Encounters of the social in social-ecological resilience

This article reviews how the study of social-ecological resilience—defined as the capacity to persist, adapt, and transform with change—has evolved with and encountered the social sciences. Through a scoping review, a review of reviews, and a problematizing review, understandings of resilience are presented not as pre-given but rather as emergent through encounters, a space in which ideas and doings interact and entwine. The review identifies five encounters: ( a ) linked social-ecological dynamics encounter relational resilience; ( b ) coproduction for resilience encounters knowing with resilience; ( c ) power of resilience encounters reclaiming resilience from below; ( d ) transformation for the future encounters resilience in the unfolding present; and ( e ) scaling encounters patterning for resilience, situated in unique histories, cultures, and ecologies. These encounters highlight profound shifts in how the concept of resilience itself is changing, becoming more relational, political, and entangled with the world of which it is a part.