Abstract

In an era marked by escalating climate crises and social-ecological disruptions, addressing these challenges demands not only new solutions but also fundamentally new ways of thinking. A recent conceptual paper by Hertz, Klein, Mancilla García, and Schlüter (2025) advocates a radical shift in how we conceptualize transformation—moving away from static, essentialist worldviews toward a dynamic, process-relational perspective (PRP).