ABSTRACT
Part I explored the emergence of sustainability science, its empirical, normative and socio-political claims, and the tensions stemming from normative and epistemic positions in the field. This was an empirical and conceptual effort, drawing from STS, and laid the foundations for a reconstruction of sustainability science. Part II turns to a more prospective outlook, presenting a theoretical and conceptual argument for a reconstruction of sustainability science. This draws from the reconstructivist approach in STS discussed in Chapter 2 as well as from American pragmatist philosopher John Dewey’s notion of reconstruction in philosophy.
