Welcome to 'Learning to Fly' - the podcast for 'Science for the Anthropocene' (S4A) at Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) at Lancaster University, UK.
In this first episode, David Tyfield, Professor of Sustainable Transitions and Political Economy and leader of the S4A research theme at LEC, sets the scene for future episodes, by offering an initial overview to the idea of a 'Science for the Anthropocene', and the argument for its importance and urgency. This hinges on the imperative of a turn towards 'phronesis', or situated practical wisdom, as the paramount goal and form of skilful judgement that science needs to be actively cultivating if it is to rise to the unprecedented challenges posed by the Anthropocene. David explores phronesis in several dimensions, and the relevance of all of these to a reorganization and expansion of what science is and what science is actually done.
In future episodes, David will be in conversation with leading thinkers, from across the world and across the sciences, both natural and social, to explore specific aspects of 'Science for the Anthropocene'.
