Exnovation : imaginer autrement les transitions durables à Bruxelles

Fossati, Ela Callorda; Sureau, Solène; Pel, Bonno; Bauler, Thomas; Achten, Wouter

doi:10.4000/brussels.6273

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“…These zones aim to reduce local air pollution, encourage a shift towards more sustainable modes of transportation, and facilitate the deliberate, gradual phase-out of combustion engine vehicles. Consequently, LEZs can be viewed as technology-centred exnovations that seek to destabilise existing socio-technological mobility regimes and whose discursive dynamics can be seen as entry points for governing transitions, innovations and other types of regime changes (Callorda Fossati et al 2022). In Ghent, the LEZ is an integral part of the city's comprehensive and systemic "Mobility Plan" and aligns with Flanders's goal of prohibiting all combustion vehicles from entering LEZs by 2035 (Milieumaatschappij 2023).…”

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Detection of Phase Transitions in Discourse Networks of Sustainability Transitions

Vandenhole,

Garic,

Leifeld

2023

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Sustainability Transitions Research (STR) confronts complex societal challenges by examining societal shifts and their trajectories. An emerging perspective in STR is discursive approaches, which analyse the role of discourses and discourse coalitions in shaping sustainability transitions. However, discursive approaches face challenges regarding the analysis of sustainability transition processes as complex, temporal processes of stability and change. We discuss the nature of these challenges and explore the method of discourse network analysis (DNA) as a potential solution. We extend DNA significantly by measuring distinct temporal states (phases of stability) in discourse networks and detecting phase transitions (significant changes) between these discursive states. An empirical application of this extension to the discursive networks around the introduction of a Low Emission Zone demonstrates how and when discourses and actors display significant structural shifts. This methodological innovation addresses the need for measuring stability and change in the complex, discursive, temporal dynamics of sustainability transitions.

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Section: Empirical Case: Background and Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%