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Date of Publication: November 12, 2014
Year of Publication: 2014
Publication City: London, UK
Publisher: Guardian News and Media Limited
Author(s): Victor Galaz
Global risks are recognized as being complexly interconnected, yet the scientific approaches used to study them, and consequently our understandings, remain fragmented.
Considering the social sciences, Victor Galaz worries:
“…knowledge is becoming so specialized and fragmented, that I sincerely fear it is losing touch with the risks posed by the interacting environmental and socio-technological unfolding around us.”
Read Galaz’s full commentary here.
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