Abstract. The ongoing intensification of the socio-ecological crisis requires a “Great Transformation” ( WBGU, 2011 ) of central societal systems involving aspects such as mobility, energy production, and nutrition. Thus, from a scientific point of view, the Great Transformation is a highly normative topic with a strong focus on societal and political processes of change. We are convinced that psychology can play a fruitful role in creating the social science for sustainability transformation that is needed for this purpose. However, for this to happen, psychology needs a shift toward a more impact-oriented research perspective, focusing on how people can effectively influence their ecological footprint and/or foster societal change as consumers, producers, or active citizens and community members. As starting points for developing such transformation-oriented psychological research perspectives, the present paper shows how a multilevel perspective on societal transformation processes can be combined with the vision of a solidarity-based lifestyle. Against this theoretical backdrop, we see an important role for psychology in studying how people cope with an ecological crisis by inventing new environmental lifestyles and identities, despite being locked into the currently unsustainable socio-technical systems.

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使人们能够为所有人的更美好生活而行动

摘要。社会生态危机的持续加剧需要对涉及流动性、能源生产和营养等方面的中央社会系统进行“大转型”（WBGU，2011 年）。因此，从科学的角度来看，大转型是一个高度规范的话题，重点关注社会和政治变革进程。我们相信，心理学可以在创建社会科学以实现这一目标所需的可持续性转型方面发挥卓有成效的作用。然而，要实现这一点，心理学需要转向更注重影响的研究视角，关注人们如何有效地影响他们的生态足迹和/或促进作为消费者、生产者或积极公民和社区成员的社会变革。作为发展这种面向转型的心理学研究视角的起点，本文展示了如何将社会转型过程的多层次视角与基于团结的生活方式的愿景相结合。在这种理论背景下，我们看到心理学在研究人们如何通过创造新的环境生活方式和身份来应对生态危机方面发挥着重要作用，尽管他们被困在目前不可持续的社会技术系统中。