In recent decades, foresight has been connected to various disciplines that engage with complex societal problems, leading specific interpretations of foresight. We offer an interdisciplinary perspective on foresight's increasing use for governance social-ecological systems (SES). seek strengthen the in this domain by bridging insights from other can help overcome its limitations. Participatory...

Selfish gene and self-organisation approaches have revolutionised the study of social insects and have provided unparalleled insights into the highly sophisticated nature of insect social evolution. Here, we briefly review the core programs and interfaces with communication and recognition studies that characterise these fields today, and offer an interdisciplinary future perspective for the st...

An overview of the basics of metaphorical thought and language from the perspective of Neurocognition, the integrated interdisciplinary study of how conceptual thought and language work in the brain. The paper outlines a theory of metaphor circuitry and discusses how everyday reason makes use of embodied metaphor circuitry.

The challenge to develop an integrated perspective of embodiment in communication is taken up by an international research group hosted by Bielefeld University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF—Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung) from October, 2005 through September, 2006. An international conference was held there on 12–15 January, 2005 to define a research agenda that will exp...

The question of how sustainable innovations and niche experimentation lead to systemic changes are a core motivation sustainability transitions research. As an inherently interdisciplinary field, although this is addressed from different academic perspectives, the dominant understanding relevant scaling processes grounded in concepts growth, diffusion expansion. This article contributes discuss...