Climate Change and Social Sciences: a bibliometric analysis

Authors

  • Flávio Campopiano Dias de Moraes State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil
  • Ana Lia Leonel Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
  • Pedro Henrique Campello Torres University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Pedro Roberto Jacobi University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Sandra Momm Federal University of ABC, Brazil

Keywords:

Bibliometric analysis, Algorithms, Climate change, Natural Sciences

Abstract

The complexity of emergent wicked problems, such as climate change, culminates in a reformulation of how we think about society and mobilize scientists from various disciplines to seek solutions and perspectives on the problem. From an epistemological point of view, it is essential to evaluate how such topics can be developed inside the academic arena but, to do that, it is necessary to perform complex analysis of the great number of recent academic publications. In this work, we discuss how climate change has been addressed by social sciences in practice. Can we observe the development of a new epistemology by the emergence of the climate change debate? Are there contributions in academic journals within the field of social sciences addressing climate change? Which journals are these? Who are the authors? To answer these questions, we developed an innovative method combining different tools to search, filter, and analyze the impact of the academic production related to climate change in social sciences in the most relevant journals.

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Author Biographies

Flávio Campopiano Dias de Moraes, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil

He is a physicist and Ph.D. in Physics, currently conducting Postdoctoral Research in Integrated Photonic Devices at the Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute, of the State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil, where he studies artificial intelligence and neural networks.

Ana Lia Leonel, Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

She has a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences and a Master's in Territory Planning and Management. She is a researcher in the Graduate Program in Territory Planning and Management at the Federal University of ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, developing research in the areas of environmental planning, territorial planning, metropolitan governance, public policies and environmental sociology regarding climate change.

Pedro Henrique Campello Torres, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

He is a social scientist and Ph.D. in Social Sciences and conducts Postdoctoral research in Environmental Science at the Institute of Energy and Environment at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His research topics are urban planning and the environment, environmental sociology, urban sociology, climate change, and environmental justice.

Pedro Roberto Jacobi, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

He is a social scientist and Ph.D. in Sociology. He is a Senior Professor of the Graduate Program in Environmental Science at the Institute of Energy and Environment of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He conducts research on environmental governance, education for sustainability, and climate change.

Sandra Momm, Federal University of ABC, Brazil

She is an architect and urbanist and has a Ph.D. in Environmental Science. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of ABC where she coordinates the Postgraduate Program in Territory Planning and Management. She conducts research on territorial planning in interface with environmental issues such as climate change, water resources, and protected areas.

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Published

2020-07-20

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 20 (2020): V!20 Question of Method

Section

Ágora