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Publications

Our publications bring together academic papers, reports, guides and practical resources from across the team. They reflect our work on systems change, regeneration, ecocentric futures, leadership, consciousness, food systems and transformative practice, with a focus on creating research that is both rigorous and useful in the real world.

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2024

Peer-reviewed journal article

Reform or transform? A spectrum of stances towards the economic status quo within ‘new economics’ discourses

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey

Global Social Challenges

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2024

Peer-reviewed journal article

Community-based sustainability initiatives: the quality of relationships matter?

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Ioan Fazey

Sustainability Science

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2024

Peer-reviewed journal article

‘Kesho’ Scenario Development for Supporting Water-Energy Food Security under Future Conditions in Zanzibar

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Rebecca Newman, Sam Buckton, Eugyen Suzanne Om, Ioan Fazey

Sustainability Science

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2024

Peer-reviewed journal article

Community-centred scenarios development for water–energy–food security on Zanzibar

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Rebecca Newman

Sustainability Science

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2023

Peer-reviewed journal article

Systems Sensing for Transformations Organizations: Lessons from the Transformations Conference 2023

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Luea Ritter

Social Innovations Journal

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2023

Peer-reviewed journal article

State of the Field Panel on the Evaluation and Assessment of Transformation: A Case Study of Response to the Polycrisis

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton

Social Innovations Journal

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2023

Peer-reviewed journal article

Sensemaking the Transformations Community’s Future

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton, Luea Ritter

Social Innovations Journal

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2023

Peer-reviewed journal article

The Regenerative Lens: A conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey, Bill Sharpe, Eugyen Suzanne Om

One Earth

Regenerative Lens framework diagram

2023

Peer-reviewed journal article

A people-centred framework for exploring water, energy and food security in a small developing island

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Rebecca Newman

Population and Environment

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2023

Guide

Transformation: An introductory guide to fundamental change for researchers and change makers in a world of crises

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Ioan Fazey

Transforming UK Food Systems

2023

Report

Transforming the Yorkshire food system for people and planet

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey

FixOurFood

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2023

Peer-reviewed journal article

Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability
science

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Ioan Fazey

Nature Sustainability

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2022

Report

Transforming to a regenerative farming system in Yorkshire: Summary report of the co-creative Three Horizons process

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey

FixOurFood

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2022

Report

Transforming food culture in Yorkshire’s schools and early years settings: Summary report of the co-creative Three Horizons process

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey

FixOurFood

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2022

Peer-reviewed journal article

Archetypes of system transition and transformation: Six lessons for stewarding change

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Ioan Fazey

Energy Research & Social Science

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2022

Report

Transformation of Yorkshire's food economies: Summary report of the co-creative Three Horizons process

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton, Ioan Fazey

FixOurFood

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2022

Podcast

Science for the Anthropocene - Learning to Fly

Ecocentric Futures contributors: David Tyfield

Spotify

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2022

Peer-reviewed journal article

Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Ioan Fazey

Ambio

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2021

Report

Turning the tide: Landscape analysis of an emergent economic movement in Europe

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Sam Buckton

Demos Helsinki

Map of European new economics organisations from report

2021

Peer-reviewed journal article

Systems Sensing and Systemic Constellation for Organizational Transformation

Ecocentric Futures contributors: Luea Ritter

Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change

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