Social-ecological systems
What are social-ecological systems (SES)?
In the Anthropocene a new epistemic constellation has emerged, one marked by complex societal relations to nature at its centre. These relations are conceptualized as symbolically mediated material-energetic patterns of regulation and formalized as complex social-ecological systems (SES). ^1
Related scientific fields
Focused on the material dimension
- Social ecology/Industrial ecology
- Heterodox economics
- Feminist economics
- Ecological economics
- Doughnut economics
- Social provisioning
Focused on social history/anthropology
- Ecological anthropology
References
- Becker, Egon. “Social-Ecological Systems as Epistemic Objects,” 37–59, 2012.