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Heinz Schandl, CSIRO Social and Economic Sciences Program, Canberra and School of Sociology, The Australian National University

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Larry Saha Room, HA2175, Level 2, Haydon-Allen Building, The Australian National University

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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Asia and the Pacific has seen tremendous economic growth, human development and social modernisation during the past decades. This has come at a cost, however, of increased use of natural resources and emissions well beyond what can be sustained in the long run. Sociological theory (Habermas and Luhmann) will be introduced to inform a social-ecological systems framework to study social and environmental change in this important world region. Changes in society will be discussed along changes in social metabolism and will be linked to sustainability policies. Sociological theory will enable an assessment of social steering capacity during a time of rapid transition. The presentation will position environmental sociology as an important source of knowledge to unpack society nature interrelationships and to inform sustainability science and policies.