Active sustainability actors: A life course approach

: Koistinen Katariina, Teerikangas Satu, Mikkilä Mirja, Linnanen Lassi

Publisher: Wiley

: 2020

Sustainable Development

: SUSTAIN DEV

: 28

: 1

: 208

: 223

: 16

: 0968-0802

: 1099-1719

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1989

: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1989

: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/42010321

There is an increasing interest in the role of actors in the pursuit of sustainability transitions. In this paper, we adopt a life course perspective to explore active sustainability actors. To this end, we interviewed 16 professionals across private, public, and third sectors in Finland. The paper's main implication is in introducing a life course perspective to the study of active sustainability actors. Second, we propose a grounded model of active actors' sustainability engagement. The model details sustainability agency formation and maintenance dynamics. Going forward, our findings are a call for further research on sustainability agency, be it in its engagement, via life courses, or via the study of different actor types.

sustainability agency, sustainability engagement, sustainability transition

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