Socio-technical transitions to sustainability: a review of criticisms and elaborations of the Multi-Level Perspective

FW Geels - Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Socio-technical transitions research is a distinctive approach within the
sustainability transformations debate.•Socio-technical transitions involve multi-dimensional …

An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

J Köhler, FW Geels, F Kern, J Markard… - … innovation and societal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research on sustainability transitions has expanded rapidly in the last ten years, diversified
in terms of topics and geographical applications, and deepened with respect to theories and …

Micro-foundations of the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions: Develo** a multi-dimensional model of agency through crossovers between social …

FW Geels - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) is a prominent framework to understand socio-
technical transitions, but its micro-foundations have remained under-developed. The paper's …

[HTML][HTML] Policy mixes for sustainability transitions: New approaches and insights through bridging innovation and policy studies

F Kern, KS Rogge, M Howlett - Research Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
There has been an increasing interest in science, technology and innovation policy studies
in the topic of policy mixes. While earlier studies conceptualised policy mixes mainly in terms …

Understanding circular economy transitions: The case of circular textiles

D Reike, MP Hekkert, SO Negro - Business Strategy and the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The circular economy has been proposed to transform global textile supply chains which are
currently challenged by a complex nexus of sustainability issues related to the dominant fast …

[HTML][HTML] The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways: A reformulated typology and a comparative multi-level analysis of the German and UK low-carbon …

FW Geels, F Kern, G Fuchs, N Hinderer, G Kungl… - Research policy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper aims to make two contributions to the sustainability transitions literature, in
particular the Geels and Schot (2007. Res. Policy 36 (3), 399) transition pathways typology …

Experimenting for sustainability transitions: A systematic literature review

F Sengers, AJ Wieczorek, R Raven - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review paper systematically queries the Sustainability Transitions literature to unpack
the concept of 'experimentation'. We define an experiment as an inclusive, practice-based …

The life cycle of technological innovation systems

J Markard - Technological forecasting and social change, 2020 - Elsevier
The technological innovation systems (TIS) framework is one of the key approaches in
sustainability transition studies. However, scholars have so far mostly concentrated on the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing mission-specific innovation systems: Towards an analytical framework

R Elzinga, MJ Janssen, J Wesseling, SO Negro… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the currently emerging paradigm of challenge-led and transformative innovation policies,
there is increasing attention for addressing urgent societal problems by formulating clear …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of actors and agency in sustainability transitions: A systematic exploration of the literature

LB Fischer, J Newig - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
This article explores the role of actors and agency in the literature on sustainability
transitions. We reviewed 386 journal articles on transition management and sustainability …