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Dynamic system strategies for climate social tipping points
Society is currently struggling to manage a complex set of socio-ecological challenges related to climate change. Solutions range from reducing our consumption to novel technology used to decouple the economy from its impacts. Reg... Society is currently struggling to manage a complex set of socio-ecological challenges related to climate change. Solutions range from reducing our consumption to novel technology used to decouple the economy from its impacts. Regardless of the strategy, materialising the green transition into a low carbon society means crossing a social tipping point (STP). An STP occurs when the collective action of a population reaches leads to wide-ranging systemic change. STPs can be triggered by bottom-up approaches like consumer boycotts, or top-down interventions like policies, tax disincentives, and trade agreements. The problem is that, so far, STP have only been described qualitatively and the mechanisms beyond their emergence remain poorly understood. The overall project goal is to provide a deeper understanding of which types of change allow society to move towards a more sustainable status, specifically by unveiling the role of social tipping points in reaching sustainability. I intend to use system dynamics (SD) to study social tipping points quantitatively. SD is a modelling approach to simulate feedback loops between variables in a system. SD is a perfect fit to the quantitative study of STPs for two reasons. First, it is a flexible tool to model coupled human and natural systems (CHANS), whereby ecological processes exhibit changes over time under the influence of human drivers. Second, it allows one to determine when changes in elements of the system lead to the crossing of a tipping point and to a different system configuration. My combined expertise in CHANS and SD, supported by my supervisor’s background in sustainability assessment make us an ideal team to conduct this research. Not only that, this fellowship will improve my research profile providing a steppingstone towards my career goals. ver más
31/08/2025
AAU
215K€
Perfil tecnológico estimado
Duración del proyecto: 36 meses Fecha Inicio: 2022-08-30
Fecha Fin: 2025-08-31

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo HORIZON EUROPE notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2022-08-30
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021
Cerrada hace 3 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 215K€
Líder del proyecto
AALBORG UNIVERSITET No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5