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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-1365-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-1365-2025
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26 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2025

Social norms and groups structure safe operating spaces in renewable resource use in a social–ecological multi-layer network model

Max Bechthold, Wolfram Barfuss, André Butz, Jannes Breier, Sara M. Constantino, Jobst Heitzig, Luana Schwarz, Sanam N. Vardag, and Jonathan F. Donges

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Social norms are a major influence on human behaviour. In natural resource use models, norms are often included in a simplistic way leading to “black or white” sustainability outcomes. We find that a dynamic representation of norms, including social groups, determines more nuanced states of the environment in a stylised model of resource use while also defining the success of attempts to manage the system, suggesting the importance of representing both aspects well in coupled models.
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