Bin Bin Pearce


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  • Creating spaces and cultivating mindsets for learning and experimentation International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2021
    Item type: Other Journal Item
    Vienni Baptista, Bianca; Pearce, Bin Bin; Stauffacher, Michael; et al. (2021)
    GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
    In this communication, we present the background and core elements of the 2021 edition of the International Transdisciplinary Conference. Beginning with a brief history of how the event was initiated and the role played by saguf in supporting its development, we then detail the main features of the conference and its relevance for transdisciplinary sustainability research education.
  • “Leaping Over” Disciplines
    Item type: Book Chapter
    Pearce, Bin Bin (2022)
    Research and Teaching in Environmental Studies ~ Institutionalizing Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity
  • In Memoriam: Julie Thompson Klein
    Item type: Other Journal Item
    Vienni Baptista, Bianca; Pearce, Bin Bin; Paulsen, Theres; et al. (2023)
    GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
  • Heating up the energy transition: Comparing energy justice and energy decision-making in individual and collective heating systems to support a just heat transition
    Item type: Journal Article
    Djinlev, Vanja; Pearce, Bin Bin (2025)
    Energy Research and Social Science
    This paper explores how individual and collective heating systems influence citizen agency and energy justice in the heat transition. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders knowledgeable about or involved in these systems across eight European countries, we examine how different types of heating systems influence energy decision-making capabilities and justice outcomes. Combining the Energy Justice Decision-Making Framework with the Capability Approach, we analyze differences in availability, affordability, due process, good governance, sustainability, equity, and responsibility. Our findings reveal that collective heating systems, while limiting individual autonomy, offer advantages in efficiency, affordability, and environmental sustainability. Their centralized management and economies of scale may support the integration of local renewable energy sources and can protect vulnerable populations from energy poverty, thus advancing distributive justice. However, realizing these benefits requires transparent governance and citizen-inclusive processes. In contrast, individual heating systems provide greater autonomy and flexibility, allowing households to tailor solutions to their preferences and financial circumstances. Yet this decentralization can lead to operational inefficiencies and fragmented efforts, which may slow down the pace of the heat transition. Additionally, high upfront costs for sustainable technologies may exacerbate inequalities, particularly for low-income households. This study identifies justice gaps across both system types and highlights the trade-offs between autonomy and equity. We argue for institutional adaptation and regulatory innovation to enable capability-sensitive, socio-technical arrangements that support inclusive, sustainable heat transitions.
  • Creating spaces and cultivating mindsets for transdisciplinary learning and experimentation
    Item type: Other Journal Item
    Pearce, Bin Bin; Vienni Baptista, Bianca; Stauffacher, Michael; et al. (2023)
    GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
    This Special Focus highlights the potential of transdisciplinary research and learning to confront the complexity of the challenges facing society today. By serving as a bridge between science, practice and society, transdisciplinarity can be a means to help foster collaboration between diverse actors, question existing paradigms of knowledge co-production and build pathways towards transformation.
  • Designing interventions for sustainable change in a real-world laboratory
    Item type: Journal Article
    Pärli, Rea; Stauffacher, Michael; L'Orange Seigo, Selma; et al. (2025)
    Environment, Development and Sustainability
    Real-world laboratories (RWL) aim to support transformations for sustainable urban development by producing outputs with practical and scientific relevance. To achieve these aims, the local community of which the RWL is a part should be in close collaboration from the start of a project. RWLs offer spaces for ‘thinking outside the box’ and for experimenting with new ideas through concrete interventions into the life world of the community. We provide methodological guidance for researchers on how to design interventions in RWLs that both affect change on the ground and contribute to scientific knowledge. This includes addressing issues important to local communities and generating transformation knowledge about how sustainable urban development can be actualised. We use the case of a project-based master’s course within an RWL in the city of Zurich in Switzerland to demonstrate how the use of design thinking supported the development of needs-based interventions, curbing emissions from food consumption while aiming to generate scientifically relevant output. We conclude that further improvements in methodology are needed in order to test the effectiveness of interventions. However, the outputs of the approach show its potential both for having an impact in the real world and building on existing academic concepts for advancing transformation knowledge.
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