This ‘Insight’ episode is from full episode 37, where Michael and Stefan interview Jessica Cockburn.
Jessica is a Lecturer in Environmental Science at Rhodes University in South Africa. Jessica identifies as a "pracademic" who often works with local partners to explore how actors across a variety of contexts interact to address sustainability challenges. Her work is highly collaborative. Among the groups she engages with is the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS): https://pecs-science.org/.
https://www.ru.ac.za/environmentalscience/staff/staffacademic/jessicacockburn/
In this clip, Jessica’s explains why she draws a critical realism approach, and how that is positioned between positivist and constructivist paradigms.
Jessica's personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/jesscockburn/home
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jess_cockburn
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