Transition Studies: Basic Ideas and Analytical Approaches

Grin, John

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43884-9_4

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“…In this paper, we explore this question through the conceptual framework of intellectual capital (-Al-Jinini et al, 2019;Martínde Castro et al, 2019). However, several other theoretical and conceptual frameworks can be mobilized for this purpose: theory of proximities (Balland et al, 2015;Boschma, 2005;Filippi et al, 2022), organizational management (Sheldon, 1980;Weiner, 2020), sustainable transition studies (Geels, 2020;Grin, 2016;Köhler et al, 2019), etc. Furthermore, the analyses could focus on several structuring elements of learning and knowledge management: causes (motivation), process (a mechanism), context, and types of learning and knowledge, etc.…”

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Learning and Knowledge Management in the Transition to Circular Economy (CE): Roots and Research Avenues

Chembessi

2023

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Research has demonstrated the importance of learning and knowledge management in transition experiments. In this perspective, this paper explores how researchers can underline the role of learning and knowledge management in the transition to circular economy (CE). Drawing on research on the concepts of CE and intellectual capital, as well as field observations in CE experiments in the regional county municipality (RCM) of Kamouraska (Quebec), we identify at least three fundamental research perspectives on learning and knowledge management in the transition to CE. The first concerns the types of learning and knowledge that emerge in CE implementation. The second focuses on the learning and knowledge management process. It concerns the trial-and-error dynamics that facilitate mutual learning and effective knowledge management. The third research perspective consists of assessing how learning and knowledge management at the local level fosters a macro-societal transition to CE.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Learning and Knowledge Management in the Transition to Circular Economy (CE): Roots and Research Avenues

Chembessi

2023

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“…It does not truly consider possibilities for more profound change that would impact lifestyles and production models (Le Berre & Chailleux, 2021) and account for the highly unequal distribution of vulnerabilities and responsibilities in different social groups (Deldrève & Candau, 2014). A similar critique has been voiced in response to the implementation of transition agendas and policies (Grin, 2016), in works pointing to a positivist, linear, and techno-centric approach to transition that tends to naturalize the political structures of the capitalist economy without unpacking the underlying power dynamics (Audet, 2015;Feola, 2020;Martin et al, 2020).…”

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Greening, climatizing, and decarbonizing: an inquiry into the transformation of productive sectors and activities

Granjou,

Banos,

Le Berre

et al. 2024

Rev Agric Food Environ Stud

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The new post-COP21 climate regime is ushering in a range of reorientations and transformations of productive activities and economic sectors, based on their place in the global carbon cycle and carbon flows. This introductory article to the special issue on “The Politics of Decarbonization” explores how a focus on the promises of decarbonization observed in various productive sectors can contribute to our understanding of the current transformations of these sectors, their practices, and their production models in the face of climate change. We begin by (I) situating the special issue’s project in relation to the works on greening and ecological modernization published since the 1990s and particularly in relation to the critique of climate capitalism, so as to emphasize the continuities as well as the specificities that a focus on decarbonization policies entails. We then outline (II) the aims of the special issue in relation to the recent literature on climatization: far from seeking to standardize the treatment of the climate issue within a specific social science discipline, we feel it is important to contribute to a multidisciplinary and critical approach to the revival of productivism and the depoliticization of change often associated with decarbonization policies. This issue develops a range of perspectives anchored in different social science fields and disciplines, particularly looking at the forestry, energy, mining, agriculture, research, and bio-economy sectors.

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“…The evolution of such socio-technological systems is addressed in the transitions literature, drawing from science and technology studies, complex system theory, and approaches to governance (Grin, 2016). This literature is often guided by the key concept of a multi-level perspective (Geels, 2005), which distinguishes between interactions at different levels, such as existing structures, niche experiments, and broader external processes at the landscape level.…”

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From railroad imperialism to neoliberal reprimarization: Lessons from regime-shifts in the Global Soybean Complex

Mempel,

Corbera,

Labajos

et al. 2023

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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Soybeans are ubiquitous in the global food system. As a major forest risk commodity, they are also at the heart of efforts to untangle the dynamics of land use change and associated impacts resulting from distant drivers. However, land system science has so far largely ignored the historically and socially embedded nature of these entanglements. This results in snapshot-like representations relying on neoclassical approaches to production and consumption. Here, we trace the evolution of the global soybean complex (GSC) since the late nineteenth century. We analyze how in the context of external developments soybeans have been channeled into different provisioning systems. This has occurred in a series of socio-ecological fixes, facilitated by socio-technological innovations and public sector interventions, motivated by different impediments to capital accumulation. Today, several emerging socio-technological practices promise to transform the GSC towards sustainability. We argue that the contemporary GSC inherits defining properties from the past, particularly the postwar strategy of using industrial animal farming to add value to surplus grains and oilseeds. The expanding GSC is therefore not merely a result of increasing demand, but rather the outcome of different provisioning systems’ continued dependence on soybeans. Future transitions will depend on public interventions and the influence of vested interest in current socio-metabolic patterns.

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Transition Studies: Basic Ideas and Analytical Approaches

Cited by 14 publications

References 111 publications

Learning and Knowledge Management in the Transition to Circular Economy (CE): Roots and Research Avenues

Learning and Knowledge Management in the Transition to Circular Economy (CE): Roots and Research Avenues

Greening, climatizing, and decarbonizing: an inquiry into the transformation of productive sectors and activities

From railroad imperialism to neoliberal reprimarization: Lessons from regime-shifts in the Global Soybean Complex

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