Commons, Sustainability, Democratization

Hans Peter Hansen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Urban and Rural Development at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and is a member of the division of Environmental Communication.Birger Steen Nielsen is Professor at the Department of Psychology and Educational Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark.  Nadarajah Sriskandarajah is Professor of Environmental Communication within the Department of Urban and Rural Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala.Ewa Gunnarsson is Professor Em. at Luleå University of Technology.

• Editors’ Introduction: Why Sustainability and Democratisation? Hans Peter Hansen, Birger Steen Nielsen, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah and Ewa Gunnarsson Part One: Action Research and Sustainability: Practical-Conceptual Drafts Introduction to Part One Hans Peter Hansen, Birger Steen Nielsen, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah and Ewa Gunnarsson 1. Re-Inventing the Commons: How Action Research Can Support the Renewal of Sustainable Communities Laura Tolnov Clausen 2. Action Research for Emancipation: Social-Ecological Relations, Commoning and Basic Conceptual Questions Cristián Alarcón 3. Critical Utopian Action Research: The Potentials of Action Research in Democratisation of Society Birger Steen Nielsen and Kurt Aagaard Nielsen Part Two: Citizens’ Initiatives, Hopes and Difficulties: Experiences with Action Research in Scandinavia, London, Latin-America and Africa Introduction to Part Two Hans Peter Hansen, Birger Steen Nielsen, Nadarajah Sriskandarajah and Ewa Gunnarsson 4. Citizens, Values and Experts: Stakeholders and the Inveigling Factor of Participatory Democracy Hans Peter Hansen, Erica von Essen and Nadarajah Sriskandarajah 5. Bridging Divides Through Spaces of Change: Action Research for Cultivating the Commons in Human-Inhabited Protected Areas in Nicaragua and Mozambique Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Nícia Givá and Hans Peter Hansen 6. Openings and Closures of the Environmental Planning Horizon: Participatory Experiences from Norway Mikaela Vasstrøm 7. Recovering Multiple Rationalities for Public Deliberation Within the EU Water Framework Directive Helle Nielsen, Hans Peter Hansen and Nadarajah Sriskandarajah 8. Citizens’ Initiatives for Democratic Nature Management and Community Development: Reflecting Danish Experiences Birger Steen Nielsen and Kurt Aagaard Nielsen 9. A Common Sense of Responsibility: Reflecting Experiences of Commoning Among Citizens and Scientists in London Jonas Egmose