Social-ecological research for the transformation to a sustainable economy: Opening up new perspectives for change

Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals requires a transformation to a sustainable economy. This special issue presents new scientific results produced within projects of the funding measure Sustainable Economy, which is part of the Social-Ecological Research (SOEF) funding priority of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The articles focus on new lines of inquiry with regard to impacts, governance approaches, and sector-specific conditions and options for a transformation to a sustainable economy.