Sustainability science as a transformative social learning process / Ariane Konig -- Flowers of resistance: citizen science, ecological democracy and the transgressive education paradigm / Arjen E. J. Wals and Michael A. Peters -- part I. Embracing complexity and alternative futures: conceptual tools and methods. Systems approaches for transforming social practice: design requirements / Ariane konig -- Cognitive pitfalls in dealing with sustainability / Philipp sonnleitner -- Excaping the complexity dilemma / Barry newell and Katrian proust -- Exploring alternative futures with scenarios / Gerard Drenth, Shirin Elahi and Ariane Konig -- Social technology and theory U: co-creating actionable knowledge for leadership / Isabel Page -- Staging design thinking for sustainability in pracitce: guidance and watch-outs / Kilian Gericke, Boris Eisenbart and Gregor Waltersdorfer -- part II. What might transformations look like? Sectoral challenges and interdependence. Can ecosystem services help the new agricultural transition? / Nicolas Dendoncker and Emilie Crouzat -- Food systems and human ecology: an overview / Federico Davila and Robert Dyball -- Energy: physical and technical basics / Susanne Siebentritt -- Urban energy trasitions through innovations in green building / Julia Affolderbach, Berenice Preller and Christian Schulz -- Democratising renewable energy production: a luxembourgish perspective / Kristina Hondrila, Simon Norcross, Paulina Golinska-Dawson, Vladimir Broz, Aydeli Rios and Jules Muller -- Community-based monitoring for improved water governance: a case study in Holbox Island, Quintana Roo State, Mexico / Kim Chi Tran and Ariane Konig -- part III. Tracking, steering and judging trasformation. Sustainability indicators: quality and quantity / Jerome Ravetz, Paula Hild, Olivier Thunus and Julien Bollati -- Complex learning and the significance of measurement / Sebastian Manhart -- Uncertainty as a key to sustainability economics / Jerome Ravetz -- Postscript: heuristics for sustainability science / Jerome Ravetz -- Outlook: citizens and science in the Anthropocene / Ariane Konig