Many challenges should be tackled in transitioning to a low-carbon energy system,
motivating many researchers to study these challenges. In this context, the present study …

This paper reviews the emerging literature on “transformative” innovation policy (TIP) in
order to (1) identify unique TIP characteristics and the challenges they imply for …

Executive Summary The IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report
addresses the challenges of climate action in the context of sustainable development with a …

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

A series of weaknesses in creativity, research design, and quality of writing continue to
handicap energy social science. Many studies ask uninteresting research questions, make …

With the adoption of carbon neutrality policies, an increasing number of countries have
implemented diverse measures to facilitate the energy transition away from fossil fuels …

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 …

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

Poland is the largest hard coal and second largest lignite producer in the EU, generating
around 80 percent of its electricity from coal. Resistance to a reduction in coal production …

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 …