This paper explores the implications of the widespread success of the term circular economy in the institutional and public debate. The concept of circular economy in itself implies a logical contradiction: on the one hand, ... -
From risk calculations to narratives of danger
Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The purpose of this perspective article is to provide a broader viewpoint on the contents of this special issue on ‘narratives of change’ and the role of narratives not only for climate risk governance, but also for the ... -
Learning together: facing the challenges of sustainability transitions by engaging uncertainty tolerance and post-normal science
Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar; Lazarus, Michelle D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Current efforts towards sustainability tend to focus on maintaining existing systems and structures, by relying on reductionist approaches to problem solving. Increasingly, there is a call for more effective action in ... -
The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability
Saltelli, Andrea; van der Sluijs, Jeroen P; Kaiser, Matthias; Reinert, Erik S.; Funtowicz, Silvio Oscar; Giampietro, Mario; Benini, Lorenzo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-01)How to tackle uncertainties and ensure quality in integrated assessment for sustainability? To what extent does the choice of the methodology condition the narrative produced by the analysis? The present work argues that ...