Featured Publication: Earth Stewardship Special Issue — “Transformative Partnerships for a Better World”
The Earth Stewardship special issue spotlights Transformations Community members and collaborators exploring the ethical, relational, and systemic dimensions of stewardship. This open-access collection brings together insights from the Transformations 2023 and 2025 Conferences, offering new perspectives on how partnerships can reimagine collaboration, decolonize practice, and lead with humility and courage.
Guest Editors: Chris Riedy, Bruce Evan Goldstein, Julia Leventon
Now available:
- Transformative partnerships for a better world: Practices, capacities, and opportunities — Chris Riedy, Anja Bless, Erin Bohensky, Naomi Carrard, Federico Davila, Giedre Kligyte, Anne Leitch, Bem le Hunte, Sarah Niklas, Meg Parsons, Susanne Pratt, Sam Wearne
- Leading through paradox: Navigating tensions in transformative networks — Bruce Evan Goldstein, Sandra Waddock
- Coproducing futures: A three-mode heuristic for reflexive practice toward sustainability — Claudia Munera-Roldan, Emma Ligtermoet, Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Peat Leith, Carina Wyborn, Federico Davila, Dan J. Rogers, Nicola Grigg, Carla Alexandra, Naomi Carrard, Russell Warman, Jessica Cheok, Stefanos Xenarios, Leonie J. Pearson, Mark Stafford Smith, Nina Frankowski
- Partnerships to protect nature: A Community of Practice approach to human behavior change research and practice — Lily M. van Eeden, Sarah Bekessy, Liam Smith, Emily A. Gregg, Melissa Hatty, Stefan Kaufman, Alexander M. Kusmanoff, Nita Lauren, Kate Lee, Pia E. Lentini, Christina Renowden, Matthew Selinske, Zoe E. Squires, Fern Hames
- Cultivating futures wisdom for collective transformation — Sanna Ketonen-Oksi, Etrit Shkreli
- Reflexivity–Situatedness Matrix: An intervention-centered analytical framework to enable transformations through transdisciplinary partnerships — Ilkhom Soliev, Agnes Zolyomi, Alex Franklin
- Advancing strong sustainability in transdisciplinary research: Opportunities, barriers, and strategies — Sabrina Chakori, Nicola J. Grigg, Katharina Biely, Katrina Szetey, Michael Dunlop, Russell Gorddard, Shane Hopkinson
- Transformative Earth Stewardship: Navigating cycles of inner and outer change — Bruce Evan Goldstein, David Manuel-Navarrete, Niko Schaepke
- Toward an ecocentric leadership as stewardship framework: Insights from fostering transformative partnerships and collective practice — Luea Ritter, Anaïs Sägesser
All articles are open access
Over the coming months, we’ll be sharing reflections from Earth Stewardship authors on how their work connects with the Transformations Community and the idea of transformative partnership. These brief, first-person pieces will appear in future newsletters and on our website, offering a window into the relationships and insights that shaped this special issue.
Open & Ongoing Opportunities
We’re also continuing to support submissions to:
• Earth Stewardship — Reviews or syntheses grounded in your TC/ESG25 presentations or T-labs
• Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (COSUST)
— Review articles connected to Social Dimensions of Transformative Change
To be considered, please send a one-paragraph proposal to brugo@colorado.edu and follow the publication guidelines on our website.