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2018-01 |
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abstract |
This paper investigates sustainability competences through the eyes of professional
practitioners in the field of sustainability and presents empirical data that have
been created using an action research approach. The design of the study consists of
two workshops, in which professional practitioners in interaction with each other
and the facilitators are invited to explore and reflect on the specific knowledge,
skills, attitudes and behaviours necessary to conduct change processes successfully
towards sustainability in a variety of business and professional contexts. The research
focuses on the competences associated with these change processes to devise, propose
and conduct appropriate interventions that address sustainability issues. Labelled
‘intervention competence’, this ability comprises an interlocking set of knowledge,
skills, attitudes and behaviours that include: appreciating the importance of (trying
to) reaching decisions or interventions; being able to learn from lived experience
of practice and to connect such learning to one’s own scientific knowledge; being
able to engage in political-strategic thinking, deliberations and actions, related
to different perspectives; the ability for showing goal-oriented, adequate action;
adopting and communicating ethical practices during the intervention process; being
able to cope with the degree of complexity, and finally being able to translate stakeholder
diversity into collectively produced interventions (actions) towards sustainability.
Moreover, this competence has to be practised in contexts of competing values, non-technical
interests and power relations. The article concludes with recommendations for future
research and practice. |
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peerReviewed |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/641222 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/641251 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/641252 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/641253 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/641254 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/641255 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/661700 |
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13 |
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AcademicArticle |
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Article |
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label |
Perez Salgado, Francisca; Abbott, Dina and Wilson, Gordon (2018). Dimensions
of professional competences for interventions towards sustainability. Sustainability
Science, 13(1) pp. 163–177. |
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label |
Perez Salgado, Francisca; Abbott, Dina and Wilson, Gordon (2018). Dimensions of
professional competences for interventions towards sustainability. Sustainability
Science, 13(1) pp. 163–177. |
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ext-cfa9e56307e545ce4d60f57cda067c89 |
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Title |
Dimensions of professional competences for interventions towards sustainability |
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oro |