Modes of mobilizing values for sustainability transformation

authored by

Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu, Ann Kathrin Koessler, Adrian Martin, Julian Rode, Thais Moreno Soares

Abstract

There is broad agreement on the potential role of values to incite intentional transformative change toward sustainability. However, there is no proposed heuristic on how to mobilize values for sustainability transformation, especially in the context of multilevel decision-making. We aim to fill this gap based on a literature analysis conducted as part of Chapter 5 of the IPBES Values Assessment. We outline four modes of mobilizing values for sustainability transformation: enabling, including, shifting, and reflecting. They differ in terms of the mix of agency and conversely of outside steering needed for each value mobilization mode. We then explore key tensions and insights that emerge through this classification: interdependencies between the modes of mobilizing values, tensions between shifting versus enabling and including values, tensions between which values to shift and which values to enable, and tensions between levels of values intervention (individuals, community, and society).

Organisation(s)

Institute of Environmental Planning
Environmental Behaviour and Planning
Leibniz Research Centre Energy 2050

External Organisation(s)

University of Kassel
University of East Anglia
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Type

Review article

Journal

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volume

64

ISSN

1877-3435

Publication date

10.2023

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Science(all), Social Sciences(all)

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101357 (Access: Closed)