We review the evolution of the environmental and societal setting of Australian landscapes since this first industrial transformation, the emergence of drivers precipitating a second industrial transformation, and what it will take to adapt.
This necessitates a governance discourse that does not restrict itself to the definition and implementation of regulation in the form of negative constraints for science and technology but also of positive aims in a societal setting.
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of growth hormone (GH) treatment (Genotropin®) compared with no GH treatment in adults with GH deficiency in a Swedish societal setting.
The hypotheses were borrowed in part from Oppenheimer's work but they were translated by Mills and Blossfeld to make them fit for a broader societal setting (Mills and Blossfeld 2005).
In one column, Loucks insisted that, under apartheid, South Africa had been a "powerful nation with a thriving, diverse economy" but that after the white government lost power, "societal descent set in".
The footage, a stunning scene of societal retribution, set the standard for a yearlong shoot that became "Cartel Land," a documentary that premièred at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won for best director and cinematography, and was released this summer in the United States and Mexico.
Our motivation for the scenario development was to show that societal contexts set limitations for the development and use of new (biofuel) technologies.
The question here, however is whether we are on the cusp of change, seeing that the social conditions and the societal mind-set are warming up to change along with the increased role of technology.
This transformation includes inter alia: societal agenda setting, collective problem framing, a plurality of perspectives, integrative research processes, new norms for handling dissent and controversy, better treatment of uncertainty and of diversity of values, extended peer review, broader and more transparent metrics for evaluation, effective dialog processes, and stakeholder participation.
And despite the societal expectations set for the meeting - remember, gifts are required - it is always polite to feign surprise.
