Social-ecological systems contribute to environmental change and, in turn, face its corresponding shocks and disturbances. As scholarship on resilience and social-ecological transformations grows, researchers from various disciplines continue to debate how major transitions and environmental change can be anticipated, studied or guided towards just and ethical outcomes. To this end, we apply an interdisciplinary perspective to describing key aspects of social-ecological transformations scholarship around three pressing questions: (1) What features or criteria distinguish transformations from other forms of change?; (2) What are the political, ethical, and normative concerns associated with transformations?; and (3) How can we better track, measure, and evaluate such transformations? Our insights, which emerged from a workshop with early-career interdisciplinary scholars, highlight questions of justice, equity and ethics in transformations research, and suggest that more precise indicators of change, a more explicit understanding of system boundaries, and a dual focus on process and outcomes will help advance our understanding of the social-ecological implications of transformations. We hope that articulating these challenges and recommendations in an interdisciplinary framing will help further the conversation on these critical topics and provide an accessible perspective of key considerations for multidisciplinary scholarship on social-ecological transformations.

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展开社会生态转型：概念，伦理和方法论见解

社会生态系统促成环境变化，并因此面临其相应的冲击和干扰。随着关于抵御力和社会生态转型的奖学金的增长，来自各个学科的研究人员继续争论如何预见，研究或指导重大的转型和环境变化，以实现公正和符合道德的结果。为此，我们运用跨学科的观点围绕三个紧迫的问题来描述社会生态转型学者的关键方面：（1）哪些特征或标准将转型与其他形式的变革区分开来？（2）与转型相关的政治，道德和规范问题是什么？（3）我们如何更好地跟踪，衡量和评估这种转变？我们的见解，它是由从事早期职业的跨学科学者组成的研讨会提出的，重点介绍了转换研究中的正义，公平和道德问题，并提出了更精确的变化指标，对系统边界的更明确理解以及对过程和结果的双重关注帮助增进我们对转变的社会生态影响的理解。我们希望在跨学科的框架中阐明这些挑战和建议将有助于进一步就这些关键主题进行对话，并为社会科学转型的多学科学术研究提供关键考虑的可及视角。对系统边界的更明确的理解，以及对过程和结果的双重关注，将有助于增进我们对转型的社会生态影响的理解。我们希望在跨学科的框架中阐明这些挑战和建议将有助于进一步就这些关键主题进行对话，并为社会科学转型的多学科学术研究提供关键考虑的可及视角。对系统边界的更明确的理解，以及对过程和结果的双重关注，将有助于增进我们对转型的社会生态影响的理解。我们希望在跨学科的框架中阐明这些挑战和建议将有助于进一步就这些关键主题进行对话，并为社会科学转型的多学科学术研究提供关键考虑的可及视角。