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Conceptualizing Numbers at the Science–Policy Interface by Kovacic, Zora

“…Quantitative information is one of the means used to interface science with policy. As a consequence, much effort is invested in producing quantitative…”
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Towards Measuring the Informal City: A Societal Metabolism Approach by Smit, Suzanne, Musango, Josephine K., Kovacic, Zora, Brent, Alan C.

“…Summary The rapid growth of urban informal settlements, or slums, poses a particular challenge for balancing developmental and environmental goals. In South…”
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Governing informality through representation: Examples from slum policies in Brazil and South Africa by Kovacic, Zora

“…Building on the understanding that the representations that underpin slum policies play an important role in the management and reproduction of informality,…”
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Post-normal science 30 years on. Editorial introduction: Ongoing conversations about knowledge, science practices, integrity and quality through post-normal lenses by Kovacic, Zora, Biggeri, Annibale

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Precise Yet Uncertain: Broadening Understandings of Uncertainty and Policy in the BPA Controversy by Lemus, Dafne, Kovacic, Zora

“…Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the most studied and most controversial chemicals used by the food packaging industry, because of its endocrine disruptive…”
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Striking the balance: Sustainability and institutional transitions in the European Environment Agency by Kovacic, Zora, Benini, Lorenzo

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Investigating science for governance through the lenses of complexity by Kovacic, Zora

“…This paper assesses the contributions of complexity theory to post-normal science. The oversupply of facts in science for governance is explained as a matter…”
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Spaces of informality and the governing of slums by Kovacic, Zora, Atia, Mona

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Between theory and quantification: An integrated analysis of metabolic patterns of informal urban settlements by Kovacic, Zora, Giampietro, Mario

“…As informal urban settlements grow in size and population across the developing world, the issue of how to design and implement effective policies to provide…”
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Institutionalising interdisciplinarity in PhD training: challenging and redefining expertise in problem-oriented research by Kovacic, Zora, Marcos-Valls, Alejandro

“…Interdisciplinary research is gathering increasing support from sustainability scholars, however, there is little dialogue between scholarship on…”
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Beyond “beyond GDP indicators:” The need for reflexivity in science for governance by Kovacic, Zora, Giampietro, Mario

“…•Analyses the role of pre-analytical choices in dealing with complex systems.•Criticises current beyond GDP approaches for focusing exclusively on…”
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Indicator development as a site of collective imagination? The case of European Commission policies on the circular economy by Völker, Thomas, Kovacic, Zora, Strand, Roger

“…In recent years the concept of the circular economy gained prominence in EU policy-making. The circular economy promotes a future in which linear…”
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Unravelling narratives of water management: Reflections on epistemic uncertainty in the first cycle of implementation of the Water Framework Directive in southern Spain by Cabello, Violeta, Kovacic, Zora, Van Cauwenbergh, Nora

“…•We focus on epistemic uncertainty due to pluralism in participatory planning.•We identify five narratives on water management that converge on problem…”
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The role of metrics in the governance of the water-energy-food nexus within the European Commission by Voelker, Thomas, Blackstock, Kirsty, Kovacic, Zora, Sindt, Jan, Strand, Roger, Waylen, Kerry

“…Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in both academia and policy. This concept draws attention to the link…”
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Complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity: Implications for European Union energy governance by Kovacic, Zora, Di Felice, Louisa Jane

“…•Energy security is widely used in policy yet it is an ambiguous term.•The uses of energy security in academia and EU policy are analysed and mapped.•Ambiguity…”
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Urban metabolism of the informal city: Probing and measuring the ‘unmeasurable’ to monitor Sustainable Development Goal 11 indicators by Kaviti Musango, Josephine, Currie, Paul, Smit, Suzanne, Kovacic, Zora

“…•A new wave of urban metabolism research, co-designing with communities, is emerging.•In this wave, urban metabolism research can contribute to informal city…”
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Problematizing post-normal science in the Global South by Orozco-Meléndez, Francisco, Paneque-Gálvez, Jaime, Kovacic, Zora

“…In post-normal science (PNS), the emergence of extended peer communities (EPCs) is a key process to deal with problems involving high uncertainty, high stakes,…”
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Andrew Gamble: Crisis Without End? The Unravelling of Western Prosperity by Kovacic, Zora

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Isolated yet open: A metabolic analysis of Menorca by Marcos-Valls, Alejandro, Kovacic, Zora, Giampietro, Mario, Kallis, Giorgos, Rieradevall, Joan

“…Small islands are vulnerable to climate change, and at the same time contribute to local and global environmental problems with the intensification of tourist…”
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The more things change, the more they stay the same: promises of bioeconomy and the economy of promises by Eversberg, Dennis, Koch, Philip, Lehmann, Rosa, Saltelli, Andrea, Ramcilovic-Suominen, Sabaheta, Kovacic, Zora

“…This editorial lays out the core themes of the special feature and provides an overview of the contributions. It introduces the main argument, namely that the…”
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