Polycrisis in the Anthropocene as a Key Research Agenda for Geography: Ontological Delineation and the Shift to a Postdisciplinary Approach

Motivated by a desire to strengthen the social relevance of geography in the quest for global sustainability, Matlovic and Matlovicova discuss how the subdisciplines of geography and the rich heritage they present, as well as other related disciplines, can be integrated into the geographical study of polycrisis in the Anthropocene epoch. The authors identify polycrisis as a series of interwoven challenges and traps that arise from the interaction between humanity and the environment that, in turn, represent a challenge that spans various scientific disciplines, a concept which Matlovic and Matlovicova argue has not been adequately addressed in geographical literature.