Culture and Sustainability

Janet Stephenson is a research professor at the Centre for Sustainability, an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Otago, New Zealand.  A social scientist with a background in sociology, planning and cultural geography, she has a longstanding interest in the social determinants of the transition to a sustainable future.  Much of her research examines the interplay between culture and sustainability in a variety of contexts.  She is passionate about collaborative, interdisciplinary research and the contribution of different knowledge systems to solution-finding.

• Chapter 1 – Introduction.- Chapter 2 – Culture’s divergence.- Chapter 3 – Culture’s convergence.- Chapter 4 – The cultures framework.- Chapter 5 – Cultural stability.- Chapter 6 – Cultural change.- Chapter 7 – Using the cultures framework for policy analysis.- Chapter 8 – Using the cultures framework for research.- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.