Highlights•Socio-technical transitions research is a distinctive approach within the
sustainability transformations debate.•Socio-technical transitions involve multi-dimensional …

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 …

In response to criticisms about the status of causal explanation in socio-technical transitions
research, this article elaborates the epistemological underpinnings of this emerging …

This paper applies insights from the literature on transitions in major consumption–
production systems to clarify the nature of the challenge of moving to a net-zero greenhouse …

A burgeoning strand of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) research is addressing
questions of regional path creation, based on the idea that place-specific legacies and …

Understanding how policymaking processes can influence the rate and direction of socio-
technical change towards sustainability is an important, yet underexplored research agenda …

This paper firstly assesses the usefulness of Christensen's disruptive innovation framework
for low-carbon system change, identifying three conceptual limitations with regard to the unit …

Transitions to low-carbon energy systems are essential to meeting global commitments to
climate change mitigation. Yet “greening” energy systems may not make them any fairer …

Highlights•ULL are sites to design, test and learn from innovation in real time.•ULL are
proliferating rapidly while our understanding of their nature and purpose is still evolving.•We …

Solar energy is a substantial global industry, one that has generated trade disputes among
superpowers, threatened the solvency of large energy companies, and prompted serious …