This editorial introduces a special section of the journal on ecological economics: The next 30 years consisting of 20 different articles from a broad range of contributors. It explores common themes from the articles including uncertainty, the normative goals of sustainable scale and just distribution, collective action, co-evolution, transdisciplinarity and the need for radical systemic change. Drawing on our own vision for the next 30 years of EE, we use multi-level selection theory (MLS) to help understand how these themes are connected, to offer insights into how we might promote collective action at the scale required to achieve a socially just sustainability transition, and to reassess the distinction between normative and positive science. We conclude that ecological economists are united primarily by the recognition that economics must be built from biophysical foundations and by our shared normative values that prioritize the common good over self-interested individual preferences

这篇社论介绍了生态经济学 杂志的一个专题：未来30年由来自广泛贡献者的 20 篇不同文章组成。它探讨了文章中的共同主题，包括不确定性、可持续规模和公正分配的规范目标、集体行动、共同进化、跨学科和彻底系统性变革的必要性。借鉴我们自己对未来 30 年 EE 的愿景，我们使用多层次选择理论 (MLS) 来帮助理解这些主题是如何联系起来的，从而深入了解我们如何在实现社会目标所需的规模上促进集体行动。只是可持续性过渡，并重新评估规范科学和实证科学之间的区别。