Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects

Markard, Jochen; Raven, Rob; Truffer, Bernhard

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2012.02.013

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“…SCOT was chosen because it is the negotiation between the human actors in the technological development process that is in focus in this study. However, SCOT can also be related to the newer scientific fields of Transition Science (TS) and Innovation Systems Science (ISS) in the way that SCOT takes a more "specific focus on technology" (Markard et al, 2012) in the analysis of a transition of a socio-technical system. SCOT, TS and ISS all take as a starting point that technology is developed through a competition of different designs in a complex interaction between technology and people.…”

Section: Social Construction Of Technology In the Context Of Innovatimentioning

confidence: 99%

Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

Madsen

Brown

Elle

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Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Section: Social Construction Of Technology In the Context Of Innovatimentioning

confidence: 99%

Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

Madsen

Brown

Elle

et al. 2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…The last decade has seen a burgeoning academic interest in the topic of sustainability transitions (Markard et al 2012). However, until recently, spatial dimensions of sustainability transitions have been largely ignored in this literature Smith et al 2010).…”

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The geography of sustainability transitions: Review, synthesis and reflections on an emergent research field

Hansen

Coenen

2015

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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“…In assessing the differences between the cases of Germany and the UK this paper builds on burgeoning work related to 'sustainability transitions' (Markard, Raven, & Truffer, 2012) and what might broadly be understood as socio-technical regime theory (Geels, 2004). Central to such approaches is the idea that technological change entails co-evolutionary interactions between technological artefacts, institutions, and agents.…”

Section: The Richness and Diversity Of 'Regime Theory'mentioning

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Comparing Nuclear Power Trajectories in Germany and the UK: From 'Regimes' to 'Democracies' in Sociotechnical Transitions and Discontinuities

Johnstone

Stirling

2015

SSRN Journal

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SWPS 2015-18 ( June) DisclaimerThe works available here are the responsibility of the individual author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of other SPRU researchers. As matters of policy and practice, SPRU does not endorse individual research contributions. Guidelines for authorsPapers shall be submitted in pdf or Word format. They should contain a title, an abstract, and keywords. Papers should be submitted to one of the Editors, who will process them and send them to the appropriate Associate Editor. Two members of SPRU will be asked to provide a short written review within three weeks. The revised versions of the paper, together with a reply to the reviewers, should be sent to the Associate Editor, who will propose to the Editors its publication on the series. When submitting the authors should indicate if the paper has already undergone peer-reviewing, in which case the Associate Editors may decide to skip internal review process. AbstractThis paper focuses on arguably the single most striking contrast in contemporary major energy politics in Europe (and even the developed world as a whole): the starkly differing civil nuclear policies of Germany and the UK. Germany is seeking entirely to phase out nuclear power by 2022. Yet the UK advocates a 'nuclear renaissance', promoting the most ambitious new nuclear construction programme in Western Europe. Here, this paper poses a simple yet quite fundamental question: what are the particular divergent conditions most strongly implicated in the contrasting developments in these two countries. With nuclear playing such an iconic role in historical discussions over technological continuity and transformation, answering this may assist in wider understandings of sociotechnical incumbency and discontinuity in the burgeoning field of 'sustainability transitions'. To this end, an 'abductive' approach is taken: deploying nine potentially relevant criteria for understanding the different directions pursued in Germany and the UK. Together constituted by 30 parameters spanning literatures related to socio-technical regimes in general as well as nuclear technology in particular, the criteria are divided into those that are 'internal' and 'external' to the 'focal regime configuration' of nuclear power and associated 'challenger technologies' like renewables. It is 'internal' criteria that are emphasised in conventional sociotechnical regime theory, with 'external' criteria relatively less well explored. Asking under each criterion whether attempted discontinuation of nuclear power would be more likely in Germany or the UK, a clear picture emerges. 'Internal' criteria suggest attempted nuclear discontinuation should be more likely in the UK than in Germany -the reverse of what is occurring. 'External' criteria are more aligned with observed dynamics -especially those relating to military nuclear commitments and broader 'qualities of democracy'. Despite many differences of framing concerning exactly what constitutes 'democracy', a rich political science literature on t...

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Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects

Cited by 2,611 publications

References 111 publications

Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming

The geography of sustainability transitions: Review, synthesis and reflections on an emergent research field

Comparing Nuclear Power Trajectories in Germany and the UK: From 'Regimes' to 'Democracies' in Sociotechnical Transitions and Discontinuities

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