@article{fdi:010083889, title = {{P}attern languages as a design tool to tackle "wicked problems" in sustainability science}, author = {{R}icaud, {L}. and {T}hibon, {M}axime and {M}arseault, {L}. and {C}hotte, {J}ean-{L}uc}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{H}umanity is facing global and local sustainability challenges that call for the involvement of a wide range of expertise drawn from academia, civil society, the private sector, as well as funding and development agencies. {T}he challenge will be to leverage this diversity to nurture decision making. {T}o make such discussions successful we propose a pattern language approach. {I}t can be used as a practical step-by-step process to guide interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers and to facilitate transdisciplinary interactions between the academic and nonacademic worlds. {T}he patterns are documented and freely accessible online in the {S}ustainable {S}cience {P}attern database.}, keywords = {knowledge system ; pattern languages ; sustainability science ; {S}ustainable {D}evelopment {G}oals ; value creating systems ; wicked problem}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{G}aia}, volume = {30}, numero = {4}, pages = {237--242}, ISSN = {0940-5550}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.14512/gaia.30.4.6}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083889}, }