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Inner transformation to sustainability as a deep leverage point: fostering new avenues for change through dialogue and reflection

Woiwode, Christoph; Schäpke, Niko; Bina, Olivia; Veciana, Stella; Kunze, Iris; Parodi, Oliver ORCID iD icon 1; Schweizer-Ries, Petra; Wamsler, Christine
1 Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

This article provides a rationale for inner transformation as a key and hitherto underresearched dimension of sustainability transformations. Inner transformation relates to various aspects of human existence and interactions such as consciousness, mindsets, values, worldviews, beliefs, spirituality and human-nature connectedness. The article draws on Meadows' leverage points approach, as places to intervene in a system, to reveal the relevance of inner transformation for system change towards sustainability. Based on insights from a series of dialogue and reflection workshops and a literature review, this article provides three important contributions to sustainability transformations research: first, it increases our conceptual understanding of inner transformation and its relevance for sustainability; second, it outlines concrete elements of the inner transformation-sustainability nexus in relation to leverage points; and third, it presents practical examples illustrating how to work with leverage points for supporting inner transformation. In sum, the paper develops a systematized and structured approach to understanding inner transformation, including the identification of deep, i.e., highly influential, leverage points. ... mehr

Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1862-4057, 1862-4065
KITopen-ID: 1000129639
HGF-Programm 37.11.02 (POF IV, LK 01) Societally-Feasible Transformation Pathways
Erschienen in Sustainability science
Verlag Springer
Band 16
Seiten 841–858
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 19.01.2021
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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000129639
Veröffentlicht am 12.02.2021
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-020-00882-y
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