Advancing transdisciplinary research in the Global South

Sustainability is not only, or not even, primarily a scientific or technical challenge – it is first and foremost a social and political challenge, but theories and knowledge from the social sciences relating to social change and transformation have been underutilized. Likewise, perspectives and knowledge from the Global South are crucial if we are to address interconnected, global sustainability problems, not least because the Global South is suffering disproportionately from the impact of industrial capitalism nurtured in and exported from the Global North. In addition, local, contextual knowledge is needed to address the local manifestations of unsustainability.