Transition pathways - contours of an analytical framework

Transition pathways - analyzing transitions in food systems : A synthesis of seven case studies

“…Sustainability challenges in case studies. As indicated in the previous section, both conceptual thinking around food systems as well as transition theory were central to the analytical framework (Elzen et al, 2020) that was applied to the seven case studies in this paper (Haasnoot et al 2016). Figure 6 shows to what extent theories around food systems and transition thinking were used to analyse the dynamics in the case studies, and to what extent the use of these theories were helpful to induce any changes in practice in these cases.…”

“…In the first year of this project, a first version of this analytical framework has been completed (Elzen et al, 2020). To test the usefulness of this analytical framework for understanding food system transitions, researchers in the project have applied the framework to case studies of food system transitions from their own work.…”

Case study analysis Transition Pathways 2020 : onderzoeksvarianten voor een verkenning van de deelnamebereidheid bij ondernemers in de primaire landbouw

“…Section 3 is based on the analytical framework that was written by the Transition Pathways project in 2019 (Elzen et al, 2019 besides the motif on transition pathways. Of each motif we tried to select one case or research question that aims to contribute to a transition, or at least a large-scale change.…”

“…The cases involve at least four types of stakeholders This is different than stakeholder engagement in the case, which is discussed later in Section 3. Involving a variety of stakeholders in the objective is important, as transitions involve/imply many parties at the same time (Elzen et al, 2019). The stakeholders were identified among six major groups: rural community, companies, consumers, government, NGOs and knowledge institutes (other than WUR).…”

“…In our research project we only focus on transitions towards sustainable agrofood systems. In the analytical framework (Elzen et al, 2019) it is explained how this always is a combination of issues emerging on different areas in the food system. Table 3 presents the various sustainability challenges per macroarea (economic, environmental and social) for the different cases.…”