Abstract
The following text addresses the threats aecting the honey-bee, and which are manifesting through the unusual death rates of bee colonies. Focus is placed in reviewing the scientic knowledge that concerns the honey-bee by discussing its cognitive and ethical categories and its in uence in nature conservation, mainly centred in the EU. Results indicate that scientic
knowledge plays a fundamental role in dening what the problems are, as well as their degree of urgency and holds the greatest legitimacy in informing
policy-making. Further results reveal that research is dominated by STEM elds of science, and is largely conveying a dichotomized and utilitarian
viewpoint of human-nature relationships. The concluding section argues for a transition towards transdisciplinarity and social learning. It emphasises
a science that is able to integrate a social-ecological understanding of the value of bees as the world's common good, together with a praxis that effectively promotes sustainable change.
knowledge plays a fundamental role in dening what the problems are, as well as their degree of urgency and holds the greatest legitimacy in informing
policy-making. Further results reveal that research is dominated by STEM elds of science, and is largely conveying a dichotomized and utilitarian
viewpoint of human-nature relationships. The concluding section argues for a transition towards transdisciplinarity and social learning. It emphasises
a science that is able to integrate a social-ecological understanding of the value of bees as the world's common good, together with a praxis that effectively promotes sustainable change.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-144 |
| Journal | Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science (TJES) |
| Issue number | No.6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Free keywords
- transdisciplinarity.
- science
- Honey-bee collapse
- nature conservation