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Authors: Hamann, Maikeorcid icon; Hichert, Tanjaorcid icon; Sitas, Nadiaorcid icon

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 31, Number 3, 2022, pp. 175-177(3)

Publisher: oekom verlag

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.3.8

This article is Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY licence.

Achieving sustainable and equitable futures requires a sense of what those futures might look like, and how to get there. Participatory scenario planning (PSP) explores diverse future scenarios in a stakeholder-engaged process of knowledge co-production. PSP makes use of different methods to identify relevant stakeholders, create a set of scenarios, and explore ways to connect those future visions to the present.

Keywords: futures; knowledge co-production; stakeholder engagement; transformations

Document Type: Short Communication

Affiliations: Stellenbosch University | Centre for Sustainability Transitions | 19 Jonkershoek Road | 7600 Stellenbosch | South Africa

Publication date: October 20, 2022

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