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  • Environmental Science
  • Policy Studies
  • Decision Science

Background:

  • Sustainability assessment (SA) is widely adopted but yields disappointing results in practice.
  • Sustainability challenges are often characterized as 'wicked problems' with interconnected factors and pluralistic contexts.
  • Current SA approaches may not adequately address the complexity inherent in sustainability issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the reasons for disappointing sustainability results despite the popularity of SA.
  • To propose a way forward by emphasizing the integration of reflexivity in SA.
  • To characterize SA as a form of problem structuring and identify different ways to integrate reflexivity.

Main Methods:

  • Distinguishing policy problems to characterize SA as problem structuring.
  • Identifying three typical ways of problem structuring, each integrating reflexivity differently.
  • Illustrating these reflexive approaches through three case examples.

Main Results:

  • The integration of reflexivity in SA can be analyzed through the mix of methods, SA process, and epistemological balance.
  • Different approaches to problem structuring offer distinct pathways for incorporating reflexivity.
  • Case examples demonstrate the practical application and implications of reflexive SA.

Conclusions:

  • Effective SA requires reflexivity regarding issue definition and criteria for sustainable solutions.
  • Moving beyond calls for stakeholder participation, integrating reflexivity is crucial for advancing SA.
  • A process map for reflexive sustainability assessment is proposed to guide future practice and research.