Transformation Towards Sustainability: A Novel Interdisciplinary Framework from RWTH Aachen University (2024)

By: Peter Letmathe and Christine Roll and Almut Balleer and Stefan Böschen and Wolfgang Breuer and Agnes Förster and Gabriele Gramelsberger and Kathrin Greiff and Roger Häußling and Max Lemme and Michael Leuchner and Maren Paegert and Frank T. Piller and Elke Seefried and Thorsten Wahlbrink

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Synopsis: The global environmental crisis, technological developments, the COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing economic and political globalization are just a few of the developments that are massively increasing the pressure for transformation on regions, companies and society as a whole. In addition, the digital age is accelerating transformation processes that are already underway. This contributed book addresses these developments and presents a new framework for transformation research and practice that has been developed and already validated by researchers of the RWTH Aachen University. The RWTH way includes inter- and transdisciplinary approaches from many disciplines, looking at technological and societal change from different perspectives. A distinction is made between analysis, i.e., research on transformation processes, impact, i.e., transformational research, and change in research itself, i.e. research transformation. The book not only creates a new understanding of transformation research, but also provides actionable impulses for scholars and practitioners in many fields. This is an open access book.