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This research wants to explore the diversity of (trans)local transformative initiatives and how they can synergistically generate broad societal change towards sustainability and democracy. I want to seize doable alternatives to deal with existing institutional barriers and social impasses and explore possible approaches and instruments for 'governing' transition. I want to address the research gap related to sensible ways of governing the later phase of transitions in a context of rapid and profound change. The research question is therefore: "What would be an applicable and comprehensive governance instrument to support the development of (trans)local transitions, facing the challenge of tipping point times?". I adopted transdisciplinary participatory action research and focused on developing spaces where renewal can be nurtured in the context of reorganization (in the resilience sense). This approach is expected to lead to new agreements and actions. Still, it is primarily designed to facilitate multi-stakeholder learning processes and open the floor for the emergence of new shared meanings. I assumed that the complexity of the sustainability challenge demands for collaboration between different actors, namely local governments and community-led initiatives. Existing research revealed that many tensions and obstacles to partnership still persist, and results are far from meaningful, while providing insights on how to overcome these challenges. I summarized the state of the art in a Compass for Transformative Collaborations. The research process was based in two projects nested in the Transition movement, namely the Municipalities in Transition and the Dive Deep & Dream Big. The Transition movement is one of the most significant examples of local communities leading the way to a post‐carbon society. The movement is spread world‐wide and demonstrates a distinctive openness for collaborations, providing therefore, an experimental space with transformational ambition. Both these action research projects were ...

Abstract to Leverage Points 2019: International conference on sustainability research and transformation : 6-8 Feb, 2019, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany A systemic and operational framework was developed and tested through participatory action research, to promote synergies in the interplay between local governments and civil society, challenging existing practices and founding a supportive environment for new "transition patterns" to emerge and develop, believing this can act as a leverage point for wider social transformation.

Poster presented at the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2019 (ECCA2019), Lisbon, Portugal, 28-31 May, 2019

Research Report #1: Collaboration between local governments and community-led initiatives can be considered a wicked problem. Municipalities in Transition is a grassroots policy innovation that looks for synergies by using systems thinking and finding innovative ways to govern transformative change.

Research Report #2:The Municipalities in Transition framework was experimented with in 6 pilots in Brazil, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Spain. What happened? What are the prospects? Learnings from evaluation.

Extended abstract for the special session on Geography of Sustainability Transitions, included in the fourth Conference of Geography of Innovation (January 31st - February 2nd, 2018, Barcelona)

Este artigo apresenta reflexões sobre a teoria de Pierre Bourdieu, compreendendo a noção de habitus e habitus professoral, como ferramenta sociológica da pesquisa. Neste estudo, serão identificados os principais elementos que contribuem para realização de pesquisas que utilizam a teoria sociológica de Bourdieu como referencial metodológico na compreensão da prática pedagógica docente nas escolas do campo. O habitus apresenta-se como estrutura estruturante e estruturadora das práticas, a partir da percepção e apreciação das experiências, numa relação dialética com os agentes, grupos e classes sociais. No contexto das escolas do campo, trata-se do modo de ser e agir do professor por meio de influências advindas da cultura escolar, compreendendo o conjunto de valores, crenças, concepções que orientam a prática dos educadores do campo e que refletem as características da realidade que constituiu sua formação.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 General Insights and Concepts -- 2 The Book Chapters and Contents -- 2.1 Part 1 -- 2.2 Part 2 -- 2.3 Part 3 -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part 1 -- Production Economics and Economic Efficiency -- References -- Data Envelopment Analysis: A Review and Synthesis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Origin of Frontier Methods -- 3 The Original DEA Model -- 4 The Evolution of the DEA Methodology -- 5 DEA Applications Roadmap -- 6 Opportunities for Future Developments in DEA -- References -- Stochastic Frontier Analysis: A Review and Synthesis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) -- 2.1 The SFA Method -- 2.2 SFA Approach in EE -- 3 Applications of SFA in EE Assessment -- 4 Policy Recommendations and Possible Future Research Applications of SFA -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part 2 -- Combining Directional Distances and ELECTRE Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Preferable Assessments of Efficiency -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Using ELECTRE Outranking to Set a "Preferable Direction" -- 3 Numerical Example -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Benefit-of-the-Doubt Composite Indicators and Use of Weight Restrictions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 BoD Composite Indicators Based on DEA Models -- 3 BoD Composite Indicators Based on Directional Distance Functions -- 4 Incorporating Value Judgments in BoD Composite indicators -- 4.1 Restrictions to Virtual Weights in CIs -- 4.2 Direct Weight Restrictions in CIs -- 5 Graphical Interpretation of a Directional BoD Model -- 5.1 Directional BoD Model with Virtual Weight Restrictions -- 5.2 Directional BoD Model with ARI Restrictions -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Multidirectional Dynamic Inefficiency Analysis: An Extension to Include Corporate Social Responsibility -- 1 Introduction.

The maximum entropy bootstrap for time series is applied in this study to investigate the nexus between carbon emissions from electricity generation and the gross domestic product, using a bivariate framework for eight Middle Eastern countries between 1995 and 2017. The sample under study includes oil-producing countries such as Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. As the electricity generation in these economies relies mainly on oil and gas, finding out the existence and direction of the relationship between the two considered variables has remarkable implications for policymakers and governments in these countries to achieve both higher economic growth and environmental protection. As expected, this nexus is validated for all countries in the sample but not in all models, time periods, and lags. Therefore, policymakers can set appropriate electricity conservation policies based on these varied empirical findings to boost economic growth with minimum environmental degradation. ; published

O objetivo deste artigo é caracterizar a história e memória do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Amapá a partir das narrativas dos pioneiros que contribuíram significativamente na construção da proposta pedagógica de educação profissional e tecnológica nos primeiros anos de sua implantação (2007 a 2014). A pesquisa buscou analisar os documentos institucionais, leis, decretos e portarias, relacionados a educação profissional no Brasil e no Amapá, com destaque a Lei de criação dos Institutos Federais, Lei 11.892 de 29 de dezembro de 2008, entre outros dispositivos legais. Para o desenvolvimento desta investigação, optou-se pela abordagem qualitativa, através de pesquisa bibliográfica, análise documental e entrevistas. Os resultados revelam os caminhos minuciosos percorridos no processo de transformação da Escola Técnica Federal do Amapá (ETFAP) em Instituto Federal do Amapá (IFAP), a instalação em unidades provisórias, a escolha dos primeiros cursos e sua importância para o desenvolvimento regional.

The FUTURE project was initiated by the Porto Metropolitan Area Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE Porto) and addresses two documented priorities at the regional context: the need to improve the natural capital, particularly native woodlands (which underpin a broader environmental quality), and the need to expand on the social capital, specifically through the creation of social networks that facilitate the action, cooperation and public participation required to move the region towards sustainability. The project, collaboratively designed and managed, comprises the creation of 100 hectares of native woodlands in the region (100,000 trees) until 2015 and, simultaneously, the setting up of a group of citizens that are aware, skilled and motivated enough to promote and care for these native woodlands in close cooperation with regional organizations. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion